Mastodawn

We want to know your perspective so that we can build the best Buttondown for everyone.
https://buttondown.com/blog/interviewing

How we interview customers at Buttondown

In which we provide space for you to ramble at us

Buttondown 1d ago

Time for a little spring cleaning🧹
We've spruced up our DPA, privacy policy, sub-processor list, and cookie policy. Read the the updated legal docs to see what's changed (not much but you should still take a look).
https://buttondown.com/blog/2026-03-16-legal-docs-refresh

A spring cleaning for our legal docs

Updated DPA, privacy policy, sub-processor list, and cookie policy.

Buttondown 2d ago

Buttondown Dec 15

We've made it easier for you to have actual conversations with your subscribers. Now, you can reply directly to subscribers from your inbox!
https://buttondown.com/blog/2025-12-12

Reply to conversations

You can now reply directly to subscriber conversations from your inbox.

Buttondown 3d ago

Buttondown Nov 24

Fellow fans of RSS readers, this one is for you.
https://buttondown.com/blog/2025-11-22-auto-activating-rss-reader-subscriptions

Auto-activating RSS reader subscriptions

Buttondown 4d ago

To click or not to click?
https://buttondown.com/blog/how-spam-button-works

Ask a nerd: what happens when you click the spam button?

Honestly, it’s more conceptually complicated than technically complex.

Buttondown 5d ago

Buttondown Jan 25

Check out our latest update: New design settings pages.
https://buttondown.com/blog/2026-01-23-new-design-settings

New design settings pages

We've removed the Design settings page in favor of separate settings for Archives and Emails.

Buttondown 6d ago

Buttondown Feb 23

Exciting new ship!🚀
Now you can sort and filter your subscribers page by email open rate and link click rate, making it easier to find subscriber patterns and know who is engaging with your newsletter.
https://buttondown.com/blog/2026-02-23-open-click-rate-sorting

Sort and filter by open and click rates

Find your most (and least) engaged subscribers by sorting and filtering by open and click rates.

Buttondown Mar 10

We've added passkeys for 2FA!
You can now use your fingerprint, face, or security key as a second factor when signing into your account.
https://buttondown.com/blog/2026-03-09-passkeys

Passkey support for two-factor authentication

Use your fingerprint, face, or security key as a second factor when signing in.

Buttondown Mar 9

A simple break down of how Buttondown's date-based API versioning system works, and how it lets us ship breaking changes without impacting your integrations.
https://buttondown.com/blog/api-versioning

How Buttondown's API versioning works

A deep dive into our date-based API versioning system, inspired by Stripe, and how it lets us ship breaking changes without breaking your integrations.

Buttondown Mar 8

Buttondown Feb 20

Now you can do more with the API!
We've added a big batch of new fields to the Newsletters API—more locale, templates, socials, transactional emails, and more.
https://buttondown.com/blog/2026-02-20-newsletter-api-fields

More newsletter settings in the API

The /v1/newsletters endpoint now exposes locale, templates, socials, transactional emails, and more.