My Honest Thoughts on Substack & Growth, After 3 Months

Is Substack that different from other social media?

Yes, and no. No, in the sense that the same rule applies as on other social media, namely reciprocity, status, traffic, and ‘picks’. Yes, in that most of the Substack crowd is creative, so it’s much more muted and quiet than X or Instagram. People are more polite, older, more contained—there is ba... See more