感恩
爱您们。
Paywalls are justified
I don’t have time (or attention) sufficient to read all recommended articles. The writers deserve to be paid, I acknowledge. Still, I won’t subscribe to many online publishers.
So I end up skimming the introductory paragraphs of Zeteo occasionally.
So I end up skimming the introductory paragraphs of Zeteo occasionally.
Substack
Substack is a great platform for learning and research into topics you may not learn in a typical academic setting.
One easy feature
Wish I could search within a page in iPhone App
The Voice of Mothers
It’s refreshing to hear the genuine real world voice of a mother. The voices of mothers are the ones we most need to hear at this time.
The Enchanted, Beguiling, Very Real World of Callie & Toby Coles
Callie & Toby bring such wholesome family joy and madcap outdoor adventures to so many of us, to our delight and enrichment. They are living their creative lives, holding to their values as parents, family, and community members and creative souls. They are very real people with real struggles, shared with us by author Callie~~ who writes with a refreshing balance between candor and tasteful boundaries of privacy and restraint.
Thousands of us are enchanted by the blend of ‘ordinary chaotic family life’ with small children and teenager ..and idyllic scenes of ponies, magnificent horses, chicken & dogs farmyard scenes, splashing beach-rides and now, a major move from southwest England to the rugged Scottish Highland wilderness.
Add to this the couple’s earlier exhilarating athletic accomplishment of a demanding ride across rugged terrain in Patagonia, with the thrilling news of Callie’s pregnancy— and we are hooked on their story as we would be by a well written novel.
Well, done, Callie and Toby~ May you and your beautiful family be blessed with health and happiness all the days of your lives. 🌿
Thousands of us are enchanted by the blend of ‘ordinary chaotic family life’ with small children and teenager ..and idyllic scenes of ponies, magnificent horses, chicken & dogs farmyard scenes, splashing beach-rides and now, a major move from southwest England to the rugged Scottish Highland wilderness.
Add to this the couple’s earlier exhilarating athletic accomplishment of a demanding ride across rugged terrain in Patagonia, with the thrilling news of Callie’s pregnancy— and we are hooked on their story as we would be by a well written novel.
Well, done, Callie and Toby~ May you and your beautiful family be blessed with health and happiness all the days of your lives. 🌿
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INDEPENDENT BROADCASTERS News, Entertainment
LOVE IT🔥
Still good. Used to be better.
With the addition of monetization and “following” (which is different than “Subscriptions” in some way I don’t quite understand), and with the addition of instant messaging, I’m getting that familiar bad feeling that what was once a Haven for gifted writers and intellectuals got too popular, and is now being ruined by greedy owners who are slowly turning it into yet another generic social media app.
As disappointing as it was predictable. It’s still decent, probably has another six months or so left before everyone moves on to something else at this rate.
As disappointing as it was predictable. It’s still decent, probably has another six months or so left before everyone moves on to something else at this rate.
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No AI please!
Okay but has AI checking feature now. Which is just going to steal from and decontextualise more artists posts.
Substack: The App That's Either Saving Writing or Ruining It (A Review) Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🙊🙈🙉—
would recommend, with a full paragraph of caveats
I joined Substack to become a serious writer. Eighteen months later I have 47 subscribers, an unpaid therapy habit, and strong opinions about whether "notes" is a feature or a psychological experiment.
Here's the deal nobody tells you:
1. It is genuinely the best place to write on the internet. No algorithm deciding you're not engaging enough today. No ads. You own your email list — YOUR list — which means Substack can't shadowban you into oblivion like that other app we all pretend we're quitting.
2. It is also a pyramid scheme where the product is hope. Every post you read is by someone with 200k subscribers telling you how they got 200k subscribers. Their advice: "Just write consistently for three years!" Buddy, I have a job. And a crushing need for validation that cannot wait three years.
3. Notes is Twitter wearing a fake mustache. You go there to promote your newsletter. You leave having argued with a stranger about whether cereal is soup, having posted nothing, having gained zero subscribers. It's the writers' room of the internet and everyone is pitching the same pilot.
4. The money question. Yes, some people make six figures. Those people had audiences before Substack, or a book deal, or a newsletter called "Why Everything You Believe Is Wrong" published at exactly the right moment in the discourse cycle. The rest of us make $47/month and describe it as "a business" at parties.
5. The recommendations feature is pure genius and I hate it. Someone with 100k subs recommends you and you get 400 new readers overnight. Then you realize they recommend everyone, and so do you now, and the whole thing is just writers holding hands in a circle congratulating each other while the readers quietly unsubscribe.
6. Yet... it works. Not the growth hacks. Not the notes strategy. The actual writing. Long, weird, unhurried writing found an audience again because Substack made it sustainable. My 47 subscribers? They reply to my emails. They remember my dog's name. That's worth more than 10,000 impressions on the bird app.
Verdict: Substack is a casino where the house edge is your self-esteem and the jackpot is meaning. I'm staying. I hate that I'm staying. Subscribe — you'll hate it too.
I joined Substack to become a serious writer. Eighteen months later I have 47 subscribers, an unpaid therapy habit, and strong opinions about whether "notes" is a feature or a psychological experiment.
Here's the deal nobody tells you:
1. It is genuinely the best place to write on the internet. No algorithm deciding you're not engaging enough today. No ads. You own your email list — YOUR list — which means Substack can't shadowban you into oblivion like that other app we all pretend we're quitting.
2. It is also a pyramid scheme where the product is hope. Every post you read is by someone with 200k subscribers telling you how they got 200k subscribers. Their advice: "Just write consistently for three years!" Buddy, I have a job. And a crushing need for validation that cannot wait three years.
3. Notes is Twitter wearing a fake mustache. You go there to promote your newsletter. You leave having argued with a stranger about whether cereal is soup, having posted nothing, having gained zero subscribers. It's the writers' room of the internet and everyone is pitching the same pilot.
4. The money question. Yes, some people make six figures. Those people had audiences before Substack, or a book deal, or a newsletter called "Why Everything You Believe Is Wrong" published at exactly the right moment in the discourse cycle. The rest of us make $47/month and describe it as "a business" at parties.
5. The recommendations feature is pure genius and I hate it. Someone with 100k subs recommends you and you get 400 new readers overnight. Then you realize they recommend everyone, and so do you now, and the whole thing is just writers holding hands in a circle congratulating each other while the readers quietly unsubscribe.
6. Yet... it works. Not the growth hacks. Not the notes strategy. The actual writing. Long, weird, unhurried writing found an audience again because Substack made it sustainable. My 47 subscribers? They reply to my emails. They remember my dog's name. That's worth more than 10,000 impressions on the bird app.
Verdict: Substack is a casino where the house edge is your self-esteem and the jackpot is meaning. I'm staying. I hate that I'm staying. Subscribe — you'll hate it too.
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Scaling Issue
I like Substack, but recently the app has been having an issue where the content is off the edge of the screen almost everywhere in the app.
Substance
I like that I have found 4 authors who publish with some depth - all 4 with admirable qualifications in their specialty
Renters & Mold
Im in root by this app for educational purposes that were never told and hidden from basic human rights and knowledge 🙏🏼
Totally Hooked
I have a few favorites that I look forward to daily… Love Substack!!!
Great app to get the truth, minimal trolls!
After deleting Facebook and Instagram, I come to Substack for information and education from independent journalists, attorneys, historians and resisters- people who arm us with the facts without manufacturing outrage. The paid subscriber option helps to cut down on trolls. I feel better! The only thing I would add is for Substack to work on reducing the glitching. But it’s probably because Substack is becoming more popular. Thanks Substack!
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Substack a great community with outstanding journalists
Accurate resourced information in essay or in-depth report form and live interviews and discussions. In my opinion of the 7 sites I check.. this is the most valuable
This app is amazing
Great community
I have learned so much!!!!
The article themes are so relevant , with so much information and data driven. Because of her long experience with hormone prescription and optimization, mentions always good clinical tips and tricks .
Keep inspiring other physicians, and thank you for all that you are teaching me to be able to help my patients in clinic. Amarie
Keep inspiring other physicians, and thank you for all that you are teaching me to be able to help my patients in clinic. Amarie
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I love Steph
Steph makes me pause…. And think….Learn….reflect
Neutral
Was ok for a while but too many subscription only articles from everyone I was subscribed too. So I unsubscribed from them all. I will not pay for anything that has anything that expects money from me when using the internet. I can simply read summaries for free about any article written or story covered somewhere else online. I came to this conclusion decades ago when I used to pay for “ad free” or top tier subscribers and I always ran into issues. Heck, even real like groups and communities, they offer memberships only to ask for so much personal info you know they are just selling it and you end up with junk email, snail mailers abs phone calls. I don’t even pay for games on iPhone. Recently in court the a gamer company just stated that even if you pay $70 for a game to stream, it’s really not yours, don’t expect it to be. Substack surely sells your personal info to some third party. Basically, avoid paying for anything on line. If it’s not tangible physically, it’s not real and not worth it.
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