Wait! Is Revue no longer shutting down? Here's what Elon Musk says

Revue is one of the many newsletter services available in its segment. However, it stood out enough to attract the attention of Twitter back in 2021, the company now owned by Elon Musk.

One of the decisions made by the new administration was to close Revue this month of January. Apparently, the service was not meeting profitability expectations.

However, recent developments suggest that there is a possibility of a change in this decision. So, is Revue no longer shutting down? Keep reading to find out.

Newsletter services like Revue are known mainly in the professional field. After all, users who subscribe to a newsletter only interact with the emails they receive.

Being part of a big company like Twitter, Revue was one of the most solid and reliable newsletter platforms. That said, Revue’s shutdown was scheduled for January 18 this year.

With the date so close, many people have been talking lately about the situation. Some reacting negatively to the shutdown, while others had not even known about it.

Keep Revue active. Shutting it down is a bad mistake, especially since you’re introducing more long-form content.
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Finally, Revue is shutting down. Being in the content space has become difficult with each passing day due to the fading interest of ppl in writing, and the increasing consumption of sensational information than insightful or teardown analysis. Takeaway: Stick to your core biz.
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Social platforms like Twitter are currently full of reactions of all kinds to the shutdown of the service. That said, it seems that the comments also reached the ears of Elon Musk.

To one of the tweets on the matter, Elon Musk responded by asking the following:

Since the Twitter acquisition, Musk has been known for listening to the public about new decisions. After all, one of the reasons given for the acquisition was to ’empower the people’.

This means that depending on the answers Musk’s question receives, Revue’s ultimate fate could change. Currently, all possibilities seem to be on the table.

So, whether you’re for or against the decision, feel free to participate by replying directly to the tweet.

At this point, Revue’s shutdown cannot be ruled out that. Therefore, users must be prepared for it. If you are looking for Newsletter platform alternatives, here are some:

WordPress.com Newsletter

Substack

Mailchimp

Gumroad

WordPress, for its part, prepared instructions to facilitate the migration of Revue to its own newsletter service.

We will update this story as events unfold.

Featured Image: Revue on Chrome Store

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