A second announcement from Search Engine
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh but also lol
I’ve been writing and re-writing the last email you received, announcing Incognito Mode, the new premium feed for Search Engine, for months at least.
I’ve asked myself: should it be more explanatory? Less emotional? More sales-y? Is the pricing right? Should there be jokes? I promise you that months were spent, roasting in tinkerer’s agony.
Tonight, we sent out the email, and … a previously undiscovered software bug reared its head, meaning that nearly every single well-meaning listener who tried to sign up got an error message.
Is there a compound German word that combines deep embarrassment and utter heartbreak? I don’t know. Probably. But it’s fixed now. If you‘d still like to, here’s a link to support:
Sign up!
Sign up!
Sign up!
If you are the sort of generous soul to support our work, and to deal with excessive amounts of sign-up friction… the door should now be open. Thank you. I’m sorry. Thank you.
See you soon with new episodes. If anyone needs me, I’m digging a deep hole to crawl in.
Thanks!
PJ
Hey PJ, I could honestly do with more random short form thoughts sent out as newsletter releases, even if they are updates to the updates you just sent clarifying the error in the previous update.
But seriously, I dig the whole 'I'm trying to work out how to say this particular thing, anyone have any ideas?...' or 'I'm working on a story at the moment that has me travelling to xyz, and the person I'm interviewing has really changed the way I think about a topic unrelated to the story I'm working on, so I wanted to write some messy unpolished thoughts'
Makes me feel more involved in your journalism, and that's why I'm supporting you anyway, you know? I think what you do is brilliant, but it's the involvement that really tickles me. Seeing a bit of the process. Joining you on the journey.
Anyway, just some thoughts, not sure if anyone agrees. Keep doin what you do!
I swapped from my legacy $5 monthly subscription to the annual $50 subscription :) happy to pay to have nice things! thanks for what you and the team do