Your piece went kinda viral on Substack, and most of the comments on the comments thread, and elsewhere on Substack, were constructive and positive. This seems a moderate win for alternative/​social media.
I agree, am a fan of Substack here! And my own corner of Substack seems fine enough: some of the critical comments[1] were from people who didn’t get the full argument, but it was clear they were trying to engage (so at some level it was a skill issue on my end to not have written my thing more clearly).
And some of the positive comments too, I’m sure. It’s just easy to miss errors in people who agree with you, unless it’s really blatant like The Verge.
Your piece went kinda viral on Substack, and most of the comments on the comments thread, and elsewhere on Substack, were constructive and positive. This seems a moderate win for alternative/​social media.
I agree, am a fan of Substack here! And my own corner of Substack seems fine enough: some of the critical comments[1] were from people who didn’t get the full argument, but it was clear they were trying to engage (so at some level it was a skill issue on my end to not have written my thing more clearly).
And some of the positive comments too, I’m sure. It’s just easy to miss errors in people who agree with you, unless it’s really blatant like The Verge.