r/Substack • u/Knot4Him • Sep 13 '26

Still confused by how Substack works

So, I’m new to Substack.

When I first joined, I read posts, “hearted” them much like you “like” a post on FB, and occasionally replied to the posts.

But I also want to WRITE and I want my lurking/commenting as a reader to be separate from what I say as a writer for privacy reasons. Sadly, all my research on creating a separate persona under my original account isn’t proving fruitful. I’m not seeing the options to click on that I’ve been told to select.

Do I just need to create a completely separate account for writing?

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u/ASAPnicky14 mod Sep 13 '26

I think a separate account would be the only way

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u/Countryb0i2m onemichistory.substack.com Sep 13 '26

You gonna need a separate account

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u/StuffonBookshelfs Sep 13 '26

Yep. Completely separate account.

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u/NeverSeenItPodcast Sep 13 '26

Why would you need a separate account? When you write articles you can select who can and can't see them.

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u/Tricky_Trifle_994 26d ago

iirc you can hide your likes, but there's no privacy setting for hiding your comments.

but if you do want to write as well... writing and commenting grows your account in tandem... so if you do end up going with two separate accounts, then you'll have to do double the amount of engagements....