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Substack is great. Right now. If you weren't born yesterday, or remember that "enshittification" describes a process (great for users, then great for business

Substack is great. Right now. If you weren't born yesterday, or remember that "enshittification" describes a process (great for users, then great for businesses, then great for the middleman), then you already know that it's just a matter of time before Substack becomes Shitstack.

bwb 2y ago
Anything can get bad, that is why you have to keep working/fighting to keep it good. Notion is still great, Google docs is still great, etc. Just because you got burned once doesn't mean you go full Amish.
- CatWChainsaw 2y ago
  I don't know what the burned once understatement or the Amish overstatement is about but if you're turning a blind eye to the past twenty years, it's pretty obvious that fighting accomplishes little to nothing and it's plenty of things, not "once".
  - bwb 2y ago
    I think you are getting stuck in ideological purity instead of creator mode :). Use the tools available as they are awesome, sure some might not work out long term and that is life.
    - CatWChainsaw 2y ago
      I think you are getting stuck in dreamland instead of reality. Someone makes something good, and then someone who wants to make a buck ruins it. You are not constantly creating, you are bailing water out of a boat that has holes drilled in it constantly, and then you lose and then you die.
      - bwb 2y ago
        You need money to eat; there is nothing wrong with creating something amazing that also makes money :) Tools are there to use to create, not to be worshipped. I understand the appeal; there is beauty in hand-crafting your paintbrush, gathering the pigment yourself, crushing it, and making the paint, but ultimately, most people want to paint. I totally understand the appeal, though. It is easily to be seduced by the tool you are using.
        CatWChainsaw 2y ago
        I have no idea where you got this paint bullshit but it sounds like you were sniffing some. I'm talking about having to rebuild your digital house multiple times in your life because each time someone burnt it down for money. It's not Amish OR tool-worship to not want to rebuild a newsletter because Blogger, sorry Wordpress, oopsie Substack, shit the bed, just like it's not vehicle worship to not want to have to "upgrade" your car after three years because Tesla decided to remotely nuke cars older than a certain model year just for a fresh infusion of cash. Don't bother with another LSD-addled metaphor that has zero connection to the topic, which is enshittification, it's revolting to have even had this "conversation".
        bwb 2y ago
        You ok? No reason to be so upset because someone disagrees with you. Tools are tools my friend. Sometimes they break and you switch to another. Nothing lasts forever :)

bwb 2y ago

Anything can get bad, that is why you have to keep working/fighting to keep it good. Notion is still great, Google docs is still great, etc. Just because you got burned once doesn't mean you go full Amish.

CatWChainsaw 2y ago
I don't know what the burned once understatement or the Amish overstatement is about but if you're turning a blind eye to the past twenty years, it's pretty obvious that fighting accomplishes little to nothing and it's plenty of things, not "once".
- bwb 2y ago
  I think you are getting stuck in ideological purity instead of creator mode :). Use the tools available as they are awesome, sure some might not work out long term and that is life.
  - CatWChainsaw 2y ago
    I think you are getting stuck in dreamland instead of reality. Someone makes something good, and then someone who wants to make a buck ruins it. You are not constantly creating, you are bailing water out of a boat that has holes drilled in it constantly, and then you lose and then you die.
    - bwb 2y ago
      You need money to eat; there is nothing wrong with creating something amazing that also makes money :) Tools are there to use to create, not to be worshipped. I understand the appeal; there is beauty in hand-crafting your paintbrush, gathering the pigment yourself, crushing it, and making the paint, but ultimately, most people want to paint. I totally understand the appeal, though. It is easily to be seduced by the tool you are using.
      - CatWChainsaw 2y ago
        I have no idea where you got this paint bullshit but it sounds like you were sniffing some. I'm talking about having to rebuild your digital house multiple times in your life because each time someone burnt it down for money. It's not Amish OR tool-worship to not want to rebuild a newsletter because Blogger, sorry Wordpress, oopsie Substack, shit the bed, just like it's not vehicle worship to not want to have to "upgrade" your car after three years because Tesla decided to remotely nuke cars older than a certain model year just for a fresh infusion of cash. Don't bother with another LSD-addled metaphor that has zero connection to the topic, which is enshittification, it's revolting to have even had this "conversation".
        bwb 2y ago
        You ok? No reason to be so upset because someone disagrees with you. Tools are tools my friend. Sometimes they break and you switch to another. Nothing lasts forever :)