For quite some years, I’ve had a newsletter functionality on this website, and a few people even subscribed to it. However, maintaining extra content for the newsletter has been a struggle. Despite minor success, the effort wasn’t proportionate.
Recently, I received a notification from my webhoster that the Newsletter signup page was abused for sending spam emails. I had forgotten to add a Captcha, making the form vulnerable. While adding a Captcha would’ve been a simple solution, it would also require adding a cookie banner to explain the use of cookies for this feature. Given that I’ve set up the site to avoid needing a cookie banner altogether, this would’ve added unnecessary complexity.
Therefore, I’ve decided to discontinue the Email Newsletter altogether.
You can still follow this site through other channels:
- I recommend following the RSS feed, particularly through Feedly It has a good web interface and mobile apps (Android, Apple).
- New blog posts are linked in Instagram Stories.
- You can follow me on Mastodon directly (which I would appreciate)
- or follow the website’s account on Mastodon
- Twitter/X is no more a thing for me
- On YouTube I rarely post videos and Shorts yet no photos.
The upside is, I no longer have to struggle with whether or not to continue the newsletter.
I hope you continue to follow me through these alternative channels, let’s keep in touch!
RSS was always my way to follow Blogs since ages. Newsletter was ever just the Backup of the Backup. Just added you on Mastodon. 😉