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178 points speckx | 4 comments | 03 Sep 25 14:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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rideontime ◴[03 Sep 25 14:28 UTC] No.45116249[source]▶
I was curious to see what would happen if I clicked the "Unsubscribe" button at the bottom of this page, and sure enough, it told me that I unsubscribed. Neat.
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netsharc ◴[03 Sep 25 15:00 UTC] No.45116617[source]▶
Huh, someone (OP?) will potentially miss the next edition of this newsletter.

I just noticed the URL has a lot of parameters, probably for their analytics to identify the subscriber.

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1. pavel_lishin ◴[03 Sep 25 15:06 UTC] No.45116679[source]▶
It looks like the URL won't load without both the p (presumably page?) and s (presumably subscriber?) parameters, and there was no other way to share it.

I wonder what the point is of having a newsletter that doesn't have an indexed web version. It's just a blog, right? Just one that happens to arrive in your inbox as well. What's the downside of listing the entries on the author's homepage as well, making them available to everyone?

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2. NooneAtAll3 ◴[03 Sep 25 22:52 UTC] No.45121230[source]▶
I have same feeling for multiple email-newsetters I've encountered over the years

"why is there no blog-like archive?"

it feels like they will be prime example for modern lost media

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3. pavel_lishin ◴[04 Sep 25 00:16 UTC] No.45121902[source]▶
Most newsletters I receive do have that!
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4. NooneAtAll3 ◴[04 Sep 25 04:17 UTC] No.45123531{3}[source]▶
but were you signing up for a newsletter - or a subscription to a blog? it's a lot easier to make blog posts and then distribute them by email as well

all newsletters I've encountered that advertised as newsletter didn't have blogs, sadly :/