Just missing automatic place saving
This is a great app, it’s a good way to read my favorite writers. I particularly like that it saves my place when I exit an article by swiping so that I can later pick up where I left off. What I wish it would do is auto save location so that even if I got interrupted by a phone call, text message, real life, etc, I could come straight back to where I was currently at in the article.
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Crossroads
It’s word that been around for centuries, in this case I’ll refer it to what goes on in one’s mind.
Ie one gets to the point of understanding of self where you realise patterns are repeating in that skull space you call a brain. What usually happens is we only think linearly so each word in our heads inevitable leads to another…. Which can lead to being miserable for example. That’s whenever say, you realise you need help.
Here’s one tool, :- one needs to interject a word into our linear process, pick up a book, open at any page ,and look at the 5th word on the left side of that page …..
then have your grey muscle think, talk, and explain what that word could mean in your current situation ….. and bingo, something smart happens .
Edwin xx
Ie one gets to the point of understanding of self where you realise patterns are repeating in that skull space you call a brain. What usually happens is we only think linearly so each word in our heads inevitable leads to another…. Which can lead to being miserable for example. That’s whenever say, you realise you need help.
Here’s one tool, :- one needs to interject a word into our linear process, pick up a book, open at any page ,and look at the 5th word on the left side of that page …..
then have your grey muscle think, talk, and explain what that word could mean in your current situation ….. and bingo, something smart happens .
Edwin xx
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Mesmerized
I just started and have spent hours with some of the best articles I have come across in over half a century of habitual reading. I can feel myself slowing and focusing as an invisible universe makes itself tangible. I am not using the paid or upgraded model. I am frugal to a fault, but I think I will be upgrading out of a combination of appetite for more, guilt and gratitude. There is material here for everyone regardless of your faith, politics or interests. The quality cuts across the normal distribution of bad to great but the great is insightful on a grand scale. Download the app, set aside time, and prepare for a feast for your mind.
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It must have been hard to build such a patronizing app
Substack is fine. Some content is engaging, some isn’t. It’s a standard newsletter platform.
I was delighted to have an app, as my life is busy and the constant flood of content into my inbox often feels overwhelming. Sometimes I like an idea or a writer so much that I want to support them by subscribing EVEN IF I’M NOT INTERESTED IN READING EVERY SINGLE POST. Substack doesn’t understand this. If they decide you’re not opening the app often enough, they will automatically switch on email newsletters for everything. You can not opt out, only delay the onslaught a bit by signing in and confirming, again, that you do not want all those emails. But if life gets busy and you’re not on the app enough for Substack’s liking — prepare for the emails to return.
I’ve unsubscribed from every list and won’t subscribe to any more, though I’ve got a couple of annual subscriptions to see through. Writers: this platform is likely to annoy your readers right off your lists, and actively discourages people signing up for paid subscriptions just to show support. Readers: you’ll never get these people out of your inbox. They override your notification settings on your behalf about once a month. (And send another email to let you know they’ve done so!)
I was delighted to have an app, as my life is busy and the constant flood of content into my inbox often feels overwhelming. Sometimes I like an idea or a writer so much that I want to support them by subscribing EVEN IF I’M NOT INTERESTED IN READING EVERY SINGLE POST. Substack doesn’t understand this. If they decide you’re not opening the app often enough, they will automatically switch on email newsletters for everything. You can not opt out, only delay the onslaught a bit by signing in and confirming, again, that you do not want all those emails. But if life gets busy and you’re not on the app enough for Substack’s liking — prepare for the emails to return.
I’ve unsubscribed from every list and won’t subscribe to any more, though I’ve got a couple of annual subscriptions to see through. Writers: this platform is likely to annoy your readers right off your lists, and actively discourages people signing up for paid subscriptions just to show support. Readers: you’ll never get these people out of your inbox. They override your notification settings on your behalf about once a month. (And send another email to let you know they’ve done so!)
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Won’t open with email
When I attempt to sign in with a link sent to my email, the app never opens up. Not sure what I’m missing here with all the other good reviews - I can’t even get it to open
Audio Is Great But Significant Bugs Exist
The new audio feature is great, essentially turning articles into podcasts. There’s an annoying bug. I only want to play one article at a time and despite never creating a playlist, previously played articles appear in the Next list and there’s no way to remove them. I don’t want a playlist.
An even bigger problem with the app is that not every article displays in the main feed. You have to go to an author’s page in the app to see all their articles. I have no idea why and there’s no setting to list all articles in the main feed. This means email is still the most reliable way to see what’s happening.
Finally, notifications don’t work at all for me.
An even bigger problem with the app is that not every article displays in the main feed. You have to go to an author’s page in the app to see all their articles. I have no idea why and there’s no setting to list all articles in the main feed. This means email is still the most reliable way to see what’s happening.
Finally, notifications don’t work at all for me.
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Good start but needs search
I love substack but am ambivalent about the app. The app has reduced my email inbox clutter, but the lack of a search-within-archive is a pain. When I received my subscriptions via email, I could easily search for and find a stack I needed to refer to, but in the app this does not yet seem possible: instead the search function delivers suggested substack providers to subscribe to, rather than the article I need. 5 stars to come once this lack of functionality is fixed.
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Fun, Reliable, and Easy to use
Ok, we all know Substack has great content, but they’ve gone above and beyond by giving users an easy to use and reliable app now too! I saw today they added the ability to have articles “read” to us and added a “play next” function, so I wanted to drop a positive review here. I love that the are investing in their product in smart ways and executing well too. (Side note: about a month ago I emailed their support team and asked them to add a feature that would allow readers to expand or collapse comment threads, and a HUMAN engineer replied that she liked the idea and would add it to their RFE list. Great touch, Substack!)
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Hooboy does this app need work!
I downloaded and subscribed in order to support Chris Ryan’s work. First, instead of a password setup, Substack uses the “we’ll send you an email link to sign in” tedious nonsense. So got the link, set up a name and a picture, then searched for “Chris Ryan” “Ryan” Christopher Ryan” “Tangentially” and even searched “T”…. Not a single one of those terms came up with ANY results- his or anyone else’s!
Maybe my security settings conflict with whatever Substack is doing in the background, but if whatever they are doing in the background is invasive enough to break their website then uh-oh. I have turned off content blockers, no difference in search results. Without the ability to search for content then Substack is pretty much worthless, hope they get some engineering attention on one of the most basic needs of such a site…
Maybe my security settings conflict with whatever Substack is doing in the background, but if whatever they are doing in the background is invasive enough to break their website then uh-oh. I have turned off content blockers, no difference in search results. Without the ability to search for content then Substack is pretty much worthless, hope they get some engineering attention on one of the most basic needs of such a site…
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Judi (retired nurse)
I’m not much of a writer, in fact I’m terrible at it but I must say this is another phenomenal article by Steve Kirsch about what is really happening! I’m printing it and going to try getting it delivered to pediatricians at my local Kaiser.
I’m definitely going to pass it out at Covid “vaccine” clinics.
People need to know the truth, since they definitely are NOT getting it from the CDC, the FDA, or tragically from their own doctors!
I’m definitely going to pass it out at Covid “vaccine” clinics.
People need to know the truth, since they definitely are NOT getting it from the CDC, the FDA, or tragically from their own doctors!
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