Joke list jokes
Running a joke list has good and bad days. I got these {{popup postage.jpg postage 400×397}}postage stamp mocks on three different occasions, the other day. Doing a lot eBay business lately, though, I’ve got newfound respect for both the post office and their service.
The other day, after a lot of contemplation, I was getting ready to run a text ad on \\MeFi\\ [Matt Haughy’s Metafilter dot com. I had to sign up, and he had the “$5 donation” required to join. I liked that idea, only, on my site, I’ve left it as an option. Why?
Wednesday afternoon, I had about dozens bounces from the mailing list. So I had to take time and unsubscribe all the addresses. A lot of them were hotmail accounts, so I must’ve hit one of their spam filters. But it wasn’t all the hotmail addresses on the list. Administrative details take extra time. Time is money. When – if – those folks care to sign up again, maybe adding a dollar amount would be a little more motivation to help make my task easier.
At a conservative estimate of 2K words per week, that’s 104K words per year, a decent size for a thick paperback book. New, that book would cost $5.95? $6.95? $7.95? Plus tax, shipping and handling? $5 is a bargain. And for now, it’s also a suggestion, not a requirement.
On Wednesday’s count alone, I had roughly a dozen new subscription added after the mail hit the wires, but no dollars. I can only hope that El Paso has a few paying customers this weekend.
Exodus 21:24
