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It’s a terrible model, directly rewards click bait and attention grabbing crap vs. selectively paying for good stuff. Substack is much better and the quality av
by gonehome 4y ago
It’s a terrible model, directly rewards click bait and attention grabbing crap vs. selectively paying for good stuff. Substack is much better and the quality available there reflects it.
- wkat4242 4y agoSubstack is also going the Medium way though. Ever more popups and other marketing crap. Soon it will be unusable like Medium has become.
- gonehome 4y agoThe incentives are different. Substack writers retain their audience (via email lists). The Substack changes are about helping their writers get more reach. Medium was all about commoditization of writers for their own (imo crappy) brand in pursuit of ads. Totally different.