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.

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• Substack's platform design emphasizes paid subscriptions so strongly that it obscures the option to sign up for free. FSFelix Salmon5 Jun 2018similar wordingFinancial journalist; chief financial correspondent at…
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