As a newbie to this platform I really want to be a reader more than a contributor. I have been a blogger from 2004 as well as a Twitter bum since 2009 but have about had my fill of long-form writing. When Substack came along I realized this is the new blogger so I began touring .
Yikes! before I realized it I not only had an account but w…
As a newbie to this platform I really want to be a reader more than a contributor. I have been a blogger from 2004 as well as a Twitter bum since 2009 but have about had my fill of long-form writing. When Substack came along I realized this is the new blogger so I began touring .
Yikes! before I realized it I not only had an account but was being treated as a potential contributor. Little by little it dawned on me that I was expected to be a writer and I think I actually published one post, but my surfing kept going.
I already have more on my plate than I can handle but I have cautiously "subscribed" to a handful of accounts, thanks to the wonderful way many simply publish tickler posts for free, then solicit higher-level content paid subscribers. It's a great platform building strategy. Newspapers and magazines have done that for years. And the smart ones are now enabling paid subscribers to send them more by allowing a few "gift" links to their friends and social media contacts.
Everybody is now an influencer!
This morning, however, I encountered something that needs to be corrected -- a user-friendly way to unsubscribe or unfollow to an account. I made the mistake of linking a generic-looking "subscriptions" button and it turned out to be putting me into the subscriber ranks!. I finally figured out how to escape but I'm not sure it worked, so this comment is a way of letting someone know I want to unfollow someone whom I followed by mistake, simply because he has the same name as someone whom I have followed over a couple of decades on other platforms.
I have nothing but admiration for Substack and am an avid Heather Cox Richardson groupie. This is the new Blogger only better, and I hope this little feature can be corrected.
As a newbie to this platform I really want to be a reader more than a contributor. I have been a blogger from 2004 as well as a Twitter bum since 2009 but have about had my fill of long-form writing. When Substack came along I realized this is the new blogger so I began touring .
Yikes! before I realized it I not only had an account but was being treated as a potential contributor. Little by little it dawned on me that I was expected to be a writer and I think I actually published one post, but my surfing kept going.
I already have more on my plate than I can handle but I have cautiously "subscribed" to a handful of accounts, thanks to the wonderful way many simply publish tickler posts for free, then solicit higher-level content paid subscribers. It's a great platform building strategy. Newspapers and magazines have done that for years. And the smart ones are now enabling paid subscribers to send them more by allowing a few "gift" links to their friends and social media contacts.
Everybody is now an influencer!
This morning, however, I encountered something that needs to be corrected -- a user-friendly way to unsubscribe or unfollow to an account. I made the mistake of linking a generic-looking "subscriptions" button and it turned out to be putting me into the subscriber ranks!. I finally figured out how to escape but I'm not sure it worked, so this comment is a way of letting someone know I want to unfollow someone whom I followed by mistake, simply because he has the same name as someone whom I have followed over a couple of decades on other platforms.
I have nothing but admiration for Substack and am an avid Heather Cox Richardson groupie. This is the new Blogger only better, and I hope this little feature can be corrected.