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Return to Sender

A recent GOP political campaign around email deliverability could force spammy political messages into your inbox—despite strong evidence that user error and ineffective marketing might be the real issue.

The Internet of Jerks

When it comes down to it, the thing that makes a lot of people nervous about Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter is that it seems like he favors the jerks—which isn’t fun for those who prefer a jerk-light internet.

Lump of Coal

How a strangely written email with an unusual source accidentally created a compliance headache for a bunch of companies trying to comply with two major privacy regulations.

RSS Rethink

Perhaps the reason why email newsletters work when RSS feeds didn’t comes down to control—that is, publishers feel like they have some say in the medium. And perhaps good ol’ RSS could borrow from that.

The Worst Possible Light

Apple’s decision to turn email marketing into a privacy issue means that they’ve put email publishers at odds with their own readers. Maybe Apple should talk to us first before doing something that harms our industry?

A Superhuman Wait

Writing down my feelings about a startup that decided to admit me to their exclusive service four years after I actually cared. Note: If you don’t want a writer to mock your exclusivity in their newsletter, don’t make them wait four years.
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