I can't agree with the conclusion more: you can't expect respect you don't offer it too.
On the content of the email, I'm a little more nuanced. For example, I love the images @thisismylife and others have been adding to their emails. Much like a cover for the post. Short, concise and beautiful. in most cases.
What I don't particularly feel it's very effective is long emails, especially when they link to a blog post. We all have limited time after all, and no need to read War and Peace twice. If the email goes directly to a landing page or a program, then a longer description maybe could work, but not always. But I'd recommend a post in-between.
For emails which link to blog posts I generally resume to a few lines of text at most in the email, unless I want to add additional information specifically for Listnerds users.
About clicking the link and further steps.
I may not be a classical case, but I always look for Hive posts. If it is clear an email is not a Hive post, I generally do not open it, unless the title intrigues me in some way.
If after I open the email I discover the email if not about a Hive post, I generally don't click the link, again, unless I become interested. Sometimes I click the link only to be able to downvote if the product seems an obvious scam.
But in over 90% of the cases, I only click on links going to Hive posts.
I've been trying to do some shorter ones myself in the past week. As I noticed that the longer ones weren't necessarily having more votes. And to my surprise that didn't show in a decline of upvotes. I do believe that some people like the longer ones as well, but it's all still a learning curve so a bit of a trial phase honestly.
Thanks for the feedback :)
Overall, I agree with you when you say that I intend to enjoy the Hive content more than other links. But that doesn't mean there aren't exceptions.. Have a nice Sunday evening!
Yeah, working on your presentation isn't about length but rather the quality of sentences you're saying. I found many posts that had like 10 words or so that were effective.
I also understand your take on Hive posts, those are usually what I gravitate toward. In the end, we each have our own criteria for how we handle Listnerd and we're all entitled to do so. I like yours.