This is an interesting take, and one I wasn't aware of. It seems to be the way of all aggregator websites, Medium included, and to their way of thinking it probably makes sense. More eyes, more money for them.
That said, I feel much more welcomed and accepted here at Substack than I ever did at Medium. The Substack crew listens to us …
This is an interesting take, and one I wasn't aware of. It seems to be the way of all aggregator websites, Medium included, and to their way of thinking it probably makes sense. More eyes, more money for them.
That said, I feel much more welcomed and accepted here at Substack than I ever did at Medium. The Substack crew listens to us and often makes adjustments that serve us better.
I don't know what IG and YT are. Could you spell it out please? Thanks.
Instagram & YouTube. This site at present is okay because there are still a large number of diverse newsletters although it is heavily weighted in some topics. Mainly opinion pieces which is the most common and least interesting form of content. I fell into the trap of writing opinion pieces on my blog and learned the hard way, unless you are a recognised personality/expert your opinion counts for little.
There is always a strong movement towards conformity in any community, merely because people are risk averse. They prefer to emulate known formula's and what works for others than go out on a limb and risk failure. Substack will also get to the point where the convergence of sameness outweighs the diverse aspects and that's just about the time the business model will start it's decline. It's the life cycle of everything, but in the digital landscape that cycle tends to run faster than otherwise.
This is an interesting take, and one I wasn't aware of. It seems to be the way of all aggregator websites, Medium included, and to their way of thinking it probably makes sense. More eyes, more money for them.
That said, I feel much more welcomed and accepted here at Substack than I ever did at Medium. The Substack crew listens to us and often makes adjustments that serve us better.
I don't know what IG and YT are. Could you spell it out please? Thanks.
Instagram & YouTube. This site at present is okay because there are still a large number of diverse newsletters although it is heavily weighted in some topics. Mainly opinion pieces which is the most common and least interesting form of content. I fell into the trap of writing opinion pieces on my blog and learned the hard way, unless you are a recognised personality/expert your opinion counts for little.
There is always a strong movement towards conformity in any community, merely because people are risk averse. They prefer to emulate known formula's and what works for others than go out on a limb and risk failure. Substack will also get to the point where the convergence of sameness outweighs the diverse aspects and that's just about the time the business model will start it's decline. It's the life cycle of everything, but in the digital landscape that cycle tends to run faster than otherwise.