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substack is great — a game-changer for writers and creators — but i don't need another insipid same-old social network
Sep 29, 2024
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I love knowing that less than 10 people I know follow me on Substack. The algorithm is pretty decent & I love yapping to strangers
Sep 26, 2024
I finally locked in and made a substacked (only knew about Substack because of pi.fyi so… thanks!)
I’m not the best writer so it’s really intimidating getting onto a platform that’s word heavy… also digitally anxious (being perceived digitally is tough) but I finally decided to just go to help with it and honestly I can’t wait to write more just for fun.
I would like to see more people use it like it’s Wordpress or a diary! And if anyone has any substacked recs please let me know. It’s exciting or maybe it’s the dopamine rush. 🪽🦴🍸💭
Aug 28, 2024
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Love Substack, but I think writers deserve agency and complete ownership over their work without feeling like they’re:
1. Stuck in a social media echochamber
OR
2. Dependent on the Substack model to the point where their brand can’t survive leaving the platform (if they’re forced to migrate, like with TT)
I’m very pro-“independent blog“ websites bc you quite literally carve out a small domain space on the internet JUST for your work — and you can throw in a bunch more personalizations (ex: colorful themes, graphics, coding stuff by hand, etc) that rly help make it become its own cozy space on the internet for yourself and your readers :)
Feb 16, 2025
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this is worthy of celebration: the lack of video—autoplay video, noisy inane video, panicky video, algorithmic, dumb video, rabbit hole video, any video—on pi.fyi is a good thing
Oct 5, 2024
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this is going to hurt — A LOT — but it's getting to the point where there's no other option
2d ago
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one of my 2025 habit goals
alone or with others, it is the best
Jan 21, 2025