For what it’s worth, I have been running a conference on Substack for over a year and it’s performed much better than I expected. I’m able to quickly keep peopl

For what it’s worth, I have been running a conference on Substack for over a year and it’s performed much better than I expected. I’m able to quickly keep people informed of new developments, reliably with a high open rate (around 40%). It’s easily the most important communication channel for making things work. In September I also launched a podcast for the conference and their platform has made it incredibly easy. I just upload the video and write the show notes. They handle extracting the audio version, generating the transcript and publishing to all of the various platforms while hosting the video too. I personally haven’t seen any benefit or engagement from their attempt at social media though. Carolina Code Conference and Carolina Code Cast if you’re curious.