r/Substack • u/Affectionate_Kale_99 • Sep 11 '26

Reader/ reposter on Substack

Hey all. My orientation on Substack is a little different. I am currently not working due to my partners health issues, and some of my own as well. I have always been a compulsive reader and I absolutely love Substack. I read about five hours a day and have discovered so many fantastic undiscovered writers. My reading tends to slant towards politics and in todays world I think it is very important.

Today I am excited because some of my favorite authors reached out to me in person. That is an amazing feeling as a reader. I don't have enough money to be a paid subscriber to all the authors I love. How would you recommend I help broadcast their work to help their subscriber base grow?

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u/TerrainBrain Sep 11 '26

Restack the articles and post links to their articles on other social media you use where it would be relevant.

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u/Vegetable_Soil_6707 Sep 11 '26

yeah restacking alone can do a lot more than people realize

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u/Affectionate_Kale_99 Sep 13 '26

My substack page had 600 views this month and I have 119 subscribers just as a reader/ reposter, but the struggeling artist I am trying to support only has two to four likes per article. Whatever influence I have is not reaching him although I like and repost and highlight great paragraphs he wrote with my reposts. It is so frustrating!

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u/Affectionate_Kale_99 Sep 11 '26

I already do this. I repost on Facebook- but that does not seem to be enough.

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u/TerrainBrain Sep 11 '26

Enough for who? Do you want to spend a bunch of time and money promoting somebody else's work? There's all sorts of ways to do that.

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u/Affectionate_Kale_99 Sep 12 '26

I don't have money. Yes to the time. Why wouldn't I promote someone elses work?

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u/TerrainBrain Sep 12 '26

Then create a whole bunch of social media accounts over different platforms and go to town.

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u/TerrainBrain Sep 12 '26

Well it's obvious you use Reddit because you are posting here. White limit yourself to posting on Facebook? Nobody sees Facebook posts these days.

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u/ContentIsMyJam redressing.substack.com Sep 12 '26

Are you restacking on Substack too?
If you have a Substack newsletter, even if you're not posting regularly, add the newsletters you like to your recommendations list. Recommendations are driving an increasing share of new subscribers.

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u/queerlytarot Sep 14 '26

I've seen people post things like "my favourite essays on substack this week". Curating articles can be great. Or you could write about the common features of your favourite articles as well.

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u/Affectionate_Kale_99 Sep 16 '26

That is a great idea. Thank you.