I built Joey and then left it alone for a long time.
There were reasons — busy, other things — but I kept putting it off. Then I started actually leaning on AI, and finally tore it apart and rebuilt it.
What changed
The UI got a lot cleaner. The features narrowed down to comments.
Joey used to have forms, surveys, button blocks. They made sense at the time, but in practice, people weren't coming to Joey for those things. The more features there were, the less clear it was what to actually do with it.
So I cut most of it. Three things are left.
Comments
After you send a newsletter, it goes quiet. You can see the open rate, but you don't know who read it or what they thought.
Joey was made to fix that silence. Drop a link at the end of your email. Readers can respond without logging in — because if you ask people to log in, most of them just close the tab.
Subscriber collection
Someone who leaves a comment can also leave their email. They've already responded once, which makes them a good starting point.
Export
Comments and subscriber emails can be exported as CSV whenever you want.
Even if Joey goes away or the terms change, the data is yours. That was important from the start, and it still is.
Whether you're new or you've been using Joey for a while, I hope this feels easier.
