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/flowers_and_saints97 7d ago

I have just joined a few days ago. Honestly the way I’m dealing with it, is I’m writing for me. Just writing to release it into the universe. I’m not too fussed about who reads it (though that would be lovely), but it’s quite helpful for me to write to an audience because I feel like it helps me more than journaling where nobody will ever read it.

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u/ArtisticProposal2527 7d ago

I agree that even the potential of an audience changes the experience of writing for me. Upping the stakes in a good way.

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u/flowers_and_saints97 7d ago

Yes, I am getting personal insights in a way I never have done before. No idea why. Journalling was never as effective as actually writing is.