I’m a consumer of Substacks, but I read them in a very individual way (and I don’t like anyone here enough to pay money for their work on a continuing basis). I have never thought of two Substacks as being in any relationship to each other besides sharing a user interface. So I guess I’m very far from Camp Journalist. I don’t know how common my approach to the site is, though.
I agree. One of my newsletters was on Substack when I signed on and then they moved it to Ghost and I didn't notice the change for some months till I went to check my subscription status about renewal. Basically. Who cares from what virtual server a newsletter comes from?
I mean, their failure to offer ME a huge advance certainly calls their judgement into question...
Joking aside, my feeling is that the key factor is whether they're exercising significant editorial oversight regarding the content of the blogs they host. As long as they're staying out of decisions about what to post and when, I'm inclined to consider them primarily a neutral platform, and the individual blogs as separate and independent entities. Once they're signing off on post topics or that kind of thing, then it starts to feel like more of a publisher/editor model, and the calculation is a little different.
Fair enough. Right now, I don't have strong views either way.
I suspect that there will be pressure to become more publisher-y in the future to differentiate themselves from other newsletter platforms, such as by bundling subscriptions and whatnot.
Also, I think the lack of advance is because the Substack management are people of culture, and thus understand a dog-themed physics book is a far inferior product to one that's cat themed.
I’m a consumer of Substacks, but I read them in a very individual way (and I don’t like anyone here enough to pay money for their work on a continuing basis). I have never thought of two Substacks as being in any relationship to each other besides sharing a user interface. So I guess I’m very far from Camp Journalist. I don’t know how common my approach to the site is, though.
I agree. One of my newsletters was on Substack when I signed on and then they moved it to Ghost and I didn't notice the change for some months till I went to check my subscription status about renewal. Basically. Who cares from what virtual server a newsletter comes from?
Doesn't Substack Pro muddy the waters on Substack as a platform versus a publisher, and what that means for their editorial responsibilities?
I mean, their failure to offer ME a huge advance certainly calls their judgement into question...
Joking aside, my feeling is that the key factor is whether they're exercising significant editorial oversight regarding the content of the blogs they host. As long as they're staying out of decisions about what to post and when, I'm inclined to consider them primarily a neutral platform, and the individual blogs as separate and independent entities. Once they're signing off on post topics or that kind of thing, then it starts to feel like more of a publisher/editor model, and the calculation is a little different.
Fair enough. Right now, I don't have strong views either way.
I suspect that there will be pressure to become more publisher-y in the future to differentiate themselves from other newsletter platforms, such as by bundling subscriptions and whatnot.
Also, I think the lack of advance is because the Substack management are people of culture, and thus understand a dog-themed physics book is a far inferior product to one that's cat themed.
Blocked and reported.