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← Self-publishing on Substack has the merit that no publisher decides what he can and cannot write.
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Read this korrent: Self-publishing on Substack has the merit that no publisher decides what he can and cannot write.
Self-publishing on Substack has the merit that no publisher decides what he can and cannot write.
Last stated 6 months ago
14 May 2026
MB
Melvin Burgess — holds since 2026-05-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Substack seems better suited to articles and essays than to publishing novels. — tap to centre the map on it
Substack seems better suited to articles and essays than to publishing novels.
Last stated 3 months ago
29 Jul 2026
MB
Melvin Burgess — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Even with no publishing industry, they would keep writing for friends or for themselves. — tap to centre the map on it
Even with no publishing industry, they would keep writing for friends or for themselves.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
16 Oct 2026
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Annalee Newitz — holds since 2026-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Writing on a schedule is worth less than only publishing what is the best you can do, even if that means one post a year. — tap to centre the map on it
Writing on a schedule is worth less than only publishing what is the best you can do, even if that means one post a year.
Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
JC
Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A writer's audience does not carry from one book to the next: every book is another startup you have to make happen from scratch. — tap to centre the map on it
A writer's audience does not carry from one book to the next: every book is another startup you have to make happen from scratch.
Last stated 11 months ago
15 Dec 2025
ML
Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Publishing only on your own site, and making people come to it, is the considerate way to share your work. — tap to centre the map on it
Publishing only on your own site, and making people come to it, is the considerate way to share your work.
Last stated 8 months ago
12 Mar 2026
DS
Derek Sivers — no longer holds since 2026-03-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Subscription platforms like Substack and OnlyFans tend to become a Girardian bubble, where a few visible successes obscure the many who quietly give up after failing to build an audience. — tap to centre the map on it
Subscription platforms like Substack and OnlyFans tend to become a Girardian bubble, where a few visible successes obscure the many who quietly give up after failing to build an audience.
Last stated 2 years ago
6 Jan 2025
JF
Jacob Falkovich — holds since 2025-01-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Substack's platform design emphasizes paid subscriptions so strongly that it obscures the option to sign up for free. — tap to centre the map on it
Substack's platform design emphasizes paid subscriptions so strongly that it obscures the option to sign up for free.
Last stated 8 years ago
5 Jun 2018
FS
Felix Salmon — holds since 2018-06-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is real and growing reader demand for premium, independently published books. — tap to centre the map on it
There is real and growing reader demand for premium, independently published books.
Last stated a year ago
16 Oct 2025
PM
Paul Millerd — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "AI" systems are being used to distance the responsible humans from the impacts of their decisions. — tap to centre the map on it
"AI" systems are being used to distance the responsible humans from the impacts of their decisions.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
23 Oct 2026
AT
Adrian Tchaikovsky — holds since 2026-10-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it
A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly.
Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
CC
Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard
Last stated 16 years ago
14 Apr 2011
BH
Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "The other side is bad too" is no answer to the Trump administration's use of power against speech. — tap to centre the map on it
"The other side is bad too" is no answer to the Trump administration's use of power against speech.
Last stated 6 months ago
29 Apr 2026
GL
Greg Lukianoff — holds since 2026-04-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A country whose First Amendment allows deliberately negative stories is right, not wrong. — tap to centre the map on it
A country whose First Amendment allows deliberately negative stories is right, not wrong.
Last stated 2 months ago
18 Sept 2026
JT
Jake Tapper — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person's internet presence is largely controlled by large organizations subject to the decisions of their executives. — tap to centre the map on it
A person's internet presence is largely controlled by large organizations subject to the decisions of their executives.
Last stated 2 months ago
13 Sept 2026
PD
Preshit Deorukhkar — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If you cannot stand behind every word an AI helped you write, do not submit it. — tap to centre the map on it
If you cannot stand behind every word an AI helped you write, do not submit it.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
8 Oct 2026
DL
Deb Liu — holds since 2026-10-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy.
Last stated a month ago
27 Sept 2026
MG
Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A human-authorship certification should not allow partial AI use. — tap to centre the map on it
A human-authorship certification should not allow partial AI use.
Last stated 5 months ago
1 Jun 2026
NH
Nick Harkaway — holds since 2026-06-01 — tap for who they are
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