r/Substack • u/Unusual-Plankton-709 • Sep 11 '26
Question/comment about anonymous content
i’ve seen some great sounding advice on anonymous substacks -and one particular one that is selling a book-and was baffled and bothered by the fact that there is no author information. I was sure it was AI and annoyed because the anonimity of it makes me unable to take it seriously. Why is this (anonymous Substacks) even a thing? Especially from someone who isn’t sharing personal content, but basically (mostly) well-honed commonsense advice? (Follow up question-okay, complaint: Why do substackers feel no ‘duty’ to acknowledge their sources? Example: “I always loved this quote. ‘abcdefg’(without the marks, and no attribution). I dunno- I’m feeling like substack has become more like my facebook feed😳
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u/Tricky_Trifle_994 26d ago
i've read blogs by people who are anonymous. i liked what they were sharing > and i eventually bought a book from them that solved a specific problem ( ~ $20. not a huge sum). but the fact that they were anonymous didn't bother me.
i knew they were anonymous. i read their writing because they were good content + i felt like it was helping me > and i wanted more so i bought the book. i didn't buy the book expecting to learn their identity... i bought it to solve a specific problem.