How can you see how many unsubscribes you get on Substack?
I always get a bunch of unsubs on the days I publish but can't tell how many without solving:
unsubs since send = subs at send + adds since send - total current cubs
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Would be nice if we could see unsubs easier and be able to track as % over time. Fun to know what pisses people off or makes them bored.
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BTW, If you are new to writing a letter unsubs are natural. Many times people sign up based on rec without knowing your stuff and when they get an email be like this isn't what i wanted. Shouldn't be discouraging.
But also curious how experienced writers think of it
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Yeah, I think bright-siding the analytics is a bad move long-term. You drive up the high-churn revenue from newbies trying it out, but lower long-term quality yield from developing writers made of sterner stuff
If bright-siding analytics (nice term) "works" I'd be curious what that means anyway. I'd be surprised if it actually created self-deception and if it did, jeez what are we made of
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I suspect it’s just a lazy reporting design pattern they didn’t put much thought into
I personally like seeing decent unsubscribe spikes and sometimes write inaccessible posts just to nudge lightly attached subs out. Prefer readers with an accurate idea of what they’re getting
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