So there are two possibilities. Either hundreds of people have been subscribing to my newsletter without me putting even one ounce of effort, or my sub list is filled with spambots trying some new scam I’m not even aware of. You tell me: have I become too jaded?

In the old days, it was easy to know what was a scam was. They were all so obvious. Now, I feel like an old man trying to stay in touch with the latest nightmare the internet has to offer. It’s goddamn exhausting. This is why the internet is such a pain in the ass.

I never gave the security of a newsletter (which was barely featured) much thought, but with all the telltale signs of fake accounts, I’ve decided to update the security. I will be emailing certain accounts personally to test whether they are legit, so I’m sorry if you are such an account. Getting accused of being a spam account. What a nice comeback, eh?

Here’s the upside to this. If I’m just being jaded, and the majority of these profiles are legit, then I promise to start to take it things way more seriously. Although I’m not yet ready to believe it, perhaps in my slumber a whole slew of you have been waiting patiently for my return. In such a case I will endeavor to awaken.

Unless it’s all spam and the internet sucks. I guess we’ll see.