I think we should let the Substack shitstorm pass and Substack writers writing about Substack writers writing about Substack writers is not great, BUT... try to actually extract anyone's idea of a 'scam' from thishttps://thehypothesis.substack.com/p/heres-why-substacks-scam-worked-so …
Ultimately, it's the pettiest and most self-referential controversy. All the anger is about the fact that the journalists they hate have a large readership, and the writers they like (principally themselves) do not. It's just petty bitterness masquerading as a noble cause.
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If I were struggling to get people to want to read my work, I think I'd pay a lot of attention to what I might be doing that is causing that problem, and devote a lot less energy toward bitterness and censorship demands aimed at those whose work people are interested in reading.
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Or they just haven’t gotten to your level yet to charge for their own work
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it’s not fair. they follow all the rules and orthodoxies, but someone who is not gets more readers? It’s just not fair!
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Which further proves all of life is just high school on repeat.
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For once I agree with you
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"It's just petty bitterness masquerading as a noble cause." Jeeeeesus. Pot meet kettle. The lack of self-awareness is stunning.
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"Pot meet kettle" is a meaningless cilché when unaccompanied by substantive claims. I would have great difficultly finding journalists whose careers I would be jealous of when I compare theirs to mine. Lots of criticisms to make of me, but envy of other journalists? Nope.
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Brilliantly said, and can be generalized to most any form of jealousy in competitive fields.
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