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This is the perfect tool for an indie developer completely consumed in the final stage of a project, whose inbox has reached epic proportions. I used the Email Game today and cleared half the inbox in about 20 minutes, not bad… amazing what happens when you’re on the clock.
At the time of this writing, they have a default signature that includes a link to their site, which I had to remove. Other than that it was a cool experience and I’ll try it again tomorrow.
“Remember always to exercise your first severity on poor people’s children, and day-scholars. The first floggings are a perpetual disgrace, and it is but reasonable that they should bear it, by whom you are least profited.”
– Anonymous, The Academy Keeper, published 1770
Today I had a great customer experience with Bluehost, who serves up this website and a couple others of mine. They emailed me about a security vulnerability in a file used in a WordPress plugin I have installed, and told me how to remove it. I wanted to make sure it was gone, so I opened up one of those live chat things, and the rep taught me how to use the File Manager in their control panel to search for files. The wait to chat with someone was less than 2 minutes.
It’s going to be way more common to find gripes about customer service, because it’s more likely you notice when something goes wrong than when something goes right. Plus, as a powerless consumer you sometimes feel your only recourse for gross mistreatment is posting a rant on the internet. I am plenty guilty of that. So to counterbalance things a bit, I just wanted to say a few kind words about Bluehost.
They are inexpensive, have way more features than I would ever need, have good customer support, and I can’t remember the last time the server went down. If you are looking for somewhere to host your website, please check them out.