193 upvotes, 6 direct replies (showing 6)
View submission: BETA: Weekly Round-Up and Newsletter | 2020-04-03
While I appreciate the effort that moderators put into this subreddit, (seriously, y’all make this sub extremely reliable and quality,) I don’t use reddit enough to be comfortable with getting messages. It feels much too personal. If I want to read an update on the subreddit, I’d check the stickies. Getting inboxed messages feels like I’m being targeted specifically, and I don’t like that.
Comment by Leadbaptist at 03/04/2020 at 18:48 UTC
58 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Literally the reason why I came here was just to say this. God I hope other subreddits dont try this too, imagine getting messages week round from every subreddit your subscribed too...
Comment by bonesofberdichev at 04/04/2020 at 01:35 UTC
12 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I’m not active on this sub at all, I spend most of my time on /r/all, but I don’t like where this could go into the future. Can you imagine getting tons of messages from the subs your subbed to? It would be a nightmare.
Comment by DrDOS at 04/04/2020 at 12:26 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Agree, sticky is the way to go here. New sticky each week.
Comment by Georgy_K_Zhukov at 03/04/2020 at 18:27 UTC
9 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Thanks for the feedback, I hope you will take a moment to also leave it in the survey, as that is where we can get a more Macro view of things.
The main thing I will note though is that it is *great* you check the stickies, the the simple fact is most users don't. It is conventional wisdom of the site, generally, that sticking something ensures it gets ignored by non-regulars.
The core group that we're trying to find a way to target is the larger, more casual readership who are going to check out a thread which might hit their frontpage, but aren't waiting every Sunday morning for /u/Gankom to fill up the Digest.
In any trending thread which *hasn't* been answered yet, we are guaranteed dozens of "Where are the comments?" or "Where is the answer?" because, due to how content creation works here, it is way too easy to end up at a thread *too* early. I wouldn't be surprised if we have a fairly high rate of regulars who indicate they are likely going to opt-out of this as it doesn't feel all that necessary to their browsing habits, but in the end, they are less the group we are trying to reach than the more casual browser who might only check in here once a week anything when a question hits their front page, and is interested in the content *if* it is available, but isn't interested in hunting for it preemptively.
In any case, after several aborted attempts, it looks like the mailer is *finally* working properly, so I'm hoping to have a ton of survey data to sift through over the next week and we'll get a better sense of whether this is a) actually achieving that goal and b) worth continuing with in any case.
Anyways, thanks for your thoughts again, and please, do leave them in the survey. If you do just the first page it takes maybe 20 seconds.
Comment by HealTheTank at 03/04/2020 at 17:59 UTC*
0 upvotes, 2 direct replies
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