Double Bounce is a new platform that splits the difference between Patreon and TinyLetter
September 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Email is back! This isn’t a secret, and the laziest of searches will turn up half a dozen think pieces on the resurgence of the newsletter, dominated by the MailChimp-powered site TinyLetter.
Last November, The New York Times weighed in on a trend that had already been visible for nearly three full years, explaining the TinyLetter as a style of writing akin to blogging for a self-selected audience, “a small-batch brew tailored to the creative class, particularly those seeking to hone their prose skills in a semipublic forum.”
This May, Jia Tolentino mentioned TinyLetter when hunting for reasons for the demise of the xoJane-style clickbait personal essay. As one possible explanation, she quoted Awl alum Carrie Frye, saying, “writers —…
