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I know that post and thread is sort of a joke, but investing in Twitter killing companies seems like a pretty good call right now. Twitter built up a lot of de
by rainsford 4y ago
I know that post and thread is sort of a joke, but investing in Twitter killing companies seems like a pretty good call right now. Twitter built up a lot of demand for that kind of service, and Elon seems to be doing his best to make a lot of those people seek out alternatives. I don't know if Substack is one of those direct alternatives, but I could see it drawing off demand for some of the reasons people use Twitter.
- scarface74 4y agoBen Thompson (Stratechery) said that Twitter couldn’t exist if it was created in todays environment. The chance of getting enough users to engage with something like Twitter in a world with Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Twitter couldn’t even make a profitable company.
- ChrisKnott 4y agoThere's space for a "classy" or "thinking person's" social media company - Substack could be that.
- basisword 4y agoSubstack is the platform for people who _think_ they're a "thinking person".
- a4isms 4y agoYes, just as every fashion company makes its money from people who think they would be really, really, really ridiculously good-looking if they wear these specific clothes. Selling aspirations is a pretty good business model.
- mydogcanpurr 4y agoYeah, and most people aren't thinking people, so it sounds like they have their market figured out.
- scarface74 4y agoIs that space profitable? And isn’t it also littered with conspiracy theorists? I don’t subscribe to any so I don’t know.
- rchaud 4y agoThey used to call that "Letters to the Editor".