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Jun 27, 2022Liked by Kelly Ann Tallent

Dear Missio Dei,

I don't know where to offer this feedback so I am offering it here--this is not so much a response to this article as feedback offered overall. I am offering this feedback in the friendly spirit of constructive criticism so I hope it is received in that spirit. My apologies to the author of this post--I don't know where else to put this.

I have become a little overwhelmed by the volume of output you produce. You have a huge team of talented writers and have a lot of excellent things to say--but I find myself mentally categorizing your posts as spam and my email inbox accidentally did the same. I support your mission and enjoy your work when I do read it, but I am receiving a minimum of two posts per day in my inbox and app notifications, and the consequence is that I am engaging with your content less. I don't know if this is typical of other readers or just me--feel free to take it as a single data point in need of context. My reading habits are typically to look at a notification and come back to it later when I have more free time. But before I have the time, a new post has superseded the old one, and I no longer consider the previous article but store the new post away, which in turn gets superseded by another post not long after.

By way of solution, I have seen some other publications (The Pillar, Gaudium Magazine) who "quietly" post articles without notifying their subscribers, and then post a "magazine" style roundup which links to everything they have posted in some arbitrary period. Gaudium I think is monthly, the Pillar seems to be weekly--this way readers only receive one, infrequent notification which links to all the regular posting done by their editorial team. This way I can review all your excellent content at one time and read what looks interesting, without being overwhelmed by notifications.

I offer this feedback for your editorial consideration, and am satisfied that I have spoken my mind on the subject. Thank you for your consideration and again, please know this is offered in the spirit of friendly and constructive feedback.

God bless you all!

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