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The Substackerati

by marconey on 11/18/20, 11:13 PM with 3 comments

• by smitty1e on 11/19/20, 12:23 AM

  > Did a newsletter company create a more equitable media system—or replicate the flaws of the old one?

  Or is there some natural cycle of upstart=>mainstream=>oppressor=>collapse at work?

• by justiceforsaas on 11/19/20, 12:26 AM

  Just curious: What's the difference between Substack and RSS? With RSS, you 'subscribe' -> get blog posts to your news reader. With Substack, you 'subscribe' => get blog posts to your inbox. Of course, they allow you to monetize your posts by adding Stripe etc, but the essence seems to be the same.

• by partingshots on 11/19/20, 1:28 AM

  So we just decided to give up on Medium I guess? When does Substack’s replacement come in.