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May 24, 2013 at 20:08:11 GMT

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Total comments: 38

Quite frankly, I don't know how Simon, Barney and the others at DPReview get up in the morning and go to work. I don't think I could do it if all I had to look forward to was the incessant whining of petulant "experts" who criticize and complain about each and every thing that they do. Imagine how long you'd last if your job was having to deal with some of the people that I see commenting on here.

I'd snap.

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Criticism comes with the territory of being in the public eye. It isn't always fair or deserved, but I`d still like to know why this added content cannot be served on the existing site rather than a package as an emailed news letter? That's a valid question, no?

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I agree, why can't the content be served on the existing site?

As to the other part, if the criticism gets too harsh, call a wambulance .

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Keep the newsletters coming. Have been unsubscribing to many of the others as being not worth the time to read them. Your reviews are timely, pertinent and worth reading.
Have only one suggestion: make an Android app for those of us who are regularly mobile, as it would help.

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Instead of a 'News Letter'

why can't these sneak peeks, cartoons, polls and jokes just be added to the existing site?

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EVERYONE wants to send me a freakin 'newsletter'. Spam by any other name is still spam.

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there's some people who spam our news stories with grumpy comments too.

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Yeah, I hate those people. . .

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(electronic)

Spam is the use of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited bulk messages, especially advertising, indiscriminately. While the most widely recognized form of spam is e-mail spam, the term is applied to similar abuses in other media.

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@Glen DPR's newsletter is not spam for it is subscription based. If no signup, no newsletter.

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Going to wikipedia to define spam for us? You're missing the point.

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@ Simon Joinson: Doesn't the site still get views and clicks despite -- if not specifically due to -- the "grumpy" comments? Isn't it mission accomplished whether the comments are agreeable to you or not?

There was a great question posed by another user: why can't the main site simply post these updates?

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Is it DPreview newsletter only , or Connect too ?

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It's DPR only. Mostly.

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Typically, minutes after sending out this week's newsletter I noticed that there's a link to the Tamron 24-70mm review which goes to the wrong place! Sorry about that, to anyone who just got the newsletter and was confused...

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Instead of a 'News Letter' why can't these sneak peeks, cartoons, polls and jokes just be added to the existing site?

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Is there any way to look at it without subscribing please? I'd rather look before I leap...

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PM'd you.

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You could always unsubscribe y'know, I doubt they'll sell your address to a hundred spammers the second you join... Unsubscribing seems simple enough FWIW, can be done from a link in the subscription email (same link found on this page where you'd click to subscribe). I'd forward the last one but I just joined it.

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Impulses: that's not what the site's privacy policy states though.

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I actually just singed up after reading this post... I've only visited DPR with frequency about once every three years, whenever I've decided to upgrade my point and shoot. (went from some 1MP Kodak to a Canon A80 or A90-something to a Canon SD870 to a Sony HX5v)

Was about to spring for another travel zoom (wifi seems like something I'd use a ton on the go) buuut...

Lately I've been researching higher end compacts instead (S110, DMC-LF1, RX100, leaning towards the Panasonic atm) and m43/NEX mirrorless systems (independently of the compact, for an end of year gift); the newsletter seems like the most friction-less way for non-regulars to stay on top of new content. /shrug

I can't be alone in this pattern... Heck, I don't even allow the sites I visit daily to post content within my social streams, those are busy enough as it is. Y'all just hating for hatin's sake. :p

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i would recommend to just push the news letter into peoples mail boxes once a while. atleast people who have not logged in to the website will click on it and you will be able to bring back those lost souls.
users who visit this site often, well.. you don't need a newsletter for them ! :) you might lose them once they sign up to get the newsletters.

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Whew, i thought maybe that Yahoo chick had hacked DPR :o

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Newsletter?! Is this a glitch zombie post from 1995?

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To answer your question, dial into our BBS at 404-555-5545 and download our FAQ.txt.

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I was sad the day our carrier pigeons died...

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Sorry about that, BTW.

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What!? No faxback service?

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No, but we will send you a collect telegram, if you like.

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@Barney & Shawn ROTFLOL

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Telegrams? Sure, for the Leica users. They like the old-fashioned way!
And they can afford it ;)

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Seriously,how are newsletters better than constant engagement via twitter, google+, tumblr etc. I follow DPR everywhere so why now a newsletter?

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We've had a newsletter for years. This is just a reminder :)

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funny how it sounds more like a threat,
than a reminder.
Constant engagement doth not necessarily
a sale make.

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What an odd comment to make...

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you guys aren't sensing the tiniest bit of user fatigue
from the avalanche of "no stone unturned" marketing
that DPR has become ?

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I must have missed that avalanche... send me a PM if there's something we've done that's bothering you, we mean no harm!

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A newsletter we've been running for over a decade and a single PM telling you about a new feature once every 14 years. It's an avalanche alright.

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Total comments: 38

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