Substack Notes Launched

praisewhitey wrote: post #3

defaulting to a "Home" feed that includes posts from people I've never heard of is a bad start https://substack.com/notes

How would you know people are using it otherwise? Better than an empty feed.

Re: Substack Notes Launched

#5

Post by ARandomerDude » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 4:15 PM UTC

abhayhegde wrote: post #2

Is that basically like Twitter then? A micro-blogging feature? Maybe that's why Twitter had blocked retweeting links containing to Substack.

> Maybe that's why Twitter had blocked retweeting links containing to Substack.

That seems to have accelerated the shift for some to Substack [1] (imagine if Google blocked searches for Bing or Brave!). Suppressing Substack makes the Twitter brand look weak and nervous.

1. https://reason.com/2023/04/10/elon-musk-matt-taibbi-twitter-...

Re: Substack Notes Launched

#6

Post by gwen-shapira » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 4:19 PM UTC

ARandomerDude wrote: post #5

abhayhegde wrote: post #2

Is that basically like Twitter then? A micro-blogging feature? Maybe that's why Twitter had blocked retweeting links containing to Substack.

> Maybe that's why Twitter had blocked retweeting links containing to Substack. That seems to have accelerated the shift for some to Substack [1] (imagine if Google blocked searches for Bing or Brave!). Suppressing Substack makes the Twitter brand look weak and nervous. 1. https://reason.com/2023/04/10/elon-musk-matt-taibbi-twitter-...

Substack also removed the "Also publish to Twitter" checkbox from the settings screen before publishing each post.

Re: Substack Notes Launched

#7

Post by reaperducer » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 4:25 PM UTC

gwen-shapira wrote: post #6

ARandomerDude wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Maybe that's why Twitter had blocked retweeting links containing to Substack. That seems to have accelerated the shift for some to Substack [1] (imagine if Google blocked searches for Bing or Brave!). Suppressing Substack makes the Twitter brand look weak and nervous. 1. https://reason.com/2023/04/10/elon-musk-matt-taibbi-twitter-...

Substack also removed the "Also publish to Twitter" checkbox from the settings screen before publishing each post.

Is that Substack being evil, or the result of Twitter locking almost everyone out of its API recently?

Re: Substack Notes Launched

#8

Post by basisword » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 4:25 PM UTC

gwen-shapira wrote: post #6

ARandomerDude wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Maybe that's why Twitter had blocked retweeting links containing to Substack. That seems to have accelerated the shift for some to Substack [1] (imagine if Google blocked searches for Bing or Brave!). Suppressing Substack makes the Twitter brand look weak and nervous. 1. https://reason.com/2023/04/10/elon-musk-matt-taibbi-twitter-...

Substack also removed the "Also publish to Twitter" checkbox from the settings screen before publishing each post.

I think that was because Twitter revoked their API access including breaking their Sign in with Twitter feature (at least that’s what I read a few days back).

Re: Substack Notes Launched

#9

Post by LegitShady » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 4:30 PM UTC

ARandomerDude wrote: post #5

abhayhegde wrote: post #2

Is that basically like Twitter then? A micro-blogging feature? Maybe that's why Twitter had blocked retweeting links containing to Substack.

> Maybe that's why Twitter had blocked retweeting links containing to Substack. That seems to have accelerated the shift for some to Substack [1] (imagine if Google blocked searches for Bing or Brave!). Suppressing Substack makes the Twitter brand look weak and nervous. 1. https://reason.com/2023/04/10/elon-musk-matt-taibbi-twitter-...

prediction - substack goes nowhere, like they currently are.

Suppressing substack when substack is trying to advertise for a twitter competitor is just common sense. There's no need for twitter to advertise for a competitor. That isn't censorship, thats just normal business. If substack was depending on twitter for free data and free advertising they were the ones who were weak and nervous.

Re: Substack Notes Launched

#10

Post by rchaud » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 4:35 PM UTC

praisewhitey wrote: post #3

defaulting to a "Home" feed that includes posts from people I've never heard of is a bad start https://substack.com/notes

Just a few days back, I was downvoted for guessing that this would be their "algorithmic recommendation" moment, because I was seemingly assuming malice about the developers' intentions.

Uh, no, I was observing how every other "social media" company has done this, and was guessing that Substack, having already told its users to write more frequently, would jump in with both feet.