It’s funny because I tried to hyper optimize my email so I would get less of it, but now I’m going in the opposite direction, largely because of email lists and how terrible websites have become.
I’d much rather get email newsletters than trying to stay on top of RSS, which feels like I’m always drowning. And emails are usually much simpler and no flashing ads, no auto playing video, no unlimited scroll, etc.
There is some irony here in how terrible and clunky the Gmail web UI has gotten, yet how standardized and seamless email has remained.
Hacker news has had a recurring discussion about disrupting email. Of course some startup would love to vacuum up all email in to their own walled ecosystem, wrap it in ads, and charge companies to reach their own customers. Please, no.
I use RSS to keep up with podcasts, with a couple webcomics and [so far] one comedian's tour-dates list. I'm hovering around 50 subscriptions, which I feel is "too much" but I'm not sure which great content I should cut; I have a few ideas, but it's in the small single digits against the 50.
For myself, I'm likely much better to start slashing at my email. What suggestions do you have on how to "hyper optimize" with that?
I’d much rather get email newsletters than trying to stay on top of RSS, which feels like I’m always drowning. And emails are usually much simpler and no flashing ads, no auto playing video, no unlimited scroll, etc.