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Video. This week, we announced the rollout of a native video player on Substack. With this featureācurrently in private betaāyou can upload or record videos directly into a Substack post. If youād like to try this new video feature on your publication now, fill out this form to request to join the beta test. Stay tuned for the public rollout in a few weeks.
Word count. You asked, we listened, and the Substack editor now displays word count! To see the word count for a post, hover your cursor between the āVersion historyā and āSettingsā buttons at the bottom of the editor. Your word count will appear there.
Right-to-left script. Good news for writers writing in Arabic, Hebrew, Pashto, Urdu, and Sindhi: Substack now supports right-to-left script. Just start typing in your language of choice, and the Substack editor will align your text accordingly.
Weāll be back next week with our first Shoutout Thread of 2022. Join us on Thursday, Feb. 3, and come ready to share what youāve been reading and inspired by recently on Substack. Save it to your calendar so you donāt miss it.
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Have questions about publishing, growing, or going paid on Substack?
The Substack team, and your fellow writers, are here to help!
Weāre gathering the writer community and members of the Substack team together in this discussion thread to answer writer questions for an hour.
Drop your questions in the thread by leaving a comment, and weāll do our best to share knowledge and tips. Our team will be answering questions and sharing insights with you in the thread today from 10 a.m.ā11 a.m. PST / 1 p.m.ā2 p.m. EST. We encourage writers to stick around after the hour and continue the conversation together.
Some brand-new product updates from the Substack team:
Video. This week, we announced the rollout of a native video player on Substack. With this featureācurrently in private betaāyou can upload or record videos directly into a Substack post. If youād like to try this new video feature on your publication now, fill out this form to request to join the beta test. Stay tuned for the public rollout in a few weeks.
Word count. You asked, we listened, and the Substack editor now displays word count! To see the word count for a post, hover your cursor between the āVersion historyā and āSettingsā buttons at the bottom of the editor. Your word count will appear there.
Right-to-left script. Good news for writers writing in Arabic, Hebrew, Pashto, Urdu, and Sindhi: Substack now supports right-to-left script. Just start typing in your language of choice, and the Substack editor will align your text accordingly.
Weāll be back next week with our first Shoutout Thread of 2022. Join us on Thursday, Feb. 3, and come ready to share what youāve been reading and inspired by recently on Substack. Save it to your calendar so you donāt miss it.
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