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jestdotty611314dpay me for giving you any accidental attention
social media is tragedy of the commons due to marketers / sales people / shills / ads -
whimsical174311dIt's funny, because everything is literally free, you just have to do it yourself and that is the fun part of all. For statistics I would recommend a different one, something starting with um.... Google analytics became such a weird platform. Original old one was perfect. The only thing bit tricky to do yourself is email. I have done that successfully now, complete with a nice based frontend and support for exchange.
But really people, everything is free. If someone else built it, you can can do it too and taylored to your own needs.
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