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A lot of people want to support those writers in a Patreon-like model, which is the role that Substack plays for readers who want to help writers have an online
by moviewise 4y ago
A lot of people want to support those writers in a Patreon-like model, which is the role that Substack plays for readers who want to help writers have an online presence where they are free to honestly write about different subjects.
- rchaud 4y agoA Ko-Fi button and a sign-up page on a blog could achieve that. I suspect Substack writers are hoping to get elevated to the 'paid writer' status that big names like Andrew Sullivan have. That's the only network effect I can think of with their product.