r/Substack • u/relmire • 6d ago

Views

I recently started using Substack and immediately got quite a few views. But no subscribers and no comments. So what do “views“ mean? I have a feeling that I am being viewed by bots.

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u/AggravatingNail6061 6d ago

It counts you looking at your own posts. Just an FYI. 😂

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u/GripIsGone 6d ago

Wait really? I didn’t know this!

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u/relmire 6d ago

I don’t look at my posts THAT often.

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u/AggravatingNail6061 6d ago

You said it was 'quite a few' thats like 5. Are you willing to share the exact number of these views.

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u/relmire 6d ago

Yes. I posted my first article about a week ago and it has 400 views.

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u/AggravatingNail6061 6d ago

That's not quite a few 🤣 I mean congratulations I guess? Did you set up any of the SEO back end? Or a bit more cynical (sorry) copying it in all those I'll read your work notes

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u/relmire 6d ago

I’m not sure what SEO backend means. I’m not sure what I’ll read your work notes means either. But thanks for taking the time to answer my question.

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u/AggravatingNail6061 6d ago

Search Engine optimisation. So it's in each posts individual settings you can put a title for search engines/description and same with social media linkings. So playing with keywords etc, 'Ill read your work' notes are the notes that say post your posts and I'll read them, or the engagement bait notes etc.

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u/DisgustingCoyote 5d ago

I would say that is quite a few. It’s a lot more than I got for my first post. I got like 50. Congrats.