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I really like substack as a platform. They seem to be not as aggressive on monetisation as medium. On my blog I don't want my users be tracked and I want to off

I really like substack as a platform. They seem to be not as aggressive on monetisation as medium. On my blog I don't want my users be tracked and I want to offer my content for free. Their stance on free speech here I also applaud. Unfortunately substack is not yet as good on the discovery side.

Mikeb85 5y ago
> Unfortunately substack is not yet as good on the discovery side. It's getting better. A few months ago all the searches I did brought up only the top Substacks from barely-related category. Now you can search the name of a Sub with no subscribers and it actually comes up, and when you search specific keywords it's far more contextual, doesn't just bring up the top Subs from other categories.
detaro 5y ago
> Unfortunately substack is not yet as good on the discovery side. I think there's a good chance that that is what for now has kept it from turning into the low-quality mess that medium is. Overly pronounced discovery features easily lead to a downward spiral. (longer earlier comment on this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29863937 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29863937 )