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[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

@CharlieYouakim @sezzleinc Every time I think you can’t possibly top your last result, then you post a quarter like this. 💪

I’m also excited to see what happens in discovery after reading the lawsuit.

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

@MediaKing Just a fact. No fight from me

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

@MediaKing What is “triggered sequences”?

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

@MediaKing Oh wow. I remember you talking about SMS at the newsletter conference but I didn’t realize it was that much of your revenue. How often are you texting your list?

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

@gabriel__xyz A night nurse makes all the difference. When both parents can sleep it makes it much more sustainable to keep switching from work mode to baby mode with no other breaks. We had a toddler and a newborn which feels impossible if you don’t sleep.

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

@MediaKing I thought you previously said to focus on 30day openers and 60day clickers. Have you found any value in keeping emails that haven’t engaged in 60 days? Should we be keeping them vs auto unsubscribing them?

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

@MediaKing What is an example of all your offers? Are these affiliate type deals you are sending to your email list?

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

We just surpassed 16,000 paying subscribers at Snopes and most people have joined in the last 6 months!

Relying on ad revenue from viral traffic is a very difficult game. I’m so glad to see our community is stepping up to support us so we can focus on fact checking.

https://t.co/aHgBm8zfCt

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

@miqchris @MediaKing @danielcberk Added to queue!

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

@MediaKing @danielcberk Which podcast have you done that you most recommend people listen to who are trying to learn email?

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

Why not instead create higher tax brackets for capital gains? The reason people can say a billionaire is paying a lower tax rate than say a doctor is because the billionaire’s income is mostly capital gains. If we had higher tax brackets for say $10M+ on capital gains then you could solve this and raise the extra capital long term. Personally I think we should move up all tax brackets so lower income pays no tax and cap it so no one ever pays more in taxes than they receive for fed+state.

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

Ah. My guess then is that he got a huge employement contract from HubSpot for the transition of his business and to appear on MFM long term which probably included stock or options that has grown over the years. Assuming the number came from somewhere and isn't just made up. If so, an obvious exaggeratin to credit it all back to what he sold that many years ago versus saying his sale led him to that. I don't count the salary I had during my earn out when I sold but in fairness it was small compared to the earn out itself.

Hopefully Matt will clear it up publicly as I do love his show.

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

100%. I want to see a stock market focused on long term results and accessible to much smaller companies. Companies wait way too long to go public these days so we all miss out. I was hoping ICO’s could be the answer but I’ve seen it primarily used for scams. We need some oversight but not so much to be burdensome for a small company.

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

I think it’s the right call to merge them. I just don’t see how it’s adding that much value. If I invested in the original twitter take private deal I would have questioned why xAI was separate when it seemed like it only worked with twitter’s data and users. And now that it’s merged the original investors in the twitter deal have a smaller percentage of the combined project. But I do I think twitter combined with AI is a powerful combo and could be a win eventually for them.

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

@wyatt_prichard @snopes Hmm. Good question

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

This was such a pain to get our account back

[snopes.com @snopes]

Snopes’ X account was hacked. We are back after 6 weeks of being locked out and it was not easy to get it back.

Here is what happened (from Snopes CEO)

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[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

I tried the management route and then read a dozen books and did all the research to manage myself. In the end the answer for me was VOO for long term and SUTXX (t-bill fund, 1-day liquidity) for short term to be ready when opportunities come up. Then I go for investments that I’m consumed by (my personal rule is not to but an individual stock unless I listen to shareholder meetings and have a solid thesis to at least double, otherwise best to stick with VOO)

[Chris Richmond @itcdr]

I like Beehiiv because it’s fully focused on newsletters. Compared to MailChimp that felt more focused on e-commerce emails that also supports newsletters. And they have great analytics compared to Letterhead which we always felt in the dark using. And their customer service is excellent. We never finished our migration to CampaignMonitor due to lack of help. In the end @beehiiv was the winner after trying a few other platforms and we have ramped our focus on newsletter considerably now that we have a good platform.