I like the optimism in this piece, and most of it is called for. The part about being able to up and leave Substack with a few clicks is simplistic, though, even if it doesn't matter that much (since the email list is really the most important part of moving your followers with you). I'm seeing more and more that substack is a private so…
I like the optimism in this piece, and most of it is called for. The part about being able to up and leave Substack with a few clicks is simplistic, though, even if it doesn't matter that much (since the email list is really the most important part of moving your followers with you). I'm seeing more and more that substack is a private social network as you say. Hundreds of paid-subscriber-only comments per post by some of the more popular writers here prove that it can work and is working.
I like the optimism in this piece, and most of it is called for. The part about being able to up and leave Substack with a few clicks is simplistic, though, even if it doesn't matter that much (since the email list is really the most important part of moving your followers with you). I'm seeing more and more that substack is a private social network as you say. Hundreds of paid-subscriber-only comments per post by some of the more popular writers here prove that it can work and is working.