I started off on Medium and found the experience disappointing. The content ranking/algorithm-based approach is inscrutable, and nobody understands how it works. I confirmed that with a person who consulted for Medium. I wrote about the switch in my introductory Substack post here: https://agowani.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-party-pal, if you're interested.
Rachael, I just checked out your Substack presence... very cool! May I ask how you set up the formatting on your Home page... is that an option offered by Substack, or ?? It's really appealing!
Go into the "Settings" page for the specific newsletter you want -- it's on the far right tab on the page that provides you with stats information. Click "Edit Theme" under the "Style" section. In the left-hand column for "layout", you have "Default", "magazine", and "feed of posts". Select "magazine", make any other changes you want, and you're all set :)
Oh ok that makes sense. Hey you've got to go where it works, and if Medium isn't it, then onto greener pastures.
I started off on Medium and found the experience disappointing. The content ranking/algorithm-based approach is inscrutable, and nobody understands how it works. I confirmed that with a person who consulted for Medium. I wrote about the switch in my introductory Substack post here: https://agowani.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-party-pal, if you're interested.
Rachael, I just checked out your Substack presence... very cool! May I ask how you set up the formatting on your Home page... is that an option offered by Substack, or ?? It's really appealing!
Hello, yes.
Go into the "Settings" page for the specific newsletter you want -- it's on the far right tab on the page that provides you with stats information. Click "Edit Theme" under the "Style" section. In the left-hand column for "layout", you have "Default", "magazine", and "feed of posts". Select "magazine", make any other changes you want, and you're all set :)