They Sent It

Google Search is so bad it’s hurting society

Email 5 ways we’re losing what’s on the internet

The WalrusSunday, Aug 23, 2026 at 6:23 AM EasternActiveCampaign
The WalrusGoogle Search is so bad it’s hurting society
Subject
Google Search is so bad it’s hurting society
Preview text
Email 5 ways we’re losing what’s on the internet
From
web@thewalrus.ca
Sent
Sun Aug 23, 2026, 6:23 AM ET
Size
97 KB
Images
14
Links
43, 7 of them buttons
Subject length
44 characters

Against The Walrus's usual

Sent in the 6 AM hour, which holds 17% of its emails; 33% arrive in the 5 AM hour. The subject is 44 characters; its average is 36.

Email headers

What the brand's servers put on this email. Our receiving servers, the address we subscribed with and unsubscribe links are left out.

From
Cameron, The Walrus <[email protected]>
Subject
Google Search is so bad it’s hurting society
Date
Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:23:44 +0000 (GMT)
Message-ID domain
service-v2-cddd9fc7d-n8642
Return-Path domain
em-1399540.thewalrus.ca
DKIM signature
d=thewalrus.ca s=acdkim1; d=acems1.com s=acdkim1
List-Unsubscribe
Present, one-click
Mailer
ActiveCampaign Mailer
Feedback-ID sender
activecampaign

Servers it passed through, newest first

  1. from (unnamed) by acems1.com with ESMTPS

Other sending headers (names only): X-KumoRef, X-DKIM-Options, X-Virtual-Mta, X-250ok-CID, X-Sending-Engine, X-Report-Abuse, X-lid, X-mid

Report this email

Sent just before and after

Aug 28, 2026 1:35 PM💡 A New Season of Ideas Starts Here
Aug 26, 2026 5:59 AMWhat you’ll pay higher tariffs on
Aug 24, 2026 5:56 AMCan Canada Survive Trump’s Trade War?
Aug 23, 2026 6:23 AMGoogle Search is so bad it’s hurting society (this email)
Aug 22, 2026 2:14 PMCan You Find All 15 Words?
Aug 19, 2026 12:04 PMCan We Save Our Children from Big Tech?
Aug 18, 2026 3:03 PMSALE ENDS TONIGHT - Save up to 67%

More from The Walrus

All The Walrus emails

Get the Black Friday insights

We're collecting every Black Friday email from more than 50,000 brands as it lands. Get what we find: who starts first, the biggest discounts, and the subject lines that stand out.

Free. Unsubscribe anytime.