One year of Threadloom Newsletter

One year ago, we set out to build the easiest and most effective email newsletter service for forums.  The result was our second product, Threadloom Newsletter.  Today, millions of forum members receive weekly newsletters powered by Threadloom (the vast majority of which are sent via AutoPilot, which fully automates content selection, recipient curation, and delivery). We have since received thousands of emails from Newsletter recipients, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.

Over the past several months, we have published several updates about the European Union (EU) General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR).  We have implemented a number of measures to further safeguard user privacy and trust, and today, I'm pleased to share another important milestone: Threadloom is now Privacy Shield-certified and on the Privacy Shield List.

I'm excited to share a number of improvements to Newsletter we've recently launched, as well as several new features and changes we have planned.

Last month, we wrote about the GDPR and what Threadloom was doing to prepare.  Below is an update on related changes.

Whether your forum is based in the European Union (EU) or elsewhere, chances are that you are already aware of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).  As the GDPR approaches in late May, here's a preview of what to expect from Threadloom.

We're happy to announce that the Threadloom plug-in – which gives you access to both Threadloom Search and Threadloom Newsletter – is now available for XenForo 2.

When we launched Threadloom Search six months ago, our goal was to make it easier for forums to find their best content.  Our cloud search plug-in returns 10x more results than XenForo, and is 10x faster than vBulletin.  Today, 150+ forums with 400 million posts are using Threadloom Search.  We're grateful to our customers and proud to support them.

This week, we released our 2nd product, Threadloom Newsletter. Our goal is to help forums painlessly deliver great email newsletters.

Last year I inherited a minivan from my brother. I’m barely 5 feet tall, and I felt like I was driving a cruise ship. A few passenger side dings and scrapes later, I started researching how to buy a new car. I narrowed down my choices to a Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, and Subaru Outback. I spoke with friends who owned those cars, did numerous test drives, and checked out car maker websites and a few blogs. 

Last month in Chicago at the Facebook Community Summit, Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook’s new mission to empower communities and grow FB Groups to one billion users. Currently Facebook has 100 million people (5% of all users) in meaningful groups. To grow Groups by 10x, the company will emphasize community-based features in its product roadmap.

Facebook unveiled five new admin tools at their Community Summit. These tools allow group moderators to: schedule posts; block and add members more easily; analyze group metrics; and link groups to help you find more FB groups to join.

All this begs the question: Does Facebook have plans to make online forums obsolete?

Red Model S.  Baby boots.  Cornet for sale.  What do all of these forum searches have in common? They’re all better when you can search for images alongside posts.  Today, I’m excited to share that Image Search is now available for all Threadloom customers.