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# Back to Buttondown
- URL: https://chrisenns.com/2026/09/back-to-buttondown/
- Published: 2026-09-12T17:57:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-12T17:57:16.000Z
- Description: Internet sigh: I'm switching back to my previous email newsletter app. Sorry!
- Author: Chris Enns
- Tags: newsletters

I teased in the last email I had sent on Patreon that I made the decision to switch my weekly(ish) newsletter sending app back to Buttondown.

## Quick version:

For anyone viewing this that isn’t already subscribed, you can sign up here - [https://buttondown.com/lemoncasting](https://buttondown.com/lemoncasting?ref=chrisenns.com)\- if you want to get my newsletter most Tuesdays.

You can see in the [archives](https://buttondown.com/lemoncasting/archive/?ref=chrisenns.com), which I moved over from Patreon, that I last sent out an email in July. Ooof.

### The Why's?

- Selfishly, collecting links and writing in Patreon's app isn't any fun. **To me**. Other people like it. I prefer Buttondown's interface.
- A good friend let me know that in order to reply to an email I send on Patreon, they have to log in and use an app to leave a comment vs Buttondown you can just hit reply and start typing. I hate that kind of friction for communicating.
- Linking to "my newsletter on Patreon" implied that it cost money to read. It doesn't. But Patreon is a "support me on Patreon" style app in a lot of people's minds. I didn't like that implication for my newsletter.
- Patreon is in the midst of trying to "automate your marketing and promotion" and I honestly don't trust it or me to not send out more "50% off your free newsletter!" emails on my behalf that I didn't ask it to send.
- I'm **not** shutting down [my Patreon account](https://www.patreon.com/ichris?ref=chrisenns.com). It's still a way for people to support me monthly online if they want to. Some day I'll figure out a better way to integrate with a Discord, etc. in a healthy way.
- I did have one person ask how they can do a one-time support send, and for that I set up [a Stripe link](https://buy.stripe.com/8x2dR83Wb8Sven583ieUU00?ref=chrisenns.com) people can use. But I must stress again: it's not necessary to do to get the newsletter!

Ok for the last time 🙏🤦‍♂️, I'll [see you over on Life as a Lemon](https://buttondown.com/lemoncasting?ref=chrisenns.com). 

If you decide to get off this ride, thank you for following along to this point.