Scott Alexander didn't give a number, but reported the advance was less than he would have made if he just did the default system, as of March 2022[0]. He also

Scott Alexander didn't give a number, but reported the advance was less than he would have made if he just did the default system, as of March 2022[0]. He also points out that Taibbi says "Every one of the Substack Pro writers I know would have made more money not taking the advance", which obviously includes Taibbi himself. [0] https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/adding-my-data-point-to-the-discussion https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/adding-my-data-point-t... [1] https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1372612686803042317 https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1372612686803042317