Taibbi leaves Twitter
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@jon-nyc said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
it’s a lot easier to create substack than to create Twitter
Substack is basically this year's version of blogger or any other platform for long-term essays, right?
@George-K , that's certainly a good way to look at it. The revenue models are different though. Substack takes a cut off subscriptions. Blogger does affiliated marketing (make money through displaying ads). I get the impression that Substack articles are usually longer than blog posts.
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@jon-nyc said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
it’s a lot easier to create substack than to create Twitter
Substack is basically this year's version of blogger or any other platform for long-term essays, right?
@George-K said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
@jon-nyc said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
it’s a lot easier to create substack than to create Twitter
Substack is basically this year's version of blogger or any other platform for long-term essays, right?
Exactly. No network effect, no social graph. They may have played with implementing these things but to no avail. Writers like it for the subscription model and generous early deals.
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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@jon-nyc i agree.
Wasn't there a time, shortly after Musk's takeover, that you couldn't link to outside sources?
Perhaps this is a bug, and not a feature, after all.
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@jon-nyc i agree.
Wasn't there a time, shortly after Musk's takeover, that you couldn't link to outside sources?
Perhaps this is a bug, and not a feature, after all.
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@George-K said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
@jon-nyc said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
it’s a lot easier to create substack than to create Twitter
Substack is basically this year's version of blogger or any other platform for long-term essays, right?
Exactly. No network effect, no social graph. They may have played with implementing these things but to no avail. Writers like it for the subscription model and generous early deals.
@jon-nyc said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
@George-K said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
@jon-nyc said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
it’s a lot easier to create substack than to create Twitter
Substack is basically this year's version of blogger or any other platform for long-term essays, right?
Exactly. No network effect, no social graph. They may have played with implementing these things but to no avail.
They're still experimenting with this. The numbers are gradually tipping to discovery rather than referrals.
They also have a podcasting and chat function that's getting interesting.
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Josh Barro brings up the Streisand effect of this move.
You may have heard that Substack will soon be launching a feature called Notes, which will be a place to “post short-form content and share ideas… including posts, quotes, comments, images, and links.” In other words, the feature will be very similar to Twitter. You will even be able to “restack” another writer’s note.
The reason you may have heard is probably not that you saw Substack’s Wednesday announcement that Notes is coming. I mean, maybe you did — maybe it came to your inbox because you’re a big fan of Substack qua Substack and so you subscribe to Substack’s substack about Substack, On Substack. But probably not. I’m guessing if you heard, it’s because Substack’s announcement made Elon Musk mad, and he used Twitter to retaliate.
I suspect that’s true for everyone here.
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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Anybody have a subscription? I’m thinking about it.
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Josh Barro brings up the Streisand effect of this move.
You may have heard that Substack will soon be launching a feature called Notes, which will be a place to “post short-form content and share ideas… including posts, quotes, comments, images, and links.” In other words, the feature will be very similar to Twitter. You will even be able to “restack” another writer’s note.
The reason you may have heard is probably not that you saw Substack’s Wednesday announcement that Notes is coming. I mean, maybe you did — maybe it came to your inbox because you’re a big fan of Substack qua Substack and so you subscribe to Substack’s substack about Substack, On Substack. But probably not. I’m guessing if you heard, it’s because Substack’s announcement made Elon Musk mad, and he used Twitter to retaliate.
I suspect that’s true for everyone here.
@jon-nyc said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
Josh Barro brings up the Streisand effect of this move.
You may have heard that Substack will soon be launching a feature called Notes, which will be a place to “post short-form content and share ideas… including posts, quotes, comments, images, and links.” In other words, the feature will be very similar to Twitter. You will even be able to “restack” another writer’s note.
The reason you may have heard is probably not that you saw Substack’s Wednesday announcement that Notes is coming. I mean, maybe you did — maybe it came to your inbox because you’re a big fan of Substack qua Substack and so you subscribe to Substack’s substack about Substack, On Substack. But probably not. I’m guessing if you heard, it’s because Substack’s announcement made Elon Musk mad, and he used Twitter to retaliate.
I suspect that’s true for everyone here.
I had literally never heard of Substack until Elon did this.
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Musky seems to be thrashing around a bit here.
