Somewhat unrelated, but I've wondered if I should stop using emoji reactions. They're fun and useful in some contexts (e.g. thumbs up for "Understood"), but I also feel like they're so low-effort that they invite less thoughtful replies.

This is pretty cool. I enjoy my routine so I could probably only enjoy this for a smaller stretch of time, but I'd like to try someday.

The headline seems somewhat editorialized for what Summers is actually saying, even as he is quoted in the article.

> “I’m not ready to stand with those who are sure they have seen the future here,” he concludes, “but it seems to me that it’s a serious mistake to write this off as either ill-conceived or illegitimate.”

This is not proof of anything.

Candy and honey are not the same thing.

Nowhere in the article do I claim that we "can't handle" any of those things.

You did not read the study I cited, because it clearly states that only 8 options were given to participants.

The fact that you think they don't work is even more revealing...

That depends on your metric of 'work'. By the same metric, buying email lists from spammers also 'works'.

How does getting people to voluntarily sign up to receive emails about a topic that interests them compare AT ALL to buying scraped emails?

You are wrong, and I don't mean to sound insulting but it seems like you are making these comments on theory and not on experience.

I have multiple sites with pop-ups that see outstanding open and click-through rates, it's not even close to the same thing as buying an email list (which doesn't work, as you pointed out).

That's interesting, I'm unfamiliar with what sort of data is available for App Store users, I'm assuming there's no way to really test the performance of different icons?

So mostly relying on reactive feedback rather than proactive suggestions? I agree.