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Margaret Anna Alice's avatar

This is what I've been waiting for before I enable chats!!

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Mar 15, 2023
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David's avatar

nice moves by Substack lately - really focused on developing products people need and then building the tech around it. The right order of things one feels :)

I'm 2 years old on Substack and shooting my shot for a feature, finally :)

Your support mean the world, love to you all out there and keep Substacking !

Reccommend here!

https://tumbleweedwords.substack.com/p/its-my-second-birthday-on-substack

Maura McHugh's avatar

Fantastic! I love the app but very few of my subscribers have it, so it's great they'll be able to use this via the website.

Katy O.'s avatar

Thanks so much for making the default that only publication contributors can start chats! I work full time and can’t monitor rogue chats started by subscribers 😉

Nikhil Mungel's avatar

I spend most of my day in front of the computer and prefer typing on a full sized keyboard, so this is amazing news!

Patricia Meier's avatar

Agreed and also I have long nails and there is no way to go back and edit posts on the mobile app. I can fix my mistakes on the desktop lol.

David's avatar

well said :)

I'm 2 years old on Substack and shooting my shot for a feature, finally :)

Your support mean the world, love to you all out there and keep Substacking !

https://tumbleweedwords.substack.com/p/its-my-second-birthday-on-substack

Jessica Rath's avatar

Thank you; I rarely use my phone because I live in the middle of nowhere. It does work, but only with Wi-fi, and I do all of my writing on my desktop. NOW I can join the Chat craze! Fabulous!!!

Phil Lewis's avatar

I think I’m going to try this out

Robert L Bohannon Jr's avatar

I’ve been waiting for this to happen.

Jesse J. Anderson's avatar

Exciting! This does blur the lines some between starting a chat thread or doing a community thread post, so I think it's a bit of a mental hurdle to figure out for myself what that differentiating factor is.

But I've been wanting to have tools to let the community itself being to take more initiative and ownership, and this is a great step toward that!

Previously, I'd considered having a Slack community that paid members got access to (similar to what Lenny does with his newsletter/community), but this feels like it could be the solution I need.

Terrell Johnson's avatar

I experimented a while back with a Slack channel for my subscribers too, and at least in my experience, getting people to sign up for another account and download a separate app was too big an ask. I’m super excited about the potential here, because it’s a seamless user experience -- you just pop right over and you’re in the Chat, logged in and good to go 👍

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David's avatar

me too! exciting feature roll outs

Lara Chapman's avatar

I’m trying to build a subscriber base right now, but once that gets to a certain level then I would be happy to use this function. Thanks for adding it.

David's avatar

Well said, will check out your page :) keep writing!

David's avatar

Huzzah!

Tyler, I'm 2 years old on Substack and shooting my shot for a feature, finally :)

Your support mean the world, love to you all out there and keep Substacking !

https://tumbleweedwords.substack.com/p/its-my-second-birthday-on-substack

Devin LaSarre's avatar

Wonderful addition! Thanks team.

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A good team here!

Devin I'm 2 years old on Substack and shooting my shot for a feature, finally :)

Your support mean the world, love to you all out there and keep Substacking !

https://tumbleweedwords.substack.com/p/its-my-second-birthday-on-substack

Joe Shanley's avatar

Excellent. Looking forward to building a little community.

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A community of creatives!

Joe I'm 2 years old on Substack and shooting my shot for a feature, finally :)

Your support mean the world, love to you all out there and keep Substacking !

https://tumbleweedwords.substack.com/p/its-my-second-birthday-on-substack