well lol i finally got laid off...but on the bright side.......

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A more pessimistic prediction is that the current True Fan revolution will eventually go the way of the original Web 2.0 revolution, with creators increasingly ground in the gears of monetization. The Substack of today makes it easy for a writer to charge fans for a newsletter. The Substack of tomorrow might move toward a flat-fee subscription mode... See more
from The Rise of the Internet’s Creative Middle Class by Cal Newport
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No. 13 — Reclaiming Discovery From the Algorithms
by Michelle Rose Joseph
michellerosejoseph.substack.com
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In the wake of the Summer of Substack, the novelty of launching a newsletter where readers pay directly for your work has given way to the reality of, well, keeping that newsletter up. And keeping those readers happy. And finding new ones when, inevitably, some of those readers decide they’re kind of over you (nicely termed as “churn”). Inevitably,... See more
from A Good Newsletter Exit Strategy Is Hard to Find by The Atlantic
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from The Rise of the Internet’s Creative Middle Class by Cal Newport