The Health Wyze Report's Community Mailing List

Written by Thomas Corriher Friday, 29 July 2011 00:27

We have recently received some requests for information about "how to subscribe" to The Health Wyze Report.  We assumed that a mailing list was implied by the questions.  Most of the other health-related sites have mailing lists that broadcast their articles, so it was only a matter of time before people began requesting one from us.  Until now, we resisted creating a mailing system for our readers for a variety of reasons that are too protracted to cite here.  We have historically been focused on creating an educational site with alternative and newsworthy information that is actually credible, in addition to producing our other health-related media. This mission has not changed.  Nevertheless, requests have come for us to change our position about implementing a mailing list, and we are changing our position due to our present crippling workload.  This may not seem completely logical, but it honestly feels like we have left our readers somewhat abandoned, as we feverously work to complete our next movie.

Other health sites generally have one-way mailing lists: meaning that the readers are censored by default.  Yet getting off of these mailing lists is virtually impossible.  For the owners of such systems, their mailing lists are actually just product-plug delivery systems.  We find it to be absolutely disgusting, and the overall sense of stigma from these practices is one of the main reasons why we have avoided using a mailing list ourselves.  We do not spam, nor do we tolerate it in any form.  Our information has never been covert marketing.  Believe me, we have been contacted by quite a few companies that were willing to provide us with paid "guest authors" for "covert marketing" partnerships.  We've spotted them on some of our peer "news" sites.  Our articles are the real thing, just like we are.  You will know when we are trying to sell you something, because we will be honest about it.  We hope that you find this to be a refreshing change.  We can, and should, do much more with a mailing list than merely create another broadcasting system, whereby all of the readers are merely passive consumers.  It is great for marketing, but it is terrible for community.

Over the years, we have battled a variety of crooks, psychos, sociopaths, cronies, and imbeciles.  A few of them were members of our own community.  They are in every neighborhood, and alternative medicine is no exception.  Most of you are very good people.  Perhaps so good that divine providence guided us to be together here at this place, and at this moment in time.  Most of you have been trained to feel impotent as things inevitably get worse, but whether you realize it or not, you are already a member of a rapidly growing army of conscientious dissenters of the status quo.  You should realize it, and realize that we are much more powerful united than alone.  So we want your voice, and we want you to join our mailing list.  We desperately need leaders, and the toughest part of leading is taking the first step.  You won't be alone.

Those of you who are currently receiving notifications of new articles via email, through Google's Feedburner service, may continue to receive those.  That is always an option for those who would rather receive those e-mails than be a part of our mailing list.

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