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.