Curious to see how this develops. We were talking about this some in the last "office hours". I do feel like the quality of conversation I have with other Substack writers is far better than anything I find on the "usual suspect" social media sites. Some of that quality, I think, is due to the fact that we're all writers who are trying t…
Curious to see how this develops. We were talking about this some in the last "office hours". I do feel like the quality of conversation I have with other Substack writers is far better than anything I find on the "usual suspect" social media sites. Some of that quality, I think, is due to the fact that we're all writers who are trying to build community, and we're more likely to talk to each other about motivation, craft, etc instead of harping on each other's politics or calling each other morons. That said, I'm a little nervous to see a little of that fb-comment-thread vibe seeping into some of the comments on this post. I would hate for that atmosphere to develop on Substack. I'm tentatively hopeful about these developments, but I think a lot will come down to fostering small communities, where people are less likely to sling mud, and keeping the focus off engagement. It's the hyper-focus on engagement that promotes all the sludge on fb and twitter to the top.
Curious to see how this develops. We were talking about this some in the last "office hours". I do feel like the quality of conversation I have with other Substack writers is far better than anything I find on the "usual suspect" social media sites. Some of that quality, I think, is due to the fact that we're all writers who are trying to build community, and we're more likely to talk to each other about motivation, craft, etc instead of harping on each other's politics or calling each other morons. That said, I'm a little nervous to see a little of that fb-comment-thread vibe seeping into some of the comments on this post. I would hate for that atmosphere to develop on Substack. I'm tentatively hopeful about these developments, but I think a lot will come down to fostering small communities, where people are less likely to sling mud, and keeping the focus off engagement. It's the hyper-focus on engagement that promotes all the sludge on fb and twitter to the top.
Yes!!!