Comments for What is, and is not, spam

Comment from Ivan Tadej on 2005-12-29

2005-12-30T04:05:05Z

Well "hehe", of course you are entitled to your opinion (as everybody is), i.e. in particular, you can like or dislike Leo's newsletter. However, the reason that I am posting this comment (as a reply to yours) is that your have completely missed the topic's subject. I mean even if "they will be deleted after the first reading" and even if "Podcasts and RSS feeds are a far better method than written newsletters", please, explain what has this to do with the original subject in regard to what's spam and what is not a spam.

So it's quite simple; I can say without any doubt that you are just trolling. Get it ??

best regards,
Ivan Tadej, Slovenija, Europe
http://www.tadej-ivan.tk

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Comment from Leo on 2005-12-29

2005-12-30T03:44:41Z

People ask for them and then don't read them? Sure hasn't been my experience so far.

The sad part is that people missusing the spam button are impacting the people that actually WANT the newsletters. And I'm most certainly NOT talking just about my newsletter. This is an industry-wide issue.

Your attitude aside, it's worth pointing out that the my full newsletter can be received by RSS at http://ask-leo.com/newsletter.xml

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Comment from hehe on 2005-12-29

2005-12-30T03:32:51Z

Why don;t you cry me a river with your precious newsletters that no one reads anyway. Even if people read 'em anyway, they will be deleted after the first reading. Podcasts and RSS feeds are a far better method than written newsletters.

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Comment from duh. on 2005-12-29

2005-12-29T19:58:42Z

What gets me is that you didn't see this coming.

Simply put, opting out of an email broadcast varies from one company to the next. Honestly, as an end user, I have better plans for my life than trying to sift through a message I didn't want to begin with just to figure out how to make it stop.

Case in point, CareerBuilder, Monster.com, etc. At first I wanted those services to send email to me. Now, I'd rather they just stopped. However, I have to click through, enter some passwords I've already forgotten, and finally tell them I don't want the mail anymore. Usually when I do that the sites say that it takes between 3 and 10 days to get off the list (which is crap). Of course, this is glossing over the fact that a number of sites wont bother to remove you.

RSS has a definite advantage. I can sign up whenever I want and the interface for getting rid of it is the same regardless of the feed.

Then again, for your newsletters, you could (god forbid) just post a new page to your website. If anyone is interested they can come back to visit.

Because of all of this, I would recommend to the mail hosts out there to just kill any message that has been sent to more than about 10 people. This would make email what it was supposed to be in the first place: An easy form of personal communication; instead of a mass marketing tool.

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Comment from Lumpy on 2005-12-29

2005-12-29T12:46:15Z

I feel you on this one. I used to do a small HTML e-zine for my Fraternity and it got to be a real hassle. People either do not know what spam is or do not care. I do a few different sites now and have no urge to do anything other than web feeds(RSS).

It is unfortunate that so many falsely report such things. Unfortunately, I don't think we will ever change it. My thought is to push for web feeds (RSS) more. They are opt in only. The unsubscribe button takes care of everything.

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