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The classifieds-based design created a poor product experience since the popular members—particularly women—would become overwhelmed with a large number of messages, and they would struggle to reply.
Andrew Chen • The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects
For example, here’s Ben Thompson from yesterday:“What is interesting is that Apple may give Substack cover to change course. [...] Substack can (justifiably) say to its publishers that it is going to offer an all-up Substack bundle for in-app purchase because that is the only way it can offer in-app purchase, and that publishers should agree to be ... See more
Nathan Baschez • Substack’s Ideology
By piloting programs, like the legal-defense fund, that “re-create some of the value provided by newsrooms,” as McKenzie put it, Substack has made itself difficult to categorize: it’s a software company with the trappings of a digital-media concern.
Anna Wiene • Is Substack the Media Future We Want?
Journalism, Subscriptions, and Podcasting with Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
podcasts.apple.comIn general, will Substack replicate the patterns of marginalization found across the media industry, or will it help people locked out of the dominant media sphere to flourish? To a large extent, the answer depends on whether or not Substack’s founders believe they’re in the publishing business. When we spoke, they were adamant that Substack is a p... See more
cjr.org • The Substackerati
And you have to understand if it’s something you want to work on for the next five to ten years of your life.
Tony Fadell • Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
