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Picking up on a conversation from a while ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28866626 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28866626 If any newsroom bras

Picking up on a conversation from a while ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28866626 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28866626 If any newsroom brass is reading this (or reporters thinking of going independent, especially local) -- I'd love to talk. We're building a platform to help monetize journalism outside of the usual predatory social media/aggregator set up, and with more support than Substack. jared (at) nillium (dot) com

darthvoldemort 5y ago
I'm skeptical about the idea that Substack has poor support. I just listened to Chuck Palahniuk on Joe Rogan. He still writes on pads of paper, but he said Substack hand-held him and he loved it, and called Substack a "concierge service" and he said he enjoys Substack because it let's him concentrate on writing and not worrying about the tedious parts like formatting, etc.
- meheleventyone 5y ago
  All platforms give special treatment to people who are already famous and likely to draw a big audience just by coming. An extremely famous writer isn’t a good litmus test.
  - richardatlarge 5y ago
    That’s right, if you leave a major publication your success is off the back of there’s. What examples are there of success from scratch?
    - meheleventyone 5y ago
      Newsletters aren’t my thing so I don’t know in that space. Early adopters of new mediums in general are a big source. There are quite a few people who made their names in the early days of live-streaming or on YouTube. Or in indie games.
unclebucknasty 5y ago
>monetize journalism outside of the usual predatory social media/aggregator set up I've had some ideas around this for a while now, but have been busy with another project. It recently resurfaced when listening to an Ezra Klein podcast wherein he talked about how journalists are now boxed in by their social media audiences, among other laments. If I was less exhausted this early morning, I'd try to dig up the episode. Anyway, good luck with it. Something that disrupts the current model is sorely needed.

darthvoldemort 5y ago

I'm skeptical about the idea that Substack has poor support. I just listened to Chuck Palahniuk on Joe Rogan. He still writes on pads of paper, but he said Substack hand-held him and he loved it, and called Substack a "concierge service" and he said he enjoys Substack because it let's him concentrate on writing and not worrying about the tedious parts like formatting, etc.

meheleventyone 5y ago
All platforms give special treatment to people who are already famous and likely to draw a big audience just by coming. An extremely famous writer isn’t a good litmus test.
- richardatlarge 5y ago
  That’s right, if you leave a major publication your success is off the back of there’s. What examples are there of success from scratch?
  - meheleventyone 5y ago
    Newsletters aren’t my thing so I don’t know in that space. Early adopters of new mediums in general are a big source. There are quite a few people who made their names in the early days of live-streaming or on YouTube. Or in indie games.

unclebucknasty 5y ago

>monetize journalism outside of the usual predatory social media/aggregator set up I've had some ideas around this for a while now, but have been busy with another project. It recently resurfaced when listening to an Ezra Klein podcast wherein he talked about how journalists are now boxed in by their social media audiences, among other laments. If I was less exhausted this early morning, I'd try to dig up the episode. Anyway, good luck with it. Something that disrupts the current model is sorely needed.