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Substack is thriving, btw. Curiously I simply have less desire to read the thoughts of "smart" people than ever. Either write a proper book or distract me from
by throwaway27448 5mo ago
Substack is thriving, btw. Curiously I simply have less desire to read the thoughts of "smart" people than ever. Either write a proper book or distract me from the horrors of the world.
- veidr 5mo agoyeah, but substack is mostly just another twitter low-engagement farm also, your last-line worldview... i mean i get it, but... just basically sounds like the twitter origin story (T_T)
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- st3phvee 5mo ago> but substack is mostly just another twitter low-engagement farm That, plus it's also full to the brim with LinkedIn-esque AI slop. There are still some decent writers there, for sure, but Substack is going downhill fast as more grifters join the platform in the hopes of making a quick, easy buck.
- throwaway27448 5mo agoHow are you using it such that you even encounter writers you don't know?
- st3phvee 5mo agoVia Substack's own recommendation algorithm, Substack Notes, and by perusing the leaderboards, both of which have been a thing on the platform for a while now. Substack's social media side is very Twitter-esque. Writers you follow "restack" publications (some of which are full of AI slop, unbeknownst to the restacker) and the algorithm also inserts "writers" you haven't encountered into your feed. ("Writers" is in scare quotes for a reason.)
- throwaway27448 5mo agoSo—why do you use these features if you don't like them?