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January 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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I think I’m more active on Twitter because A) inertia—it still has 10x more people there that I want to keep up with, and B) I think occasionally I can use my platform there to nudge things in a good direction
January 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I think I’m more active on Twitter because A) inertia—it still has 10x more people there that I want to keep up with, and B) I think occasionally I can use my platform there to nudge things in a good direction
Summary of what we’ve learned
December 4, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Summary of what we’ve learned
That would probably not be something most top authors on Substack would want to opt into
November 20, 2024 at 10:55 PM
That would probably not be something most top authors on Substack would want to opt into
Thanks and sorry I was a bit grouchy :) haha
November 20, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Thanks and sorry I was a bit grouchy :) haha
Thanks! And like tbh I don’t think it’s obviously going to be easy or necessarily even likely, but I also don’t think it’s as crazy as it might seem. Trade book publishing is like $17B per year.
November 20, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Thanks! And like tbh I don’t think it’s obviously going to be easy or necessarily even likely, but I also don’t think it’s as crazy as it might seem. Trade book publishing is like $17B per year.
To put it in your terms, I think the plan is to 1000x their customer base and 1x the value extraction. I am pretty sure they will keep more or less the same model and try to grow by attracting more creators / larger creators.
November 20, 2024 at 1:36 PM
To put it in your terms, I think the plan is to 1000x their customer base and 1x the value extraction. I am pretty sure they will keep more or less the same model and try to grow by attracting more creators / larger creators.
And they won’t and don’t need to “extract three orders of magnitude more value,” from their current market, they are (attempting to) expand their market.
November 20, 2024 at 1:13 PM
And they won’t and don’t need to “extract three orders of magnitude more value,” from their current market, they are (attempting to) expand their market.
I think there’s a spectrum of changes ranging from “gaming co pivots to slack” (fundamental pivot) to “uber adds another city” (natural extension) and to me Substack having more video and podcast creators feels somewhere in between.
November 20, 2024 at 1:11 PM
I think there’s a spectrum of changes ranging from “gaming co pivots to slack” (fundamental pivot) to “uber adds another city” (natural extension) and to me Substack having more video and podcast creators feels somewhere in between.
B) Agree or disagree with Substack’s ideology, it was already aligned with a16z before they invested. So in that sense it’s nothing like X.
November 20, 2024 at 12:45 PM
B) Agree or disagree with Substack’s ideology, it was already aligned with a16z before they invested. So in that sense it’s nothing like X.
It’s pretty wrong
A) The bet is that more than just text will be on Substack - plenty of media businesses have scaled past what Anil is claiming if you look beyond text.
A) The bet is that more than just text will be on Substack - plenty of media businesses have scaled past what Anil is claiming if you look beyond text.
November 20, 2024 at 12:44 PM
It’s pretty wrong
A) The bet is that more than just text will be on Substack - plenty of media businesses have scaled past what Anil is claiming if you look beyond text.
A) The bet is that more than just text will be on Substack - plenty of media businesses have scaled past what Anil is claiming if you look beyond text.
Impossible to know! Either way I’ll change it
September 15, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Impossible to know! Either way I’ll change it
I think most people aren’t surprised by this given the description above the text input (also we have never had anyone react the way you did just now) but probably could make it a bit more obvious! Thanks again for the feedback and zero pressure to use Lex
September 15, 2024 at 6:57 PM
I think most people aren’t surprised by this given the description above the text input (also we have never had anyone react the way you did just now) but probably could make it a bit more obvious! Thanks again for the feedback and zero pressure to use Lex
I just realized I forgot to come back and update you — we fixed this! All docs are private now by default even if someone somehow gets the link
September 13, 2024 at 5:34 PM
I just realized I forgot to come back and update you — we fixed this! All docs are private now by default even if someone somehow gets the link
Yikes I think that is a bug that we may have just shipped thanks for flagging!
August 15, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Yikes I think that is a bug that we may have just shipped thanks for flagging!
Ahh I’m so sorry for the name typo! 😅
Totally agree we should make the expectation more clear, and give users the option to set a global default.
Totally agree we should make the expectation more clear, and give users the option to set a global default.
August 15, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Ahh I’m so sorry for the name typo! 😅
Totally agree we should make the expectation more clear, and give users the option to set a global default.
Totally agree we should make the expectation more clear, and give users the option to set a global default.