Globe Direct is hauled off to the landfill

Globe Direct is no more.

And here is the email. Trigger warning: the term "right-size" appears. (Oops, sorry.) pic.twitter.com/g6BkJOzglX

— Dan Kennedy (@dankennedy_nu) May 26, 2022

Twitter is celebrating.

Rejoice! Globe Direct was a scourge of urban living, just one level above rats. https://t.co/Cz5DmwxsE6

— Larry Yu (@laryu) May 27, 2022

Sometimes in a bleak world, a little ray of sunshine emerges.

— Paul Morgan (@SomervilleSnow) May 27, 2022

We used to get them on our doorsteps and they always went straight into the recycling bins. I never saw the appeal of a marketing channel that was 100% instant garbage, and which angered so many recipients.

— R. S. Y. Buchanan (@rsybuchanan) May 26, 2022

Adam Gaffin of Universal Hub, who’s been crusading against Globe Direct for years, posted this photo from a Cambridgeport resident in 2015.

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It always comes in the mail addressed to Resident. I never used the ads but I always check for my other mail and sometimes I would find important mail like bills.

May 27, 2022 at 5:03 pm

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