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@AlexDeLarge I once asked the success rate of a mail campaign we ran. We mailed 60k users who hadn't used our platform for a while. We got 28 users returning from the email, against a few thousand natural signups per month. They called it a success.
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@Root Especially because they sell everything they do with some kind of upbeat pretend innocence.
Sales people know they're slimey, but marketing is almost religious, using words like "conversions" and acting from the conviction that people either love the gospel of ads, or at least need to hear the word of ads through as prophets as possible.
"Create an account now to watch these courses for free (don't worry, we hate spam as much as you do)"
Well that's a fucking lie. This woman named Christy is abusing MailChimp vigorously.
Fuck off marketing with your disingenuous "community update" mails, "what you missed last week" newsletters and "handpicked crap for you" notifications.
I want to use your platform, I even pay for it, but I don't want to get your useless mail until I found the energy to dig through your config panel looking for some half broken toggle button.
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