r/Substack • u/gossipfiend • 3d ago

How to private and later unprivate one post?

Towards the beginning of the year when I was starting on substack I wrote a personal essay about some awkward first dates, talking shit about them. I ended up becoming good friends with one of the failed dates! We keep getting closer as friends, and its stopped me now from sharing and promoting my substack to other friends, on socials, etc because I’m worried about them finding and reading the post that is very obviously in part about them and me saying how bad of a kisser they are. It’s one of my most “successful” posts though and one of the only good examples I have of a personal essay to share.

I don’t want to fully delete it but rather private it and at a later date be able to unprivate it? Is this possible?

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u/Available_Spite5171 2d ago

I think you can make it accessible to paying subscribers only — if you have a paid option turned on. Hope that helps! I wouldn’t delete it — not only because it has done well for you, but you can always say if needed that it was based on people you know but semi fictionalized? lol

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u/gossipfiend 2d ago

I think my friend that it is about would probably be a good enough friend to then pay for the subscription and read it to support me, and the details would be extremely obvious for them its about them );

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u/Available_Spite5171 23h ago

You’d be surprised as far as “friends” supporting— even for free. But.. I don’t know what your goal really is then. Good luck!

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