Referencing this post by James post — Newsletters should have web feeds (via Bubbles) — my initial reaction on reading it was to disagree. I like having my newsletters in a separate place, I even have a unique email address I use to subscribe to them, so they land in a different inbox.
Then I remembered that two of the three newsletters I read most often — I subscribe to around 10 but some I’m happy to ignore and will delete an issue if I don’t have time to catch up — I had found the RSS feeds for and now use them in NetNewsWire, simply because (as James does) I can click through to an article, and use the URL directly in the same app I’m using to read it. The power of having a direct URL makes a world of difference for the ‘after’ of a newsletter.
So, as with most things in life, I find myself halfway between vigorous agreement and gentle pushback. But I guess “Some newsletters should, maybe, have web feeds” isn’t quite as catchy!
What are your thoughts?