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Ahh, sorry about that poor experience! And thanks for sharing the domains - will pass this along. If you get stuck in the auth loop again, our support team is very responsive.

Yes! Very excited to build more readability features and customization.

1. Account switching and/or being able to merge accounts is a totally reasonable idea. Right now you can theoretically sign out / sign in with a different email address but I know …

> after commenting on one newsletter, it becomes impossible to comment on any other newsletter without compromising my privacy. We tried to build reader profiles in a way that can …

Thanks! - The iPad experience is admittedly not as amazing as it could be, and something I'm excited to improve big time down the road. For now, the app should respect your dynamic…

Thanks! I definitely had that realization too when I first downloaded the app, and it's been a not uncommon experience.

Technically that was the 2nd release ;) We submitted v1.0.1 the moment that v1.0 was released and shipped it on launch day as soon as it was approved by Apple.

Definitely. The current Discover tab in the app is admittedly pretty basic - just search, the same featured publications from the homepage on substack.com, and categories. We have …

> As a user I don't mind an app from a technical perspective. It gives me more options! But what are the things the app can do that the web cannot? A simple but important one: bein…

It's definitely not optimal, I'll be the first to admit. With limited resources, it really comes down to sequencing. We could have sat on the iPhone app until the Android app was r…

Aww, thank you for the kind words. It was fun to get to sneak in some of the Cocoon design patterns here and there throughout the Substack app :) Bundles of some kind are an often-…

Thanks! Curious if you use dynamic type on your phone? Right now those settings should be respected by the app. In-app settings are on the roadmap too (themes, font selection, type…

> Also, for a "quick win", have you considered adding the ability for authors to generate unique URLs for sharing posts? Ideally with separated analytics. That's a cool idea! Is yo…

To answer your question a bit more specifically, one thing that's starting to work as a nice discovery loop in the app is being able to tap on a commenter's profile and see what ot…

Thanks for the kind words! The nice thing about "network-first" products like Medium and Twitter is that there's a large audience baked in (as you mention) that you can tap into is…

I tagged in one of our lead engineers to talk about the tech stack, but can chime in re: considerations for multi-platform. We are sprinting as fast as we can to get an Android app…

Sachin here (from Substack). I for one would be stoked about a MacOS app, although it's probably not the highest priority thing right now :) Our next step within the Apple universe…

Cocoon | Android Engineer (FTE) | San Francisco | Onsite (remote currently) Cocoon is a dedicated digital space for families to gather and keep each other close. Over the past few …

RE: Royal Bank of Canada, their access to the Messages API was specifically to let people send money to their friends via Messenger through the RBC app. In Canada, the only way met…

William Whyte should be required reading for anyone building an app intending to facilitate interaction. I probably reference his book ( http://www.amazon.com/Social-Life-Small-Urb…