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It's interesting how people's experiences differ - it feels to me like every third link on HN's front page is from Substack. Have you ever read an article wher
by Centigonal 4y ago
It's interesting how people's experiences differ - it feels to me like every third link on HN's front page is from Substack.
Have you ever read an article where you scroll down and it fades in a dialog asking you to subscribe to their newsletter, and then you have to click "Let me read it first" to keep going? The platform that site is running on is Substack.
- albert_e 4y agoI thought that experience was a "medium" trademark :) But yes now that you described it, I remember that experience but didn't associate with the brandname "substack"
- justsomehnguy 4y agoThat's why I force my browser to show the full URL, without fancy "we know what is better for you" things.
- autokad 4y agoI'm sure I seen it, just don't recall. usually if I click a link and its a blog, I'm gone. If its a block with something I have to click to read further, I definitely just close it. I just don't like the blogging experience, I never did. I'd much rather consume my information in video content. I feel like the ways they can convey the information is much more dynamic, and its painfully obvious if they are just trying to fluff the video for time. With some blogs, they add so much fluff writing and reading isn't something I particularly enjoy. The video experience is getting worse, with in video sponsors. personally, content creators should be forced to tag the video sections that are for sponsorship and the player should be able to automatically skip them.