If Substack’s end game is to become social media, that is certainly not why I came here. Quite the opposite. I came to share my writing, be inspired and learn from other authors. I have no social media accounts because they have all become unrestrained advertising and misinformation platforms masquerading as social hangouts. Likewise, I …
If Substack’s end game is to become social media, that is certainly not why I came here. Quite the opposite. I came to share my writing, be inspired and learn from other authors. I have no social media accounts because they have all become unrestrained advertising and misinformation platforms masquerading as social hangouts. Likewise, I detest 90% of TV programming because it is shallow, insipid and gratuitously banal. I spend hours reading, researching and writing about topics that I hope readers want to delve into instead of consuming soundbites for my own gratification. TV was the first born of ‘reality programming for the masses’. Social media is its younger, smarter brother. I want no part of it.
If Substack’s end game is to become social media, that is certainly not why I came here. Quite the opposite. I came to share my writing, be inspired and learn from other authors. I have no social media accounts because they have all become unrestrained advertising and misinformation platforms masquerading as social hangouts. Likewise, I detest 90% of TV programming because it is shallow, insipid and gratuitously banal. I spend hours reading, researching and writing about topics that I hope readers want to delve into instead of consuming soundbites for my own gratification. TV was the first born of ‘reality programming for the masses’. Social media is its younger, smarter brother. I want no part of it.