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deep fake oj simpson @iraqemerald
Reported 2021-04-13 22:39:48
SIR PUT THE SUBSTACK ARTICLE DOWN WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED
Rachael Myrow @rachaelmyrow
Reported 2021-04-13 22:06:09
#ICYMI @SubstackInc’s biggest problem may be the fact it’s proved it’s possible for people in the boardroom to make big money off of newsletters. Now @Facebook and @Twitter are getting into the game, and they have a lot more 👀 and 💰. https://t.co/OVDHJQs50o via @KQEDNews https://t.co/RwnCmhxE67
unimere @unimere1
Reported 2021-04-13 20:34:57
@AaronLoooo Monthly media costs are down to a couple streaming/gaming services and icloud storage. I've been thinking about subscribing to a couple people on Substack, but that's it.
I'm regularly shocked by the number of average Joes who pay monthly subs to m***ive media outlets
Damian Penny @damianjpenny
Reported 2021-04-13 20:11:12
Today on Substack: the problem with protesting at people’s homes; our duty to police officers, and vice versa; and vaccine risks in perspective. https://t.co/iNjkj9eYhp
Bill Maher's Hairline @JeffandWill
Reported 2021-04-13 19:51:47
The amount of leftists on here that fall for cult ****, right down to forking over money for substacks and patreons and considering it praxis, is staggering and pathetic
PatrioticLefty @DavidSe08441983
Reported 2021-04-13 19:31:51
@bariweiss It's also interesting all these students were as focused on this issue as most of the Substack writers rather than cute girls/boys/etc, their next sporting event, next test, etc. 1/2
Leslie-Lou @lalasugarloaf
Reported 2021-04-13 17:48:49
😂 Get your bad cat fix 🐈🔥🔥🔥on Substack. https://t.co/LOCSLdYNAT
Jared DuBois @JaredDuBois
Reported 2021-04-13 16:51:19
@ggreenwald Or cld easily see it the other way. Yes they’re throwing hissing fits more often when anyone strays frm narrative lk demanding police chief not say riot but incr success shutting down speech, corp infl St leg, canceling L&R making ppl afraid to speak up 🎯 @TuckerCarlson substack
Abdulmojeed Kawthar @Kawthar_ola
Reported 2021-04-13 16:43:16
Read my first issue on substack👇👇
User manual https://t.co/pEJRPY01EF
Melissa-Jane Nguyen @MelissaJWriting
Reported 2021-04-13 15:56:51
@authorjesspayne I’d imagine lots of people would have the same issue so hopefully you can sort it out. Substack is kind of a newsletter/subscription service/blog all in one. It‘s interesting and might be worth checking out depending on what you’re after.
Andrea Hernández 🌺 @iiiitsandrea
Reported 2021-04-13 15:39:26
I’m on Substack, not your average “writer” can’t paywall my content because I don’t have access to Stripe
as a “hack” opted for https://t.co/55jn7jAOsi, it’s included in every issue as an OPTION to support monthly
not EXPONENTIAL growth but it’s self sustaining, THANK YOU🙏🏽❤️ https://t.co/LOvZqa46AH
Terry Hudson @yankees177
Reported 2021-04-13 15:30:05
@Dan_From_Reddit @I_C_Muller @ezraklein this is just wrong and its dependent on news vs opinion. i think the issue is we dont clearly label opinion vs reporting and it should be done that way. substack has NO oversight and its a blog post.
Nowhere Girl @Gwynnion
Reported 2021-04-13 14:19:38
"'The Substack problem' is... a problem with media writ large. It's a problem with a world that systematically marginalizes trans voices unless they tell cis people what they want to hear. In that world, the 'trans question' is always a question about cis comfort."
Kirill Goryunov 📈 @KGoryunov
Reported 2021-04-13 13:16:11
The biggest social networks are broken:
1. You build the audience.
2. Then you find a way how to measure & monetise it (usually with external tools).
Platforms like substack win because you can build, measure and sell from the day one.
Which way would you prefer?
Sarah 📚🐈⬛☕🧵🎮🐉 @sosomanysarahs
Reported 2021-04-13 12:41:34
@davidmackau The problem is that a lot of newsrooms have a handful of actively harmful writers, most of whom make more than the many good writers. Of course Substack decided to do the same thing.
I support local news outlets and a few patreons, and that's all I've got bandwidth for.
Gabe Schneider @gabemschneider
Reported 2021-04-13 12:11:26
“‘The Substack problem’ is not a Substack problem. It’s a problem with media writ large.” https://t.co/spHCYmKQnU
Slater Crent 🎯♠️ @khrismonegenege
Reported 2021-04-13 12:07:11
I should start a substack where I turn every little thing that irritates me into a huge thing about society's downfall, but from the left. Dude in a suit slows down a line at the grocery store? "The cl*** divide is making the 'educated' more incompetent—and society will suffer."
Erin Blakemore @heroinebook
Reported 2021-04-13 12:02:32
@EmilyRNunn @SubstackInc Don't people know how to use the space bar? Or page down?
Matt Savener @msavener
Reported 2021-04-13 12:01:14
This is important.
“What I’ve learned, in the past few weeks, is just how much you can warp a story by asking the wrong questions. ‘The Substack problem’ is not a Substack problem. It’s a problem with media writ large.” — @sadydoyle
https://t.co/EcusKKePyT
J Crawford @thepplsllc
Reported 2021-04-13 12:00:16
this is nuts!
Twitter sends CHP 2 someone’s house tagged in a post-
@krystalball gets shut down.
@SubstackInc attack
& folks were worried about Trump- 🙄
the nefarious results of elite, “woke” neoliberals backed into a corner-
#Rising $doge @joerogan @elonmusk #URGENTE
Sam Zabell @samzabell
Reported 2021-04-13 11:14:59
"“The Substack problem” is not a Substack problem. It’s a problem with media writ large. It’s a problem with a world that systematically marginalizes trans voices unless they tell cis people what they want to hear." —@sadydoyle https://t.co/cnoKD83Dt6
The Rational Walk @rationalwalk
Reported 2021-04-13 10:43:26
MSM's coverage of Fed and inflation is completely broken. You'd think there would be front page articles questioning how they account for medical costs and housing costs? Crickets.
Substack and others have set up the infrastructure for truth tellers to break this status quo.
John Carpenter White @TommyIsBS
Reported 2021-04-13 10:12:22
Taken down my substack joke as it turns out the people in that photo weren't part of the kink community, but were actually prisoners in the notorious Abu Grhaib prison in Iraq.
Rich Mintz @richmintz
Reported 2021-04-13 09:46:43
What got me thinking about this was @annehelen’s excellent Substack account of the reporting of this story
newleafpodcast @newleafpodcast
Reported 2021-04-13 09:46:16
hey @SubstackInc , when will you do clickable links (e.g. so I can write 'contents' and then headings that people can jump down to? thanks!
Aubrey NakatomiPlaza @acgjd
Reported 2021-04-13 08:27:29
@MeghnaWBUR @TheBrockJohnson Well the area where substackers and NPR affiliates overlap is pretty significant actually. Individual writers and non profits are much more concerned with sustainability rather than growth. Problem for substackers will be when substack goes down for same reason a newspapers.
Maia 🏳️⚧️ @EGirlMonetarism
Reported 2021-04-13 08:05:29
@ModeledBehavior @erikbryn I just imagined the thought of a Larry Summers substack. Sent shivers down my throat
Tris Mamone ⚧️ ☸️ @tmamone
Reported 2021-04-13 07:23:48
‘“The Substack problem” is not a Substack problem. It’s a problem with media writ large.’—@sadydoyle
https://t.co/1UmgQZdFP5
Ellen O’Hare @EllenOHare3
Reported 2021-04-13 06:54:51
Is Blogging Dead?
No - it is just taking new forms:
- Vlogging
- Newsletters are back, just look at Substack
- Micro blogging on Instagram is easier to digest
Just need to be more creative: infographics, break down long form and repurposed across multiple channels
Asa Winstanley @AsaWinstanley
Reported 2021-04-13 06:54:50
Sign up for my weekly newsletter here.
It's free, but you can choose to pay as a way to support my journalism -- and get access to bonus articles via Substack.
https://t.co/8xp2q4HPSF
that_designer @thatdesigner6
Reported 2021-04-13 06:42:49
What was the most peaceful moment of the day? by @thatdesigner6 https://t.co/dwTy7Fn9ok
Check out my first blog on substack and comment down below your thoughts and opinions.
@Cannabana @cannabana
Reported 2021-04-13 06:29:54
stock_mj: RT @nbeaullsten: If you're feeling a little down on cannabis 🌱 3 recent great pieces that'll cheer you up:
1) @stock_mj interview with Nick Vita $CCHWF
2) @RenaSherbill interview with the Sandman $AYRWF
3) @aaronvalue substack on Gl*** House and recent $MRCQF…
Chirāg 🎙 @chiragnd
Reported 2021-04-13 04:17:23
@ditheringfm I may have misunderstood @gruber’s problem, but changing your main @SubstackInc email does transfer all your subs to the new email though, doesn’t need to be done newsletter by newsletter https://t.co/8ddmKzZUXu
PJ Kirk @pjk_software
Reported 2021-04-13 03:27:01
@davidmackau The point of substack is that I don't support publications like NYT where the staff regard people like me as a problem.
PJ Kirk @pjk_software
Reported 2021-04-13 03:26:17
@davidmackau The point of substack if that I don't support places like NYT where the staff regard people like me as a problem.
ButkisF @ButkisF
Reported 2021-04-13 01:44:42
@KazMiller320 @BenBurgis There's several examples in glenn's substack article :) namely Alex Morse, abd yes, they already do it, that's the problem. It's a problem when anyone does it and applying that standard to everyone equally is how you get past partisan politics
https://t.co/5HJCHzHRxA
Mathew @mathewlowry
Reported 2021-04-13 01:41:37
The basic problem with substack bundling.
Lisa Goldman @lisang
Reported 2021-04-12 23:56:53
I wish the conversation about substack were over already. It is starting drill holes in my brain, like an endless loop of 99 bottles of beer on the wall. They all fell down, khalas, move on.
BK Chambers @imavip
Reported 2021-04-12 23:08:55
@cwarzel All good. Trust me. Happens to everyone except me at least twice.
Plus I have no problem being the mascot for your substack.
[record scratch]
Yup that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this substack. https://t.co/UMnrfPqX7w
Sparkz | Inform-A-Fact @sparkz_a
Reported 2021-04-12 22:55:26
@DeeWhy123 If you read my substack you would see he didnt kill him... hes entirely innocent . This is the issue with jumping to conclusion instead of waiting for due process to take its course. There is overwhelm evidence that chauvin did everything he was supposed to and floyd overdosed
Derek Halpern @derekhalpern
Reported 2021-04-12 22:44:56
The big problem with Substack?
Many writers will realize that most people won't pay for their work.
At first, they'll blame the customer.
The smart writers will eventually blame themselves.
And that's when they'll be able to succeed.
Watch.
Llama @jimmysllama
Reported 2021-04-12 21:33:54
Um holy kinda a big sketchy deal involving Substack for those of you who missed it like me...
Mark Leger @markleger
Reported 2021-04-12 21:31:59
@kurtpea**** Read the same piece. Love the model, wonder about about scale, the problem for all private media in the region, big and small. It would seem local Substack writers would face the same challenge.
jahbulon @FluorescentGrey
Reported 2021-04-12 21:30:15
@jimmysllama correct and apparently Tracey and Taibbi were too and thought it was totally appropriate to not tell anyone while they were heavily advertising for it on twitter ****il someone wrote an explosive blog piece breaking down substack's advance payments/courting procedure)
Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt
Reported 2021-04-12 21:04:38
@sarahkaplan48 @RealHotTake @MaryHeglar It would be nice to be able to afford an additional editor! I don’t understand why reported ones don’t have editors and fact checking if they don’t. (Ditto podcasts) But... there’s an awful lot of elitist gatekeeping at not-substacks that’s also a big problem
Michael FitzGerald @mfitz406
Reported 2021-04-12 21:01:39
@lancefisher @dhh Substack just followed Medium down the same bumpy path by raising $65m at $650m last week. They’re eating their lunch but it’s still junk food.
Gillian Branstetter @GBBranstetter
Reported 2021-04-12 20:43:23
This clips also bridges white nationalist "Great Replacement" theorizing with ostensibly-centrist "cancel culture" rhetoric--so good job on your Substack subscribers I guess
Carl Roger 🇨🇦🇸🇪 @nbeaullsten
Reported 2021-04-12 20:41:31
If you're feeling a little down on cannabis 🌱 3 recent great pieces that'll cheer you up:
1) @stock_mj interview with Nick Vita $CCHWF
2) @RenaSherbill interview with the Sandman $AYRWF
3) @aaronvalue substack on Gl*** House and recent $MRCQF SPAC deal
👏
emily nunn @EmilyRNunn
Reported 2021-04-12 20:03:16
But Substack is the problem.
Politikx @politikx
Reported 2021-04-12 19:51:13
@geniecoefficnt The adtech duopoly of Google and Facebook is certainly an issue.
I was pointing out the efforts by NYT, CNN, Youtube, etc. at quashing any independent journalists who are trying to make it on their own using substack or other methods.