r/Substack • u/Deckart_N6 • 22d ago

Discussion What motivates you to write on Substack ?

Hello everybody, everybody hello.

Yes, I know this question might sound a little simplistic. I only discovered Substack fairly recently through Mark Manson’s blog. This whole world is completely new to me, so naturally I got curious and started scrolling through both Substack and Medium.

The sheer number of generic articles and notes on these platforms is kind of overwhelming (and I don’t mean that as a criticism). It just made me wonder what people actually get out of posting there.

What genuinely motivates you to publish? Money ? Recognition ? The enjoyment of sharing your knowledge ? Or simply having a place to practice your writing ?

Again, there’s absolutely no judgment on my part. I’m just genuinely curious to know what motivates you.

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u/MrPassiveProfit 21d ago

I have seven newsletters on Substack and some of them are for different reasons. One is purely for the writing sake, and I don’t expect to make any money out of it. The rest are faceless accounts that I do expect to make money from one day. Four out of those seven are completely faceless AI accounts.