[darthvoldemort]

I'm skeptical about the idea that Substack has poor support.

I just listened to Chuck Palahniuk on Joe Rogan. He still writes on pads of paper, but he said Substack hand-held him and he loved it, and called Substack a "concierge service" and he said he enjoys Substack because it let's him concentrate on writing and not worrying about the tedious parts like formatting, etc.

[meheleventyone]

All platforms give special treatment to people who are already famous and likely to draw a big audience just by coming. An extremely famous writer isn’t a good litmus test.

[richardatlarge]

That’s right, if you leave a major publication your success is off the back of there’s. What examples are there of success from scratch?

[meheleventyone]

Newsletters aren’t my thing so I don’t know in that space. Early adopters of new mediums in general are a big source. There are quite a few people who made their names in the early days of live-streaming or on YouTube. Or in indie games.