I also have a Mike's list on LinkedIn, but they shadowbanned my posts when I was critical of Microsoft's greedy role in OpenAI's development and the dangers of it. My Twitter personal account was banned by a spam filter, and I was given no explanation even in my appeal to the perma ban. I wrote on Medium for years and was unable to exports my followers.
It's been just a disaster of personal brand management without an Email list for me, so I'm a late bloomer after all the carnage.
I have already noticed a troll or two or rather one drive-by media type of sh*t post on there - so it will start to change... This was off topic for me but I also covered how Google-Youtube-big tech screws everyone over:
I might write another piece about my adventures with 20-something Seeking Alpha editors 😂… As much as I like Substack, there is always a chance some VC etc will take over and make changes… You ultimately need your own website and own a list to always fall back on…
He says it's algorithmic, but then describes something non-algorithmic. I think what he means is: Yes, we show you notes from people you didn't subscribe to, but it's people who were explicitly recommended by the people you subscribe to. That's how I described the "Home" tab working, and I wouldn't consider that algorithmic.
With respect to a fellow writer, I read this hoping to come across something, new and not obvious, and was left feeling like I read a lot of words that don’t really mean all that much.
The fact that Notes is relatively unpolluted at the moment could, unfortunately, change very easily, so it doesn’t really count as a differentiator in any intrinsic way.
The fundamental difference that matters most is that Substack is not a triangular media business that serves advertisers, but a platform for authors.
What’s the most interesting to me is how Notes is like all of those other services that you mentioned--which is that it promotes endless scrolling, which at this point we all known isn’t good for anyone. I think Notes (and its users) would benefit from a mechanism that discourages endless scrolling. That would be a new and very real differentiator that produces a better user experience.
Thank you for your thoughtful comments. Regarding the pollution issue, I believe that 1) if only newish social networks are relatively unpolluted, it's still great to enjoy it while it lasts; and 2) Notes is likely to remain a niche social network indefinitely, and therefore disincentivizes inauthentic and exploitative activity.
I hear that, let’s enjoy it while we can for sure. I do think there’s something to what you’re saying, and also, I know that the fact that we can just scroll and scroll for more Notes like on all those other platforms creates an incentive for people to create more Notes, just so that they are seen, regardless of their value.
I also have a Mike's list on LinkedIn, but they shadowbanned my posts when I was critical of Microsoft's greedy role in OpenAI's development and the dangers of it. My Twitter personal account was banned by a spam filter, and I was given no explanation even in my appeal to the perma ban. I wrote on Medium for years and was unable to exports my followers.
It's been just a disaster of personal brand management without an Email list for me, so I'm a late bloomer after all the carnage.
Sounds like Substack is the place for you. Whenever you get insecure about getting screwed, you can download your subscribers for therapy.
I have already noticed a troll or two or rather one drive-by media type of sh*t post on there - so it will start to change... This was off topic for me but I also covered how Google-Youtube-big tech screws everyone over:
How Google Ruined Financial Writing (And ChatGPT Might Save It) https://emergingmarketskeptic.substack.com/p/how-google-ruined-financial-writing-chapgpt-ai
I might write another piece about my adventures with 20-something Seeking Alpha editors 😂… As much as I like Substack, there is always a chance some VC etc will take over and make changes… You ultimately need your own website and own a list to always fall back on…
Such posts will be blocked. It seems to me that shitposters will find it hard to find traction on Notes, at least in the short term.
Hey, found your post in the Notes feed. CEO Chris Best said the feed was algorithmic in this interview: https://www.theverge.com/23681875/substack-notes-twitter-elon-musk-content-moderation-free-speech
You might want to check it out. Hope it's helpful.
He says it's algorithmic, but then describes something non-algorithmic. I think what he means is: Yes, we show you notes from people you didn't subscribe to, but it's people who were explicitly recommended by the people you subscribe to. That's how I described the "Home" tab working, and I wouldn't consider that algorithmic.
With respect to a fellow writer, I read this hoping to come across something, new and not obvious, and was left feeling like I read a lot of words that don’t really mean all that much.
The fact that Notes is relatively unpolluted at the moment could, unfortunately, change very easily, so it doesn’t really count as a differentiator in any intrinsic way.
The fundamental difference that matters most is that Substack is not a triangular media business that serves advertisers, but a platform for authors.
What’s the most interesting to me is how Notes is like all of those other services that you mentioned--which is that it promotes endless scrolling, which at this point we all known isn’t good for anyone. I think Notes (and its users) would benefit from a mechanism that discourages endless scrolling. That would be a new and very real differentiator that produces a better user experience.
Thank you for your thoughtful comments. Regarding the pollution issue, I believe that 1) if only newish social networks are relatively unpolluted, it's still great to enjoy it while it lasts; and 2) Notes is likely to remain a niche social network indefinitely, and therefore disincentivizes inauthentic and exploitative activity.
I hear that, let’s enjoy it while we can for sure. I do think there’s something to what you’re saying, and also, I know that the fact that we can just scroll and scroll for more Notes like on all those other platforms creates an incentive for people to create more Notes, just so that they are seen, regardless of their value.
Yes, and thanks for explaining the difference between Home and Subscribers Notes. I still don't know what it is, but I want one.
Curious as to how you're feeling about this a year or so down the road?
Thank you!!