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2021-01-05

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Robin Rendle explores his love for email newsletters vs. his preference for publishing on the web (accessibility warning: scrolljacking; try “Reader view” in your browser).

The piece is really worth reading in its entirety, but two slides about half way summarize the key points:

Newsletters killed blogs because…

They’re impossibly easy to publish.

Your inbox is a notification stream.

Writers can actually, ya know, get paid.

Alternatively, websites today…

Are difficult to make.

Can’t notify people of new work.

Aren’t able to pay writers easily.

I, too, have been fascinated by personal newsletters (not the marketing crap) for a long time, both as reader and author. And I just as much would hope we could solve those problems – first and foremost the notification/subscription challenge.

I'm Sebastian, Sociologist and Interaction Designer. This journal is mostly about bringing together social science and design for inclusive, privacy-focused, and sustainable "human-first" digital strategies. I also tend to a "digital garden" with carefully curated resources.

My occasionally sent email newsletter has all of the above, and there is of course also an RSS feed or my Mastodon/Fediverse profile.

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