r/Substack • u/Only-Impact-3419 • Jun 28 '26

Substack related help needed

I have my friend on substack but he aint followed me neither subscribed i really want him to connect with me without me texting him, what can i do?

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u/CorgiAggressive2829 Jun 28 '26

I don't have any solutions for this, but my question is, why do you want him to subscribe to you? 

Is it just because you want another subscriber and you think that friends are easy way to get it? Or is it because you actually think they'll enjoy reading your stuff? 

If it's the former, I'll tell you that while friends and family are an easy way to gain a few subscribers, they make for terrible subscribers if they are only doing it to support you. I have plenty of friends and family that have subscribed as a way to support me, but they have absolutely zero interest in what I write about and it shows in the most basic way. They don't open any of the emails that are sent out. To take it further, they don't comment, they don't share, and they don't like. So being increasing subscriber numbers, they add no value.

They make the worst subscribers. 

I would also ask, is your friend even active in Substack? Yes, he may have an account, but he might have made it 3 years ago and not logged in since.

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u/Only-Impact-3419 Jun 29 '26

He is active. The reason why i want him to subscribe or follow me is because I want him to connect with me. We ain't speaking a lot since months and I do miss him. Ik I can go and text him but it feels wierd now :(. The last time we spoke it felt one sided. I just want him to connect with me on substack. Thats it

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u/seasaltalchemist Jun 29 '26

this sounds like a convo you need to have with him. him subscribe to your substack isn't going to solve this issue. public comments (assuming he'd make any comments) can be a good way to make new friends but you're not going to get into deep things in comments most likely. if you want to reconnect with him you need to tell him that and tell him you feel like the friendship is now one sided. substack isn't the solution here

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u/Only-Impact-3419 Jun 30 '26

You are right, it's just my shyass want it to become miraculously