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The best of substack is so vastly superior to old-media op-ed comparable, it’s not even funny. The interesting difference from RSS reader era is how much more it’s driven by existing social media relationships rather than search or platform recommendations.
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That said this aggregator platform condition feels unstable. It’s either going to end up much more centralized (like a single financial relationship with substack and a token economy within, like amazon’s new Vella model, or go supernova into a non-platform federated thing.
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How many bylined and staff writers do you read in a typical old media bundled publication? I’m guessing my unbundle is getting close to NYT. Rebundle pressures are increasing.
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I’m guessing at some point substack will offer a way to turn all your subs into a single email daily/weekly digest. As a reader, I’d like that. As a writer, I go 🧐
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Reader-centric rebundling apps like pocket and instapaper never quite scale beyond a committed power user minority. 90% want 1-click managed rebundling at source.
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I'd play it the same if I were them, but as a writer, I'd rather keep as much leverage as possible rather than ceding it to my hosting platform. that said I understand why others make the tradeoff, and don't think it's wrong. undoubtedly better for growth
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