Better community tools, activity and contributor controls, and more
Bulletin #4: News, education, and opportunities for publishers
Welcome to another edition of the Substack Bulletin, where publishers get a roundup of the latest news, resources, and community-building opportunities, all in one place.
In recent weeks, we’ve shipped major improvements for community building on Substack, including new tools for customizing your Chat space and filtering your activity feed, in addition to improved search and transcripts.
Please leave us any feedback or ideas in the comments—we’re listening and curious to know how we can make these posts as valuable to you as possible.
News
Chat improvements. Publishers can now paywall an entire Chat: This allows you to limit your Chat space to paying subscribers only, not just individual threads. You can also paywall a Chat space and conversations to founding-tier subscribers only. Meanwhile, your subscribers are now able to search your Chat space for an old thread and new chats, and replies now load in real time, making it easier to participate in conversations about live events. Learn more
Contributor visibility. When you give someone contributor privileges to your publication, they will have more restricted access. They will be able to see your Posts tab to view, edit, and publish drafts, but they will not have access to more private information, such as the subscribers tab or the recipients table. Learn more
Activity feed superpowers. Many publishers shared feedback that they struggle to keep up with all the interactions with subscribers and followers. So we’ve made the activity feed easier to filter (by replies and mentions or restacks). More improvements are coming soon.
Upgraded search. When you click the search icon in the navigation bar, you will now see a new modal that allows you to search for profiles or publications faster than before. We plan to continue improving search as a powerful tool for discovery.
Full-screen transcripts. Substack publishers can auto-generate a text version of an audio or video post for free. These transcripts now appear in a full-screen layout so they’re easier to read and follow along. Listeners can search the transcript and jump to specific parts of the audio by clicking the text. Learn more
Reading history: Easily access a list of all posts you’ve recently read by going to your Home tab, and clicking the “History” icon on the left of the reading queue. (This feature is currently only available on the web.)
Resources
Chat inspiration: Publications with active chats are growing their revenue at twice the rate of publications without them. Read our new resource rounding up successful strategies for building a community on Substack.
Apply for the Substack Creator Studio. We’re excited to open applications for Substack Creator Studio, a fellowship for the next wave of video stars who want to build their shows and communities on Substack. Learn more and apply
Product walk-throughs: Check out our new product walk-through videos on how to set up a podcast, video, or voiceover for your Substack publication.
Chatbot question of the week: What are sections and when should I use them?
We recommend you use sections to organize discrete email lists, for example a group of people who want to hear about a niche topic separate from the main publication’s scope.
Sections are particularly useful for podcasters. We recommend that you always set up a new section for a podcast on Substack, because adding a section unlocks more website design customization and the ability for you and your audience to more seamlessly control their experience (for instance, making the podcast emails default opt-in or default opt-out). For a comprehensive, visual step-by-step on how to set up a section, see this help center article.
Community
Meetups: Join fellow writers for upcoming meetups in Glasgow, Berlin, Menlo Park, and more. Thank you
, , and for hosting. Don’t see a meetup in your city? Host your own!Around town:
hosted an event to celebrate the Hate Read series from her Substack, which was covered in the the New York Times. Substack gathered publishers in Berlin and Munich, as well as independent journalists at a New Media Party in Washington, D.C. hosted a kickoff party at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. where Vox’s Kara Swisher interviewed him and he returned the favor with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Writers celebrated at the O Mansion and heard interview him about his reporting in Ukraine.
In the press:
gossiped about sports on The First Ballot podcast, and NBA reporter was on the Horse basketball podcast. spoke about the TikTok ban on NPR, and discussed AI with . was quoted in a Politico story about the future of journalism. was profiled in The Cut and in the New York Times. The Press Gazette interviewed about the soccer journalist’s road to independence. spoke with The New Yorker Radio Hour, Fresh Air, and more about his new book. was also on Fresh Air. Coveteur ran a round up of great fashion Substacks. ’s essay on book sales sparked a segment on BBC Radio 4’s show Front Row. had an essay featured in Modern Love:Milestones:
was named to the Time 100 Most Influential People of 2024. ( contributed an essay about Dua Lipa and contributed a piece about Jack Smith to the annual edition.) , , , and more were named to the TIME100 Health list. After three years of publishing her newsletter and more than 200 posts, announced paid subscriptions. After ten years of writing Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends, also announced a paid subscription option. quit his day job to go all in on his Substack. ’s new book was named one of the best books of the year by Harper’s Bazaar.
Celebrating a milestone or press feature? Let us know in the comments.
I'm celebrating becoming a Substack bestseller!
I've seen incredible growth since I refocused The Artemisian as an educational community. Last winter, I added monthly workshops to the paid benefits, and some other perks like Q&A submissions and discounts on services.
The boost in revenue is great, but even more incredible is the sense of community, sharing and learning that is happening amongst subscribers. I'm grateful for the opportunity to do work I feel so passionate about with a platform that can support sustainable growth and access to my readership. Thanks, Substack :)
Love seeing all the notes about what writers are up to/have accomplished/been recognized. It's a little like the class notes section from my college alumni magazine -- such cool stuff 😃
my newsletter was cited in the new york times and the latest issue of instyle australia
Congrats! Sorry we missed this!
Hi Bailey is there anyone I can suggest speaking to about getting a subscriber magnet option in the form of a quiz feature or free ebook, that allows people to sign up directly to the Stack as a result.
The biggest issue budding writers like myself face is getting people over from the behemoth tech platforms, the recommended pages is great but doesn't really motivate followers I have from my other platforms (of which I have 8,000).
Share the links with us here if you're game?
sure, here's the link for the nytimes story: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/opinion/met-gala-celebrities-nude.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
instyle australia's fall issue: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6WVRnZuTFB/?hl=en
and in march, i was interviewed for this story in SF Gate: https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/celebrities-sushi-park-la-strip-mall-hangout-18659419.php
Hi Bailey is there anyone I can suggest speaking to about getting a subscriber magnet option in the form of a quiz feature or free ebook, that allows people to sign up directly to the Stack as a result.
The biggest issue budding writers like myself face is getting people over from the behemoth tech platforms, the recommended pages is great but doesn't really motivate followers I have from my other platforms (of which I have 8,000).
Substack invited us to do a bit of bragging about out publications, so here goes:
My coverage of Netflix's failure to remunerate the estate of Mary Oliver was widely circulated on social media, including by Publishers Weekly, and was picked up by various publications, including Lainey Gossip: https://www.laineygossip.com/amanda-seyfried-sported-wet-look-in-berlin-what-else-february-23-2024/77739
Late last year I was also quoted by Slate in a feature about Suzanne Somers' poetry after her death. Slate Staff writer Heather Schwedel noted that it was "one of the few serious considerations of the poetry" she had been able to find.
Here's the Slate article: https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/10/suzanne-somers-death-2023-cancer-touch-me-poetry.html
And my Substack post about Somers: https://poppoetry.substack.com/p/suzanne-somers-touch-me
I'm so honored to be a subject matter expert at the bizarre and beautiful intersection of poetry and pop culture! Very grateful to Substack for creating a platform for me to write the things I've always wanted to write about the niche subject I care about.
Great work team! Managing notifications and the visual noise of them will be a massive help. Thanks for all you do for us. ✨🙏
Hi there. It isn't clear to me how we add filters to our activity feed? I would love to only get notifications when I get comments (and not likes). Thanks!
Hi Courtney 👋 there's a little complexity and inconsistency in how Substack notification's work. Disabling a notification produces varying and inconsistent effects over the different notification channels: email, push, and app/web (notification bell and activity feed).
You can disable notifications for likes on posts, in your activity feed, but not likes on Notes, unfortunately. You can disable post likes in your publication settings, and Notes likes in your user settings (as per Jasmine's comment below), but disabling likes in your user settings will only disable email and push notifications, it will not remove these notification on web (in your activity feed)
We're aware of this problem, and intend to make improvements to this system in the coming months.
Fantastic- great to hear. What I long for is for the "alarm bell" icon-- when I click on it-- to only show me comments and restacks, not likes. It's wonderful to have likes but being notified about them clogs up my screen and time!
Thanks for the feedback, Courtney. And just to be clear, though you can't stop likes from appearing in your activity feed, you can filter them out: https://substack.com/@sethwerkheiser/note/c-55894353
Hi Dayne is there anyone I can suggest speaking to about getting a subscriber magnet option in the form of a quiz feature or free ebook, that allows people to sign up directly to the Stack as a result.
The biggest issue budding writers like myself face is getting people over from the behemoth tech platforms, the recommended pages is great but doesn't really motivate followers I have from my other platforms (of which I have 8,000).
Thanks for the question, Moe. We don't have a dedicated feature for this, but what you could do is add a link to the quiz or ebook in your Substack's "welcome" email: an email automatically sent to new subscribers.
No worries will there be plans to integrate a lead capture in future?
Could you say more about what sort of feature(s) you'd want? Our current focus wrt lead capture / top of funnel is Substack Notes, and following. Posting to Notes exposes you to readers across the Substack network, and readers can follow you to see your notes, and get to know you more before decided to subscribe. More: https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/18163273015700-What-is-following-on-Substack
It may help if I give an example:
1. Discover your business archetype quiz
2. Download this free 30 day keto meal plan
3. Get access to the first chapter of my book
All of these could be used as links that can be integrated on social media or websites and act as lead magnets.
Once these free offers are downloaded they will go on to the mailing list.
I'm finding the substack network isn't bringing in as many subscribers as it used to and with 10,000 followers across all my social channels it would be great to offer them a bit of the beautiful substack apple with some sort of lead capture tool.
All the ones you mentioned above are great for on platform engagement but I would like to see more from substack when it comes to incentivising people to join from other platforms.
I would substack to be my number one platform in 5 years time and be done with Meta altogether, just thinking of ways to make that happen!
Thanks so much for getting back to me Dwayne, I really appreciate it and think this idea has some real legs! I'm so in when it comes to the substack culture and fully investing in its success
Apologies- Dayne!
Substack has really changed how we consume content, making it easy to dive into niche topics and discover writers who speak directly to your interests. It’s kind of like building your own personal library, which got me thinking about how much I love having physical books and periodicals on hand too. When I’ve been hunting for something specific, especially older or hard-to-find titles, thriftbooks https://thriftbooks.pissedconsumer.com/review.html has been a go-to for me. They’ve got a great selection, and it’s super affordable. It’s nice to mix digital reads with the feel of a real book every now and then—it’s the best of both worlds!
Ah, that's clarifying - thanks Moe!
That would be a great feature, and I'll share that with the team. While we don't have exactly that feature, you can embed a signup form on other websites: https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/360041759232-Can-I-embed-a-signup-form-for-my-Substack-publication
Something you could experiment with is including your offer right before the embed, or in your publication's description, which can be included in the form.
I think you can do this in your profile settings Courtney
Yes just make sure to check both your indiivdual user settings (substack.com/settings) and your publication settings (your.substack.com/publish/settings#notifications)
The Substack search engine needs help! For example, if you enter "skiing," you get a couple of relevant profiles/publications, but then the search returns results with totally unrelated "-ing" words highlighted, such as "seeing," "asking," "sewing," and "sailing." I have "skiing" in both my profile and publication description, but neither shows up in the search results.
I’m going to suggest this again, many of us want a film and television category to put our Substacks under. It’s going to help us a lot.
Milestone announcement: I'm celebrating my one year anniversary on Substack by hosting a free Zoom reading with four amazing writers, Robin Farmer, Meg Kearney, Anne-Marie Oomen, and Kassie Rubico. After the reading, we'll have a conversation about personal writing in various genres including fiction, poetry, young adult fiction, essay, and memoir. The event will be on May 24th at 7:00 PM Eastern. You can find out more at https://www.annettemarquis.com/p/05-24-2024. I hope you'll join us!
I would love it if Sections were more manageable. I would like to be able to choose what sections people subscribe to when they subscribe, and be able to unsubscribe them from sections myself.
Yes! I want this too
I haven't enabled sections yet out of fear of the complexity for subscribers. Does the subscribe workflow allow a new subscriber to quickly check/uncheck the sections they are interested in akin to how you can select/unselect recommendations now?
We love the updates and are super happy to be a part of the finance community here!
Find out more about us here:
https://substack.com/@thesimpleside?r=21v4rh&utm_medium=ios
I mentioned this in a Note, but let me restate: thank you for streamlining notifications on desktop! Something that would make the interface much more effective would be to allow us to right-click on each notification one at a time so we can open them in new tabs. This doesn't matter if you have five or six notifications, but as it approaches 100, it's a much more time-consuming task, as I continue to use the back button and scroll down past those notifications I've already dealt with. Thank you!
Makes sense! One workaround I use is Ctrl-clicking or Cmd-clicking on activity notifications to open in new tabs. Does that work for you?
Yes, thank you! This does it.
I bet there are a lot of other PC users like me who don't know you can do this.
Typically, CTRL+click yields identical results to right-clicking and opening in a new tab, so I think most folks right click to open a new tab.
Or maybe I'm just turning into a Boomer. Either way!
Sounds good. what is the possibility of adding new formatting tools like centering text or options for more Fonts?
maybe if we get enough likes, and people keep talking about this. Someone in Substack may listen and make the changes needed.
I'm celebrating my cookbook, Ever-Green Vietnamese, being nominated as a finalist for a 2024 James Beard Award in the vegetable-forward cookbook category. Congratulations to all the nominees! More here >> https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/2024-media-award-nominees
Congratulations, Andrea! Sorry that we missed this. A huge accomplishment!
Looking forward to using the sections feature for publishing a new podcast. I love that this exists. Thanks for the tips!
I think that Substacks should be given the option of adding a micropayment feature to expand paying income.
You keep tagging the wrong Tugba in your Berlin meet-up updates. This has happened several times now. I know I don't have a very common European name, but the person tagged and I have very different surnames. Please correct this, as it is getting really frustrating!
This is totally my bad. I am sorry!!
I'm sorry if this isn't the right venue but I haven't found a better one.
In its web interface, Many of Substacks buttons do not have labels or Alt text. This makes it hard for blind writers like me, who use screen reading software, to work the pages. Efforts in the area of web accessibility would be appreciated.
None of this sounds useful. Sounds like play time. AA meetings and fluff. How do I get more subscribers? That’s all. I don’t have time for all this junk and to write too. I make money on Medium. Substack is becoming irritating. I shouldn’t have to work this hard for a simple idea. Connect the dots for me. How is this stuff going to help me?
Decent additions and improvements to Substack platform indeed, and yet I continue to receive virtually little info or assistance w Stripe, Substack’s money management entity, which banned peeps from supporting Musings of the Old Gray Mere, my project.
It is high time someone at Substack management stepped up! Please.
I have pursued every dang suggestion…
I stopped posting for an entire month, but now am back.
Tks for your help,
Cheers,
Meredith Hughes
When I go to your "substack profile" (https://substack.com/@meredithsayleshughes/posts), I don't see your substack publication listed.
One possible option is to create and publish your substack, and then sort out the turning on payments later (stripe).
I agree with Jon. When I click on his profile, I see a prominent link to his newsletter. When I click on my profile, I see a prominent link to mine. When I click on your profile, Meredith, I see no such link.
I pulled out of Substack a month ago. Just zero aid re the Stripe b.s. I am pondering how/where to continue Musings of the Old Gray Mere!
The name is there: Musings of the Old Gray Mere
Substack Creator Studio sounded cool, until I read you’re pawning off the winners to a Hollywood name. Thanks for trying I guess.
There is so much here for customization and I'm loving that. A couple video questions: 1) When will we be able to share video directly to our subscriber chats? I would MUCH prefer to put video there than in Notes. 2) Can we turn off autoplay for video on Notes?
TBH, I'm really excited about the audio and video tools to enhance, not replace, my writing. But I would like to do so in a more intentional and meaningful way without accidentally chasing away subscribers.
Thanks!
Hi Sarah! Both features are coming soon: video in chat, and a setting to turn off video autoplay. (If you're on android, you can already turn off autoplay from your app display settings.)
Is this coming soon video in chat live or pre-recorded?
Prerecorded to start... but we're very aware of the live video requests and possibly cooking something up 🧑🍳
Ok, I tried to find this but I'm not sure where to look?
If you're talking about "disable autoplay" for Android:
1. Make sure you're on the latest version of the Android app/ update if not
2. Tap on your profile picture in the top right > settings > display > autoplay videos
The others (video in chat, autoplay setting on other devices) are coming soon but not here yet
App updated and auto play disabled.
Thank you!!!
Some very useful new features, thanks Substack team.
Talking of sections, if anyone is interested in writing serials (fiction or non-fiction), I just this week put up a guide on how sections can be used to help readers navigate: https://open.substack.com/pub/simonkjones/p/how-to-publish-a-serial-story-in?r=3rwg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I love the new history feature! So many times I'm reading something, leave the app and then I'm unable to find what I was reading
Substack interests me. It may be very good. But will you please explain how it is sponsored and by whom? Are you affiliated with a major corporation or a little guy in a basement somewhere? If so, who and where? Love, G-d
Abandon your ill fated attempt into video. It’s going to be wildly unsuccessful for you vs Tiktok, YouTube, etc. And it’s just going to piss off every writer with a brain.
Thanks, Team Substack! It's good to be here. Route 24 is a soon-to-launch newsletter for people who feel out of gas with current news cycles and elect stories that drive public trust. Come along for the ride! www.driveroute24.com
Still no way for me to get paid for my articles on Substack! It's truly hard to believe that you guys don't care about those of us who won't or can't use Stripe!
What is wrong with stripe?
I thought I answered this (at length), but now can't see my reply :-(.
Ah, I found it eventually!
I've been trying to find out (for some time now) about the "Why not Subscribe" pop-up box that appears on some 'Stacks when you press the 'Like' button. Is this a feature that's being rolled out on all....or if not how do I enable it on my own 'Stack?
(I've tried getting an answer to this several times on the 'Ask a Question' chat thing....but got nowhere.
I believe this can be disabled via the publication setting "Subscribe prompts on post pages".
Thanks for this. Yes and I've found that one on my settings....and it is already enabled. (To be clear....I wouldn't want to disable it. The opposite.)
Disabling that setting should do the job.
Thanks...but how so? Why would that make the pop-up feature start to appear? Seems like the opposite would be true.....I don't understand
Oh, my apologies, I misread your original comment and assumed you were trying to disable that feature. If it's currently enabled on your publication then there is nothing you need to do. Note that the popup will not be displayed to every reader, every time they they like a post - we try to limit the number of prompts that readers receive.
Thanks again....all clear now. Didn't realise you were @Substack but since you are, a couple of questions:
1) on 'Substack Reads' I get a weekly digest of other people's Substack posts curated "just for me". But how would I know (would I get notified) if and when my own Substack is featured on other peoples' Substack Reads digest?
2) a question I guess gets asked a lot....is there a way to boost one's chances of your 'Stack getting 'Featured' by Substack?
1. I don't think so, but we absolutely should - I'll pass this on to the relevant product team.
2. Not that I'm aware of, but I believe our editorial team pays special attention to paid publications that are gaining attention organically.
And....thanks again!
Since you are passing ideas along...I would like to say that the "Why Not Subscribe" pop-up is a great feature....for jogging people along to subscribing. One of the best recent innovations in my view. (Hope it's happening on mine.)
I believe that 'feature' is controlled by the substack platform algorithm (and was rolled out officially a while ago). In other words, nothing for the Writer to enable/disable. To see it in action: free-subscribe to your publication with one of your 2nd email addresses. Then, in about a week or two -- when interacting with your publication as that free-reader, you'll be so prompted
I believe this can be disabled via the publication setting "Subscribe prompts on post pages".
Thank you for this... worth a try. But the big thing you're saying from my point of view is that it's something I have no control over.
Yes, that is my understanding -- "no control". Some "sales-funnel" marketing mechanisms (such as this one) are not under Writer control (based on my experience).
However, others ARE under Writer control. See the "Substack Boost" section in your Settings:
~/publish/settings#boost
Thanks again. couldn't use this link...(just kept getting multiple Sign in messages)
Couldn't find any Substack Boost in my settings. Could you let me have the complete navigation route to it?
when in settings, on the left-hand side, you’ll see a vertical list of names. Towards the bottom of that list, you’ll see the word “boost”. click on “boost” to take you to that section in settings. Or, when you’re in settings, just keep scrolling down
Thanks again. On the left hand side of 'Settings' is a long list starting with 'Basics' at the top and 'Danger Zone' at the bottom. But there is no 'Boost' in that list.
Boost is only available on paid publications.
Thanks...that clears that one up. (I haven't enabled payment yet.)
Milestone announcement: I began my page, The Healing of a Time out of Joint, late last year but began posting in earnest last month (April). I began with both paid and free subscriptions and at this point I have 87 subscribers, 13 of whom are paid, for a total of over $1000 yearly. Why is my page unusual? 1) I'm posting original poetry and reading it aloud; 2) using this platform for a newsletter I've been sending out weekly via email for over two years; 3) and am pioneering a new literary genre, a Biopedia. This genre which I developed and teach classes on (see article in Military Officer magazine, for instance) involves short articles arranged alphabetically (like in an encyclopedia) with timelines and time capsules. My Biopedia subject matter is admittedly controversial -- Biopedics about why I, having authored 30 books published by major Protestant publishers, have embraced Eastern Orthodoxy. Latayne C. Scott
i AM LOOKING FOR A TABLE OF CONTENTS THAT CAN HELP US LEARN. OTHERS HAVE AGREED WITH ME FOR THIS.
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO SEE A TON OF SINGLE EMAILS ON SINGLE SUBJECTS. I NEED AN OVERVIEW, SO THAT i CAN FEEL LIKE i CAN CONQUER IT. RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST A SPAHGHETTI BOWL OF A THOUGSAND OPTIONS. i'M STILL FEELING QUITE LOST.
Try substack.com/resources
This "check list" is for "video-centric creators," but has a lot of good general stuff in it:
https://on.substack.com/p/substack-launch-checklist
Hi folks, in Firefox there is a new bug that when trying to edit any newsletter, the Audio Settings pane opens up and cannot be closed to reveal the publish button. Help!
Is this on posts with audio?
With and without (we do post videos fairly often at the top of a newsletter).
hm we will investigate this!
Thanks so much!
The search facility on drafts has disappeared, making it harder to find a draft. Can you restore it?
I still see it on the "posts" page! Is that where you are looking?
Please add better support for Right To Left languages😊
How can I cancel my subscription?
Love Substack. Keep doing what you're doing!
Maybe you could explain it to all of us.
😂
The sections explanation was really helpful. I had wanted to involve a podcast element to my publication but didn't necessarily want the episodes to automatically email out to every existing subscriber. This makes sense. I think.
A way to respond to comments and restacks via the feed direct. Or to right click and open it in a new tab.
I heard from a little birdy we may be building this...
Omg that would be so amazing!!!!! Yesssssssssss thanks Bailey
Hvala na ovom Biltenu. U očekivanju novog želimo svaki uspeh u radu tj. pisanju!
It’s a pleasure to be part of the “stack” !
A true free flow of open and free thoughts.
Camu and Twain would be proud.
Lot’s of good stuff in here. The filter esp. helps, I still would love a comment queue like e.g. on YouTube so I can see which ones I have not seen/interacted with. Also cool to see all the meetups! Hope to join one in Paris sometime.
I like this idea!
Me too 😅
The activity feed filters and history are such awesome additions. Thanks for adding those!
I'll tell you what I really want - a full-fledged editor in both comments and Notes.
Okay, I just had my comment disappeared out from under my paws. WTF?
I liked REAL HUMANS that used to answer distress calls. AI sucks.
Also, I'd say the more paywalls you encourage, the less community there is-- I understand the need to keep trolls at bay, but there is a BAN option.
To see my shareable Instagram images that are cutoff at the top, here is my profile: https://www.instagram.com/arhcrobotics?igsh=MXdrNDR1aWZkZ3BtaA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
My shareable images for Instagram are wonderful, but they are not sized correctly. The top is cut off once it is uploaded to instagram.
I found out today that Instagram wants square images, which is why my verticle rectangle pictures are getting cutt off at the top and bottom
On “notes” there are so many extreme opinions that I rather not participate.
I have been trying to create a story of a new tool to using the AA 12 Steps system using other tools as an adjunct to understanding the Human side brought about by the changes the growth process demands of us. I am almost blind and am at an impasse at assembling and presenting the material that I am glib on presenting in lecture form. I would like to speak to someone. (preferably one who already understand s recovery from from any addiction) Because of my limited sight I find using phone easier. Please call: 860 526 9000. Thank you. Norm
I’m a user who would love to have one fee and be able to access multiple writers or producers. Say access to 5 writers for the fee pg…. 70$ per writer really adds up if one wants to support multiple writers. More and more writers are publishing so Substact needs a “ passport” or system so you can access full content from multiple. People.
Thanks! Love Substact and access to great content!
I agree. I suggested this some time ago. There needs to be a way of selling bulk credits.
Please sort out notifications. I unticked "Likes: Notify me when someone likes my notes or comments." and yet I still get notifications about it, and they swamp the things I'm interested in.
Thx
Thank you Substack.. I am looking forward to what's new.
I hope I can make my way around it since I am still new and still getting familiar...
It would be great to have an option to hide the notes section, or at least not have it on the home page. A few reasons for this are:
-it's really hard to not scroll through notes when I'm supposed to be writing
-there's a segment of younger writers joining substack, and there have been complaints because the default Notes setting shows notes with language and political opinions. (this could be fixed by having "following" be the Notes default for all new Substack users.)
It would also be great to be able to filter Notes with some sort of tagging system so I can find what I'm in the mood to read. (After my writing's done, of course)
On the app, you can go to your Settings to change the default tab to Inbox instead of Notes
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Also at HTTPS:ehtrust.org/about/dr Devar Davis/
Great improvements, thx!
Thank you also. I have had a year long challenge trying to change my Twitter X feed from an address assigned to me when signing up for Substack to one for which I already pay and have a large following. No amount of Chat advice helps and promises of someone reaching out by email has also not occurred.
Substack is awesome. Love all the present and upcoming features! Great work! ✨🙌🏻
I'm having a problem signing into Narratively because my email address for it and Substack are different, so because of some technical issue, the only way I can sign into Narratively is use the link to my email rather than using the password. The crazy thing though it when I tried to change the email associated with Substack to the one I have for Narratively, it shows they are the same when they aren't. I'm not sure what is the problem.
They need to go with a mobile based sign up. People read on their phones. Give your mobile # and it sends you a code. Email is old school. This is important.
I hate cell phones. But that's the way of the world so I need to conform to it.
I don't understand half this stuff.
IT bimbo.
Rather frustrating.
...almost to 100 posts and released my new business (https://cansafis.substack.com/p/uiu) and record (https://cansafis.substack.com/p/be-in-our-band) on substack...great work on your constant work to make the product improve...looking forward to taking advantage of sections, chat, and releasing video podcasts here in the future...
Will Substack be adding film, tv show and video game categories? There seems limited options for writers who produce articles on such topics.
I’m sorry but I have been trying for days to publish an article on Substack after so many suggested moving to the platform. However, despite following the “How to’s” I give up
Hello; I love traveling with you. Your Alaska cruise. Your trip to Chicago. I actually saw you on Michigan Avenue but the traffic was too heavy to stop. Your non stop travels are fun. Keep up the good work Introvert. I love going places with you. My name is Henrietta Johnson from Chicago.
I'm trying to upload a video of my song "Let Me Be" and substack will not accept the file....what am I doing wrong?
This a great step into becoming the best platform to create content and build communities. Without the shadow of doubt - you are on the path of greatness.
The Coppell Chronicle is a weekly newsletter about the Dallas suburb that my family has called home for the past decade. My goal is 3,000 paid subscribers, which would easily fund the adult life of my mentally disabled son, who will never make any money on his own. Last week, I surpassed 900 paid subscribers. Slowly but surely, I’m confident I will reach my goal.
Please please please make this happen!
A subscriber magnet option in the form of a quiz feature or free ebook, that allows people to sign up directly to the Stack as a result.
The biggest issue budding writers like myself face is getting people over from the behemoth tech platforms, the recommended pages is great but doesn't really motivate followers I have from my other platforms (of which I have 8,000).
I think this will be a huge help and hope this gets fed up the chain!
Site now subs my real name instead of my handle so I quit writing out of frustration for not knowing how to re-adjust it back somehow...?!!
Wish I could get paid or have people donate. STRIPE DE-BANKED me. Convoluted notice with even more convoluted explanation. We need other alternatives other than STRIPE that do not DE-BANK people.
I'm not yet to understand what this community could be better,
I need enough explaination, how the community could be better for me.
The Substack text editor needs an upgrade. I write and edit on Microsoft Word, but many of the features I've incorporated into an essay are lost when it's copied to Substack.
Good bro
Why is it not possible to have line breaks? Poems cannot be inserted without them.
If anyone has presented poetry properly please report it.
when are you making it easy for us to get paid.We have money sitting here and we cant access it.Make it easy for writers across the globe to get paid.
Trumph continues to be given an open Mike 24/7 on CNN and MSNBC,,,, so the coup and the insurrection rolls on regardless of November elections. The giggles and laughter on both networks is appalling ‼️
Absolutely nothing, yes nothing is in any way humorous about Fuhrer Trumph and his lackey insurrectionist/ traitor minions ! Nothing‼️
It’s here now !
We all must expose that the end of the republic is in progress‼️
The “house “ is deeply “divided “ and is
“barely “ STANDING!
Fight for FREEDOM now or its DEATH!
The above is not an overreaction ‼️
When Will be possible to export comments, and import tags with the content from wp, etc? Thanks
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I've made so many comments about this. I used to use it then they suddenly wanted all kinds of verification and paperwork and accepted none of the things I gave them that should have been fine. They bombarded me with endless emails. They kept wanting me to set up another account when I had been using the old one for years. I gave up with them in the end. Also, it is not possible to have a Stripe account in some countries. Why Substack can't just use PayPal beats me.
Many nice new tools. But resuming human support for the writers would be the best gift.
I still think SS needs to push the brand at a macro level. Too many haven’t heard of SS. I think SS could get big but shouldn’t totally rely on organic growth.
Sometimes I Feel Like Noah my book now in bookstores worldwide
So interested in the minds of the participants. All the different views are so educational.
More functionality for authors on the app please!
Hola! Mi inglés no es muy bueno, aunque estoy trabajando para mejorar, y muchas veces necesito traducir parte de algún ensayo. Como no se puede traducir directamente en Substack, copio el link y lo abro en chrome donde sí puedo traducirlo enseguida. Pero no debiera ser así. A veces leo 10 ensayos seguidos en inglés y es un lío lo de la traducción
Por otra parte, yo escribo en español y siento que tengo casi cero alcance dentro de Substack pues los demás (casi no he encontrado escritores en español) no saben español y mi alcance se reduce a la lista de correos que traje desde mailchimp.
En resumen: por favor implementen la opción de traducir, que sea tan sencillo de usar como los mensajes de gmail o de Instagram que te hacen tan sencilla la vida.
Yo podría leer más y más gente podría leerme.
Saludos!
¡Hola! Entiendo que te gustaría una función de traducción integrada en Substack para facilitar la lectura de ensayos en inglés y para aumentar el alcance de tus escritos en español. Aunque actualmente no ofrecemos una herramienta de traducción directa en la plataforma, puedes configurar tu Substack publication para que aparezca en español, lo que podría ayudar a mejorar la experiencia de tus lectores hispanohablantes.
Para hacerlo, ve a la página de configuración de tu publicación y en la sección "Idioma", selecciona español del menú desplegable. Esto traducirá los botones de suscripción, correos electrónicos transaccionales de tu publicación y otros elementos para los lectores
En cuanto a la traducción de ensayos, por ahora, seguirías necesitando usar herramientas externas como la que mencionaste en Chrome.
Entiendo que esto es importante para ti y he registrado tu solicitud para que el equipo considere agregar una función de traducción en el futuro. ¡Gracias por tus comentarios y por ser parte de nuestra comunidad!
Muchas gracias 🙏🏻
I need all of the resource that you mentioned.I need even directions as to what I need to push to sending . they keep disappearing ! please help !
I have tried to make contact with you twice. No response. I have accidentally created a discussion su track and can not see how to delete it?
https://ehtrust.org/about/dr-devra-davis/
The above link has two awesome videos that are a must read that shows how your cellphones radiations can create or develops many different types of cancers by PhD Devra Davis.
I have tried commenting as a non paying member. The comments never get posted. Why? Is the site afraid of critical non agreeing comments? Are the comments being censored? Or is it just a money grabbing scam? You can reach me directly @ attybob2004@yahoo.com. Bob Evans
Really this is all new to me I really only started to listen to ( free version) of "John J. Mearsheimer from John’s Substack" then it morphed into a few others. The one thing I do like is my ability to add links and cut and paste to articulate what I am commenting about. YouTube does not seem to allow this intentionally.
However when I was commenting on YouTube with Bill Maher - Over Time it would not allow cut and past either, but then a few days later I tried a edit and it allowed four links to be cut and pasted. the links was nothing untoward in fact two of the four links was for John and Stevens book on the Israel Lobby and a link to a university of UBC article - https://ubyssey.ca/opinion/comic-why-hillel-makes-me-feel-less-safe-as-a-jew-on-campus/.
I ask another YouTuber and they stated they use Google Chrome and they can cut and paste fine and suggested I may be on some restricted assess for posting as per (Return Error) I explained I really have not stated anything derogatory or disparaging. He suggested it may very well be regarding me being a critic of Israel in postings and that was the reason. - Any how it seems you folks don't do this it appears, so you seem to be good so far.
I am using FireFox Browser with Ubuntu 22.04.4 with a donated ThinkPad E560. I not very good.
Still not sure how all your feature work so far
Good to write in Feminist Corner.
Optimistic persons may support the Intellectuals and Federals.
Sympathies can't create the Bold Narrators.
Supremacy may overrule the Objections and
Time Stamps.
Current Reports in Paper( NewYork Town) can tell the Brownies to Catch the Thieves ,Psychological Murders,Oncology Disabilities,
Malnutrition Children Report.
Pens are Good to swallow the Pencils and Erasers as Scraps and Muds in Pots to pump over the Underground Rainy Drains to come over the wells in Florida(Chlorine).
"Umbrella and Rain"!
"Deforestation and Forest Animals"!
"Milk and Hulk"!
"Jute and Leather"!
"Fire Fighters and Hijackers"!
"Yellow is the Sorrow"!
"Nature wins"!
Rain Rain Come Again
Hot Sun and Cool Moon
Light around the Sky!
Stars may Twinkle
Glitters may Dress up well
Tom and Jerry
Fights can Junk
the Hall Tickets.
Across the Puzzle
Suduko
Majic Square
to
Lovely Buds!
Hi, I would like to know if it’s possible to have the same newsletter in different langages?
I hope for more subscribers and for people to take more awareness for animal care
I am new. When I upload a post, does it automatically get sent to the email of my free subscribers? followers? If not, how do I see that they get posts? Is there a way to send it to them?
I'm sending my book "My Son Was Stolen" to every southern college and university. It documents the Catholic Church stealing and selling babies. Catholic priests rape young Catholic girls and once the baby is stolen, the baby is stolen. This happened to me. Johanna J Smith, MA, LPC
Overall, the experience of writing and sharing is good here on Substack. But I have recently had some bad experiences with using your filters to determine active and inactive subscribers.
You recommend that we regularly prune our list of inactive subscribers. Well, I followed your instructions exactly and it was disastrous.
I used your subscriber filters to determine what I though would be an accurate reflection of who was active or not, and who was opening my emails or not. I got a large number of supposed inactive, non-openers. So I saved the list and deleted them.
It turns out, as I have come to learn, that there is a glitch in your system where active users are not being reflected properly, so I ended up deleting several thousand who were in fact opening my emails.
When I realized that this was an error on your part, I went to your support page, which is apparently just an AI bot, and it told me to reach out to the tos@substackinc.com, which I did.
They were not helpful at all at correcting what was an error on your part that I detrimentally relied upon. They were actually very rude and made it seem like I was trying to do something wrong by pointing out their error and asking them to fix for me.
The list I was adding was there not 2 days earlier but they kept rejecting it saying they could not verify. It came directly from my list on Substack. How could they not verify it?
This has left a really bad taste for Substack as a whole and it has taken a lot of the enjoyment of using your platform.
I know I'm not huge account, but that doesn't mean I should be treated as though I'm an insignificant account either. And getting back a few thousand active subscribers that I had is not an easy task, either.
So that's been my experience lately.
I wrote an essay for a big Substack and it helped me go from 400 to 600. Any suggestions on networking? I did it once.
I would really like to respond to a comment or Chat or Note by recording an audio response instead of typing a written reply... is this on the radar? Wix were doing it yonks ago. Also, would love to be able to post pictures in comments.
Please offer cross posting options for my blog articles like with podcasts on Spotify.
I need to get a sitemap from my substack. I have tried everything and still can’t get a sitemap. I even created a sitemap from a third party but I can’t upload the sitemap as a file, it can only come from the url. Please add a button in settings to enable sitemap generation.
The process to install anchor links in my blog is a little weird. Please add a method within the first edit for anchor links.
We have some ideas documented around how to sell a book / promote it through your Substack - https://on.substack.com/p/how-to-sell-a-book-on-substack
I also believe you can upload an ebook file directly into a post, and even put it behind a paywall if you like. Read more about that here: https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408381643156-How-can-I-attach-a-file-to-my-Substack-post
Yes, would like that second ability also.