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Amazing! Since starting my Substack, I’ve been able to confidently tell people that I’m a “writer,” when asked what I do. It’s a real dream. Thank you and congrats on this huge milestone!

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I have a number of paid subscriptions to Substack writers. I have paid for these by non-renewal of NYTimes, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Atlantic, Atlanta Journal Constitution, New Yorker and Tampa Bay Times. These news/opinion outlets were an echo chamber often leading with the same article and often the same rotating masthead writers. I have sent gift subscriptions of several Substack writers to people I used to give gifts of echo chamber outlets.

I still subscribe to two local newspapers where I live and multiple disciplinary journals.

I write a free substack and migrated the content from other blogging sites.

I would not call this "siphoning off." I would call it looking for wider perspectives. Also the substack comment section is interesting, non-moderated and enhances the conversation about cultural and political issues from multiple viewpoints.

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Also cancelled: London Review of Books and The Guardian. I am sure there are a few more I might think of as the day goes by. When I realized the LRB had same authors as other outlets I cancelled. I saw the overlap of the same opinions over and over.If I should want to read something from cancelled outlets I use a library.

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Glen Greenwald’s writing brought me here and I have never regretted it. Some amazing writers, content, and comment sections are here. Time to deal a death blow to the legacy social media. The are useless and self serving.

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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Wow! I’ve been writing through Substack since 2019 and it’s been such an expansion of my writing life - thanks so much for constantly innovating and expanding. Doing Substack Grow was another leap for me. Three cheers for all you do!!

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I love that you're creating an alternative to "the attention economy", where good words really matter. Thank you for it!

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Finally found a platform safe and with easy control! A Miracle for writers.

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Samuel Clement and Charles Dickens?

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Congrats guys! I have been on Substack writing about sports since the start of the Summer, and have found a number of amazing journalists. Keep up the great work!

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Substack has motivated me to follow my passion once again and has enabled me to reach a wider audience. I can’t wait to see what the future holds!

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Incredible. Congrats!

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Congratulations on this amazing achievement.

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Congratulations! Thank you for everything you do!

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Let's gooooo! Substack has changed my writing and reading life. Congrats on 1 million.

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Congratulations. And thanks for making a place where I feel comfortable, and rewarded, with writing.

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Keep rockin’ folks. Good stuff!

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Substack just keeps getting better and better, and the future that awaits Substack is bright. All in the service of writers and readers. Thanks to the entire team.

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