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This is correct. Substack was one of the first "mainstreamish" platforms to go "against the grain" and try to be neutral with respect to the topics and ideas it platformed. Notably, it allowed deviations from the "party line" on the issues of the pandemic. As became evident with the SPLC story, there are powerful organizations whose goal is not to forget such things and organize persistent media punishment campaigns…
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> They are not neutral by any means
Are you familiar with what "neutral" means? If you have objections to them it's worth your time to have them be correct.
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#26None paywal link: https://archive.ph/bmX1d I loved the open web quote: "The more important thing is that we have a home on the open web that we control, and whatever anti-creator changes Substack is forced to make in the future to live up to its valuation we won't be affected by." To me, I always said to have your own website and domain. Because platforms come and go. I have experienced it myself with Medium, WordPre…
The problem with that is discoverability. I'd love to do a blog without making money off it but if nobody ever reads it there's no point.
Honest question: does the blog have to be for other people or can I just be for you? And if people find it - great.
If you are instead trying to acquire eyeballs for some reason, that’s great as well. But I don’t think you should look at it as “no one will find so there is no value whatsoever”
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The problem with that is discoverability. I'd love to do a blog without making money off it but if nobody ever reads it there's no point.
IMO, not too many people are being discovered by substack. Twitter and other social media is where you have to have conversations to slowly build up your subscriber base.
I agree. A lot of discovery there is just people writing notes and posts “how to discover and boost discoverability” - just an endless loop of growing and talking about growing without substantial non-growth content.