Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
In many cases, neither side is happy with what is getting promoted.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
crisis of taste,
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Back in May, Ted Gioia wrote about the wave of corporations and celebrities joining Substack. Longtime internet readers will note the clear echo of 2000s blog triumphalism and/or 2010s Twitter energy, which is to say: enjoy it while it lasts.
I think it’s a notable that Ted’s post, though it’s titled Substack Has Changed in the Last 30 Days, ... See more
I think it’s a notable that Ted’s post, though it’s titled Substack Has Changed in the Last 30 Days, ... See more
Robin Sloan • Platform reality
Thus reassured of its generic quality,
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
No matter how great the list of product recommendations in your favorite nootropics or skincare subreddit, the practices and the moral premises of a subculture always are deferred when put in company hands. Deferred in the way that buying the hottest running shoes don’t mean you’re fit. Deferred in the way that buying books from Verso isn’t an adeq
... See moreToby Shorin • Life After Lifestyle
Platforms like Substack have enabled the best journalists to leave their job, but it’s also put writers on a hamster wheel with a weekly publishing cadence, where they may be making less than they thought.
Richard Patey • Why Creators Should Choose Protocols Over Subscriptions
Search engines — the window into the web for many people — top their results with pages containing thousands of words of auto-generated nothingness, perfectly optimized for search engine prominence and to pull in money via ads and affiliate links while simultaneously devoid of any useful information.
Social networks have become “the web” for many pe... See more
Social networks have become “the web” for many pe... See more
“I think a man is his own God and can decide for himself what’s right and wrong,” Ross said. “As a man, I decide for myself.”