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Buttondown
@buttondown
Buttondown is the best way to start and run your newsletter.
Seattle, WA
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    Buttondown
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    Oct 23, 2024
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    charlottegrysolle
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    Oct 21, 2024
    I really wish every single person would write a newsletter. Not necessarily to make money from it. Not to quit their jobs and become a writer. Just to share what they're up to, what they're reading, what they're interested in. The number of interesting people I've met through my
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    Buttondown
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    Sep 20, 2023
    Here's the dirty little secret about email lists: big social media companies _hate_ them. Do you know why they hate them? Because if you decide you want to up and leave, you can bring your audience _with you_, cutting out the company entirely. No relying on the caprices of an algorithm to drive your traffic; no muttering under your breath whenever a platform decides to "pivot to video" or "shift for engagement" or anything like that. That's why every social network in the world wants to own the relationship between reader and writer; there's where the *real* money is, in keeping both sides held hostage through the auspices of "discovery algorithms" or "smart suggestions". The truth is: the most valuable thing you can have in the world as a creator is a list of email addresses of people waiting to hear from you — a *true* relationship with your audience, unfettered by intermediaries or middlemen. Buttondown has no lofty aspirations of reshaping culture or disrupting an industry.
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    Buttondown
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    Mar 10, 2020
    Finally threw my funding efforts into a public document → funding.buttondown.email
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    Buttondown
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    Apr 22, 2024
    We're very, very excited to work alongside Ghost to evolve and proselytize ActivityPub as a great tool for authors to stay connected with their audience without tethering themselves to Yet Another Algorithm or Yet Another Walled Garden:
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    Ghost
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    Apr 22, 2024
    Today we're excited to share that Ghost is going to federate over ActivityPub and become part of the largest open publishing network in the world 🌐 We hope you'll join us! 🎉 activitypub.ghost.org
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    Buttondown
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    Apr 8, 2020
    As of an hour or two ago, I've moved entirely off of Google Analytics in favor of a lighter-weight, more privacy-minded solution in @usefathom. It feels....good.
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    Buttondown
    @buttondown
    Jan 23, 2023
    I am downright 🎷jazzed🎺 to inform you that you can now hook up your RSS feed to Buttondown and automatically send out emails. No more Zapier; no more duct-tape; no more copy-paste. Write once; publish everywhere.
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    Buttondown
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    Mar 2, 2021
    🔏 Open and click tracking is now off by default:
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    Email tracking is now off by default
    Buttondown is turning off analytics by default for all new users
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    Buttondown
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    Jul 20, 2023
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    Buttondown
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    Feb 7, 2022
    To give folks a bit more control over their newsletters & their data, analytics enablement is now more granular! Instead of all-or-nothing, just track the specific events you care about. (And, of course, everything remains off by default.)
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    Buttondown
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    Jan 2, 2018
    For folks looking to move their newsletter, given the recent news about Tinyletter: we're a (free!) alternative that supports Tinyletter subscriber + archive imports! I'd be happy to set you up myself: feel free to email / DM.
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    Buttondown
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    Aug 17, 2022
    Replying to @adamwathan
    as a very happy tailwind user, i'd be happy to chat :)
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    Buttondown
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    Nov 6, 2023
    Tens of thousands of developers love @cassidoo's newsletters. We dug into how she's grown and evolved her newsletter over the past five years (with Buttondown every step of the way!) buttondown.email/stories/cassid…
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    Buttondown
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    Jul 29, 2020
    One of the pages I'm particularly proud of from the new webdesign redesign is Buttondown's stance on privacy and data collection: buttondown.email/features/priva…
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    Buttondown
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    Oct 28, 2022
    Happy Friday! Buttondown's new writing interface is live :) (Longer writeup coming soon once things stabilize a bit.)
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