750,000 thank yous and a tiny tiny wee confession

Former_MSE_Archna

This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's "750,000 thank yous and a tiny tiny wee confession" blog. Please read the blog first, as the discussion follows it.

Read Martin's "750,000 thank yous and a tiny tiny wee confession" Blog

Heinz

This left me with a dilemma; ever since the site started I’ve kept people up-to-date with how many are on the list and how the site’s grown - so to suddenly be 50,000 short is a problem. Thus I came up with the official number which is ‘how many people have opted to get the e-mail and not unsubscribed from the list’ and currently stands at 750,000. The real number which is ‘how many e-mails we send’ is now about 67,000 less.

Have you been taking lessons in semantics from Tony Blair and company Martin?

That's the way they present unemployment figures isn't it?

And calculate the crime rate?

And justify not giving us a referendum on whether we actually want them to spend billions on I.D. cards?

And...

littlemissmoney

The UK adult population is probably about 50 million, so lets say 45 million have access to the internet. 750,000 is 1.7% of the available audience. 98.3% are missing out and being ripped off! I must mix with an unrepresentative sample of the population because everyone I know gets it

victory

I tell everyone I know to get it, it spreads fast!! xx

annie-c

I've signed up 3 times, each time I changed my 'main' e-mail address ... not in a deliberate attempt to waste your resources but because I just didn't want to miss out when my jobs changed, my emails changed and when remembering to cancel the old 'account' just wasn't at the top of my to do list. I expect that there are a few others like me who are part of the problem

Thanks for bearing with us though!

lustydog

littlemissmoney wrote:

The UK adult population is probably about 50 million, so lets say 45 million have access to the internet. 750,000 is 1.7% of the available audience. 98.3% are missing out and being ripped off! I must mix with an unrepresentative sample of the population because everyone I know gets it

I think you are being a bit unkind to assume their letting themselves be ripped off.
They must be dead, cos nobody with breath left in their body can afford to miss out on this site. It's a real life/money saver

fgaughan

Not accurate as I have 2 different emails subscribed to this list.
Couldn't be bothered to unsubscribe the other one.. so I still get the 2 newsletter

mcbiddy

oh... that's why i get the email on a thursday morning... mind i usually check out the website when i get to work on wednesday... wouldn't it be easier to send a link to the web site with just a table of contents of sorts....? just a thought...

HappyIdiotTalk

The four of us in the office all get the email. However whereas the other 3 get theres in the morning and I get mine in the evening so miss out on the discussions about the articles in the day! I'm the biggest advocate too and got them to sign up!

Anyway, where is the site in the top websites list these days? ISTR that a year or so ago it was climbing fast, so I wonder where its at now.

MSE_Martin

Sorry HIT, we do actually vary the list send, to try and stop that, but it depends on many things - its not deliberate, I promise

(as a cheat, dont say i said so, try unsubscribing and resubscribing sssssh - it wont always work, but it will help for a week or two)

littlemissmoney

HIT, why don't you just view the email via the link in the top left of the website on a Wednesday morning? I can never wait for the email