Comments on: Subscriber’s Remorse http://www.fpettit.com/2008/07/07/subscribers-remorse/ Tech, Life, & Stuff... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:19:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: sarahintampa http://www.fpettit.com/2008/07/07/subscribers-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-340 sarahintampa Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:32:42 +0000 http://www.fpettit.com/?p=129#comment-340 Just use Gmail's filters to have social media messages skip the inbox and deal with them on a scheduled basis instead of right when they come in. It helps :) Just use Gmail's filters to have social media messages skip the inbox and deal with them on a scheduled basis instead of right when they come in. It helps :)

]]> By: calebelston http://www.fpettit.com/2008/07/07/subscribers-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-341 calebelston Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:28:14 +0000 http://www.fpettit.com/?p=129#comment-341 I am in the same boat. I love trying almost all of the new web services that pop on the scene. My biggest concern is always around spam and hoping they continue to develop and make it more useful. It is also great to know there is a real person working on the service and that they are active in the communities where their users hang out.<br><br>With Toluu we do our best to respond to feedback as quickly as possible and implement new functionality that will either make it easier or faster to discover new people or feeds. Going dark is a bad idea if you want users to continue to have faith in your app. I am in the same boat. I love trying almost all of the new web services that pop on the scene. My biggest concern is always around spam and hoping they continue to develop and make it more useful. It is also great to know there is a real person working on the service and that they are active in the communities where their users hang out.

With Toluu we do our best to respond to feedback as quickly as possible and implement new functionality that will either make it easier or faster to discover new people or feeds. Going dark is a bad idea if you want users to continue to have faith in your app.

]]> By: shafqat http://www.fpettit.com/2008/07/07/subscribers-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-343 shafqat Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:02:30 +0000 http://www.fpettit.com/?p=129#comment-343 Good post. I'm glad you tried out our service - we've been rapidly trying to scale, so the past few weeks haven't had that many obvious user-facing features added. But I'm excited to say that's all changing this week as we push out some great additions.<br><br>As for emails, I hate getting spammy emails from new services I try out. The number of emails we've sent out users? 0. Yup zero. That's obviously bad from a marketing standpoint, we strongly believe in waiting until we have some real news that will add value to the user before we message them - simply emailing to remind them we are still here is not good enough. It won't always be zero, but I can assure you it will be close!<br><br>BTW, congrats on getting on Louis Gray's list! Well deserved.<br>Shafqat (Cofounder of NewsCred) Good post. I'm glad you tried out our service – we've been rapidly trying to scale, so the past few weeks haven't had that many obvious user-facing features added. But I'm excited to say that's all changing this week as we push out some great additions.

As for emails, I hate getting spammy emails from new services I try out. The number of emails we've sent out users? 0. Yup zero. That's obviously bad from a marketing standpoint, we strongly believe in waiting until we have some real news that will add value to the user before we message them – simply emailing to remind them we are still here is not good enough. It won't always be zero, but I can assure you it will be close!

BTW, congrats on getting on Louis Gray's list! Well deserved.
Shafqat (Cofounder of NewsCred)

]]> By: Phil Glockner http://www.fpettit.com/2008/07/07/subscribers-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Phil Glockner Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:47:04 +0000 http://www.fpettit.com/?p=129#comment-342 I used to, Franklin. Now I am in a state of happy denial when I sign up for a new service.. I shrug and say, "Yay, a new adventure!" and off I go. I am pretty sure it will catch up to me sooner or later, but I'm having fun in the meantime.. lol I used to, Franklin. Now I am in a state of happy denial when I sign up for a new service.. I shrug and say, “Yay, a new adventure!” and off I go. I am pretty sure it will catch up to me sooner or later, but I'm having fun in the meantime.. lol

]]> By: sarahintampa http://www.fpettit.com/2008/07/07/subscribers-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-169 sarahintampa Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:32:42 +0000 http://www.fpettit.com/?p=129#comment-169 Just use Gmail's filters to have social media messages skip the inbox and deal with them on a scheduled basis instead of right when they come in. It helps :) Just use Gmail's filters to have social media messages skip the inbox and deal with them on a scheduled basis instead of right when they come in. It helps :)

]]> By: calebelston http://www.fpettit.com/2008/07/07/subscribers-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-170 calebelston Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:28:14 +0000 http://www.fpettit.com/?p=129#comment-170 I am in the same boat. I love trying almost all of the new web services that pop on the scene. My biggest concern is always around spam and hoping they continue to develop and make it more useful. It is also great to know there is a real person working on the service and that they are active in the communities where their users hang out.<br><br>With Toluu we do our best to respond to feedback as quickly as possible and implement new functionality that will either make it easier or faster to discover new people or feeds. Going dark is a bad idea if you want users to continue to have faith in your app. I am in the same boat. I love trying almost all of the new web services that pop on the scene. My biggest concern is always around spam and hoping they continue to develop and make it more useful. It is also great to know there is a real person working on the service and that they are active in the communities where their users hang out.

With Toluu we do our best to respond to feedback as quickly as possible and implement new functionality that will either make it easier or faster to discover new people or feeds. Going dark is a bad idea if you want users to continue to have faith in your app.

]]> By: shafqat http://www.fpettit.com/2008/07/07/subscribers-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-173 shafqat Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:02:30 +0000 http://www.fpettit.com/?p=129#comment-173 Good post. I'm glad you tried out our service - we've been rapidly trying to scale, so the past few weeks haven't had that many obvious user-facing features added. But I'm excited to say that's all changing this week as we push out some great additions.<br><br>As for emails, I hate getting spammy emails from new services I try out. The number of emails we've sent out users? 0. Yup zero. That's obviously bad from a marketing standpoint, we strongly believe in waiting until we have some real news that will add value to the user before we message them - simply emailing to remind them we are still here is not good enough. It won't always be zero, but I can assure you it will be close!<br><br>BTW, congrats on getting on Louis Gray's list! Well deserved.<br>Shafqat (Cofounder of NewsCred) Good post. I'm glad you tried out our service – we've been rapidly trying to scale, so the past few weeks haven't had that many obvious user-facing features added. But I'm excited to say that's all changing this week as we push out some great additions.

As for emails, I hate getting spammy emails from new services I try out. The number of emails we've sent out users? 0. Yup zero. That's obviously bad from a marketing standpoint, we strongly believe in waiting until we have some real news that will add value to the user before we message them – simply emailing to remind them we are still here is not good enough. It won't always be zero, but I can assure you it will be close!

BTW, congrats on getting on Louis Gray's list! Well deserved.
Shafqat (Cofounder of NewsCred)

]]> By: J. Phil http://www.fpettit.com/2008/07/07/subscribers-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-171 J. Phil Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:47:04 +0000 http://www.fpettit.com/?p=129#comment-171 I used to, Franklin. Now I am in a state of happy denial when I sign up for a new service.. I shrug and say, "Yay, a new adventure!" and off I go. I am pretty sure it will catch up to me sooner or later, but I'm having fun in the meantime.. lol I used to, Franklin. Now I am in a state of happy denial when I sign up for a new service.. I shrug and say, “Yay, a new adventure!” and off I go. I am pretty sure it will catch up to me sooner or later, but I'm having fun in the meantime.. lol

]]> By: KnightKnetwork http://www.fpettit.com/2008/07/07/subscribers-remorse/comment-page-1/#comment-172 KnightKnetwork Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:56:25 +0000 http://www.fpettit.com/?p=129#comment-172 I know what you mean, you sent me that invite to Xoopit and before I realized what I was doing I gave them my e-mail password and full access to my GMail account. It looks like a great service but I prefer my privacy over the added functionality. Luckily for me they have great customer service and are going to purge me from their system. I know what you mean, you sent me that invite to Xoopit and before I realized what I was doing I gave them my e-mail password and full access to my GMail account. It looks like a great service but I prefer my privacy over the added functionality. Luckily for me they have great customer service and are going to purge me from their system.

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