[Carl Elias]

I feel like an opt-in email newsletter would be the best maybe to test it. I know I get about 100 emails Monday alone, about 60-70% of which being newsletters and ads. I do think some way to share news would be beneficial and would increase engagement, but I am not sure an email newsletter would be the best method.

Another possibility is to use the notification system part of HF, and auto opt-in to a notification for any of the news letters posted on HF (that I would assume include most of what you are thinking for the emails). Only thing that may need to be updated then at that point is for daily or weekly notification recap emails that include what notifications you had that period (which would fall into the transaction emails I also assume. I do not really check my email I use for HF so I'm not sure if this is already a thing). Maybe make the newsletter notification stand out in this email from the others??

This would possibly be a good middle ground of not being a "newsletter" email but still notifies the user of the newsletter. This could reach online users quicker, and the daily/weekly/monthly notification recap would possibly bring back in-active users when they get the email.

[hotwheels52]

I agree with others such that an on-site notification might be a little more appeasing.

[x0n]

Hard pass on anything email related, I just won't read it. Email is for password reset codes and purchase receipts...

Yeah I agree with you.

[Omniscient]

Thanks everyone for the feedback. It's as I thought, that basically no one wants this. I still might do once or twice a year annual blast but I'll pass on something that's sent out regularly.