It really does seem like Substack is now mostly for those who have a larger prior audience or people who are more audacious and willing to engage in clickbait. It doesn't seem like many earnest, authentic approaches to Substack get rewarded in turn.
I usually don't have time to read your articles and for the ones I skim it's a reminder th…
It really does seem like Substack is now mostly for those who have a larger prior audience or people who are more audacious and willing to engage in clickbait. It doesn't seem like many earnest, authentic approaches to Substack get rewarded in turn.
I usually don't have time to read your articles and for the ones I skim it's a reminder there's a lot regarding the economy that I need to learn about. It's at least earnest in trying to display what's going on with the market, jobs, etc and at least seems to inform readers. Unfortunately I don't think this is the direction many people are taking.
Engaging with emotions, fear porn, and all that seems to garner more attention and more financial incentives to move in that direction. The fact that Substack is moving towards more gamification doesn't help much of anything, and it's a shame that it sometimes doesn't feel any different than Twitter.
I certainly understand the crossroads predicament. You can only put in so much work with the hope that it will turn around in the end, but reality comes up and you have to sit down and think things through. Going back to work meant that I didn't have much time for Substack research and writing anymore, but it also meant that I at least had stable income. There's many people who are putting their hopes into making do on Substack that are likely paying more into being paid subscribers to other people's Substacks than they are actually making money.
It is good to hear that you're looking at things from an optimistic perspective! Certainly irrespective of what comes from this Substack the fact that a lot of effort was put in is reflective of learning and growing. I wouldn't be as big of a critic of studies if not for COVID, and that certainly has made me skeptical of anything that gets published as "good science" and especially with how such science gets reported. At the end of the day writing allowed us to learn more and gain different perspectives.
It's a pursuit very few people are willing to attempt these days!
It really does seem like Substack is now mostly for those who have a larger prior audience or people who are more audacious and willing to engage in clickbait. It doesn't seem like many earnest, authentic approaches to Substack get rewarded in turn.
I usually don't have time to read your articles and for the ones I skim it's a reminder there's a lot regarding the economy that I need to learn about. It's at least earnest in trying to display what's going on with the market, jobs, etc and at least seems to inform readers. Unfortunately I don't think this is the direction many people are taking.
Engaging with emotions, fear porn, and all that seems to garner more attention and more financial incentives to move in that direction. The fact that Substack is moving towards more gamification doesn't help much of anything, and it's a shame that it sometimes doesn't feel any different than Twitter.
I certainly understand the crossroads predicament. You can only put in so much work with the hope that it will turn around in the end, but reality comes up and you have to sit down and think things through. Going back to work meant that I didn't have much time for Substack research and writing anymore, but it also meant that I at least had stable income. There's many people who are putting their hopes into making do on Substack that are likely paying more into being paid subscribers to other people's Substacks than they are actually making money.
It is good to hear that you're looking at things from an optimistic perspective! Certainly irrespective of what comes from this Substack the fact that a lot of effort was put in is reflective of learning and growing. I wouldn't be as big of a critic of studies if not for COVID, and that certainly has made me skeptical of anything that gets published as "good science" and especially with how such science gets reported. At the end of the day writing allowed us to learn more and gain different perspectives.
It's a pursuit very few people are willing to attempt these days!