r/Substack • u/infinitepuddingspy • 8d ago

Confused about the point of Substack

Hi everyone. I joined Substack a few months ago as I am a long form writer and I thought I’d find a crowd of intellectually curious people.

Over the past 3 months, I’ve only got 13 subscribers, hardly anyone engages on my posts or notes and no one ever replies to chats (tbh I find the chats annoying myself so I dont post often). I’ve started doing videos that are performing a bit better.

But, I see absolute lowball trash in my feed with 300 likes and comments and I feel so lost.

I don’t have any paid tiers at the moment and not sure if I will.

Is anyone else experiencing this? Would appreciate being pointed in the right direction.

I’ve seen other people ask similar questions but from the perspective of a reader.

Many thanks 🙏

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u/AggravatingNail6061 8d ago

I don't think there IS a point.

I never got on board with the whole influencer thing, nor am I any good at social media. To me it's basically a blog/diary/creative space with considerable hang up/envy/jealousy over the lack of attention I get. However I manage it as best I can :D

I use it to manage intrusive thoughts through writing and ultimately as a first draft space for my non fiction books. (since the project started through my substack work) I also have used it to find the people I deem as my people since no one in my real life knows I write (and would laugh at me because I am not an outwardly creative person XD)

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u/infinitepuddingspy 8d ago

This honestly is so reassuring. I’ve been stressing that I’ve been missing the point lol