The Daily ‘Grok is our daily eblast that goes out around 7pm (Eastern). It lists the last 24 hours of posts that Groksters and Op-Ed writers have put up on the front page. We do this for those that might not have a lot of time to come to GraniteGrok.com and peruse the site; a quick listing of our posts in daily digest form works for them. Then, if desired, they can click on whatever they want and read it in depth.
We have been using MailChimp for the last couple of years. It was free at first but like a lot of “freemium” subscriptions, the more users, the higher the cost. While we are thrilled about having more subscribers to it, our cost has gone up. That said, we’ve paid it willingly as it shows that people do like what we do here at the ‘Grok. But there is a downside to using MailChimp.
They are Big Tech (and even more so after being bought by Intuit, the humungous software accounting and tax folks). And Big Tech, as we all know, don’t like Conservatives. And some Conservative sites have been dumped by MailChimp. So, before they could dump us…
…we just dumped them. While it will save us a few bucks (the monthly fee isn’t outrageous but is annoying), this is the main reason for the switch. We’ve added a new Plugin to our system that effectively does the same thing – just a bit different in look and feel. We like some, not so much other bits, but both Steve and I are happy to be relying less on Big Tech that could cancel us at a whim.
We’ve moved all of our current subscribers over but like with all changes, “stuff happens”. We’ve tested it internally and all went well so tonite will be the big test.
IF you don’t get it, and you think you should have, email me at Skip@GraniteGrok.com and we’ll get it fixed. If you aren’t on our list, fill in your email address in the above Daily ‘Grok box and get you going.
Note: we do not sell or rent any of your information to anyone. See here, with emphasis on LAZY:
Privacy
Your data is your data. We sell NOTHING to no one. Heck, we don’t have time to look at it ourselves.
If you send us an email – we may still use all or part of it if it amuses us (see above, Email).
What you write on a DISQUS comment is between you and DISQUS for ‘privacy’ – just like emails, we may respond to that DISQUS content you wrote and even post about it but beyond that, we don’t care about the other data associated with it.
If you voluntarily sign up for the Daily ‘Grok (we use MailChimp a WP Plugin), you give us permission to use it and you’ll get our daily eblast and, in the future, perhaps other emails as well – your data is then between you and the MailChimp WP Plugin.
We have also turned on advertising. If you click on those ads, again, your data is between you and them, not us. Ditto anything else we may have on the site for our benefit.
Again, we won’t give, rent, or sell that info or any other data of yours that passes to or through us to anyone else. Period. Get the picture? Don’t like it then don’t click it. See? Easy-peasy! Even a Progressive should be able to grok it.
Mostly because we’re too lazy to bother and we don’t care. We only care that you come to visit and perhaps leave comments. We’d rather be writing about things that amuse us.
And that is the truth – while we look at overall numbers (“Yay – it’s still above zero!”), we’re not interested in your info. Period.
You can trust us (as Howie Carr, NE’s talkmaster always says) – we’re not like the others.
Heh!
