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Newsletter (Anyone remember DNTK?)

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    #62
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    There is a famous IT/sociopolitical newsletter called "Need To Know" or NTK for short which I've read for years. Its really good but when I came to write my newsletter I realised I wouldnt really be able to (or interested in) writing anything that could match it. I wanted to write a more "throw away" bit of internet bubblegum so to speak. So I called it "Dont Need To Know" (DNTK) as there was rarely anything in it that people desperately needed to be told :)
    It was purely for a bit of a laugh.

    Now, it faltered when I got extremely busy with Spin but I really enjoyed writing it and from feedback people seemed to enjoy reading it. Since it came out whenever I got my finger out it wasnt exactly deluging the subscribers.

    Ironically Bubbles little spate of unsolicited PM's recently made me think about resurrecting it. Bubbles was out of line because he didnt qualify his list of people at all but rather decided FOR you if you were getting it or not. Control wasnt in your hands.

    If I can make an option that says "send me DNTK" I will do so, if its non-trivial, I'll use the existing option and explain how it can be altered.

    DeV.


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    #63
    irishgeo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,495 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    this is a great idea.


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    #64
    Agent Smith
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 21,503 Mod ✭✭✭✭Agent Smith


    now i know, i have no objections!


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