Robin, I consider Substack to be social media, but only because I’m on notes a lot. How do you see it? I’ve seen people argue that Substack isn’t social media, which I suppose in the current state of affairs it might not be.
I think Substack definitely has aspects of social media and can fairly be described as a form of social media (however, not everyone uses it that way -- to some people, Substack is just a newsletter platform). Notes feels a lot like the early days of Twitter to me. For better or worse, I expect that Substack will start to feel more and more like social media over time. Substack is venture-funded, and VCs want to see hypergrowth. Typically, that means adding features to maximize revenue per user... which starts to feel a lot like all the things we hate about social media now. But who knows?
I feel overall the same. I originally came here to just start a blog that would have a Newsletter attached, and found Notes. I love how it feels like old Twitter, way back. Hope it stays that way at least for a while. It's pretty cool that they have linked our profiles/Notes/publications. Makes for a strangely all-inclusive-experience which I appreciate. Thanks so much! -Adam
I have always had the problem to do them all. And it all ends the same way. Into a wall, feeling aweful. Trying to just focus on one or two. Substack for writing, Cara for art & Youtube for videos. But even Youtube is starting to struggle. Maybe its just time to step back, take a deep breath and just be. 😊
Robin, I consider Substack to be social media, but only because I’m on notes a lot. How do you see it? I’ve seen people argue that Substack isn’t social media, which I suppose in the current state of affairs it might not be.
I think Substack definitely has aspects of social media and can fairly be described as a form of social media (however, not everyone uses it that way -- to some people, Substack is just a newsletter platform). Notes feels a lot like the early days of Twitter to me. For better or worse, I expect that Substack will start to feel more and more like social media over time. Substack is venture-funded, and VCs want to see hypergrowth. Typically, that means adding features to maximize revenue per user... which starts to feel a lot like all the things we hate about social media now. But who knows?
I feel overall the same. I originally came here to just start a blog that would have a Newsletter attached, and found Notes. I love how it feels like old Twitter, way back. Hope it stays that way at least for a while. It's pretty cool that they have linked our profiles/Notes/publications. Makes for a strangely all-inclusive-experience which I appreciate. Thanks so much! -Adam
I have always had the problem to do them all. And it all ends the same way. Into a wall, feeling aweful. Trying to just focus on one or two. Substack for writing, Cara for art & Youtube for videos. But even Youtube is starting to struggle. Maybe its just time to step back, take a deep breath and just be. 😊
I hear you, Jezz! There’s so much pressure to do it all. I fully support taking a deep breath and stepping back for a bit.
Thank you for the reassuring and clarifying advice.
Thanks Maureen, glad it was helpful!