Adam Zak on Substack
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Adam Zak on Substack
Now, there’s a good chance that Substack creates a good enough experience for writers that they stick with the 10%. And a big part of “good enough” could be the social standing that comes with writing on Substack. The more quality writing that lives on Substack, the better the brand becomes.
Adam Keesling • Substack Rhymes With Medium
Substack also seems to understand something that few other technology platforms have understood: that the atomic unit of media isn’t an article, nor a media brand, but instead is the creator themselves.
Adam Keesling • Substack Rhymes With Medium
And I do think there’s something there in — I miss curators. There are a couple newsletters that have a curatorial function now for me. But it’s hard to find a human being exposing you to their taste. And it’s something I really appreciate now when I find it. What I like about the internet is connecting with actual human beings.
‘The Ezra Klein Show’ • Opinion | How to Discover Your Own Taste - The New York Times
Henrik Karlsson on Substack
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This to me is the key to understanding Substack: a delicate balance between growth-driven pragmatism and ideology-driven constraint. Both motivations are present, and they’re doing their best to harmonize them, even though there is some degree of inherent, inescapable conflict.