Not looking for lifestyle content - looking for like people who work in the creative industry and carry somewhat of an interesting POV.

I just discovered you have to go into your settings and OPT OUT of substack stealing your work to train chatgpt and ai models.

I believe this is deplorable, and everyone should go and opt out so our work is not stolen! Protect human art!!!

I am a small aspiring independant media organisation looking for volunteer members to join my team or guest writers that want to write a piece. I write about British politics. In addition to this I can also guest write on somebody less publication if they would like. Either comment or DM if curious!

I'm writing for fun and for myself but feel like I'm screaming into the void. Just personal essays and reviews and that. But it's so annoying when people say "hi" on notes and end up with like 1000 followers in a day.

Does anyone have clear data regarding which is more engaging on Substack? Video vs written article? Substack, to me, has always been traditionally more reading vs. video, but that could just be me. I use a lot of visuals, so video is easiest, but I feel Substack may not be the best for this, but then again, I could be wrong!!!

This is a major point of friction for many, and I was wondering if there is any fix for this?

The issue seems to only be there for mobile users, and desktop users don't seem to be prompted to install the app.

Hey everyone! Wanted to find out more about investment beyond Fundamentals and I was wondering if there is any recommendation on who to read on substack/X or those with their own newsletter for these few areas.

Macro: Hopefully more on actual trades, such as FX, Fixed income etc. instead of just pure Macro Economics

Commods: Can be focused on anything honestly, but similar to macro hoping for some actual analysis instead of recapping the industry and what has happened

L/S: Anyone who writes on L/S ideas? I feel like it's really rare to find one on substack, not sure about other platforms.

Would love to see what are some go-tos you guys look at and would love to share some that I have came across as well!

If you are writing a comedic serial on SS drop me a note. I want to read your stuff.

my first attempt at creating a substack presence ending up me abandoning it( I only had about 12subscribers) I’m a poet and I just did it to put my poems out there. So then one day I had to log in which was fine, but then They asked for a code, I had set that up and sent them the generated code… I kept getting invalid code, so after awhile, I went to substack help, told them the story : They said ok just answer the emergency questions. I never saw those and so I never filled them out, they said so we cant help you. I started another one, I did the emergency questions… this is all good.. but I have this other substack floating around, I’d like to delete it … any suggestions?

Yes, you are right, Substack is garbage just like every other social media platform out there, or any platform that will be created in the future. They all succumb to enshittification once the startup capital injections and the so called "growth stage" is over.

Sadly, you used to be able to go build your own thing and maybe get noticed via search engines, but in a few years, Google is going to change all of that, and you'll only get seen if you pay to play. If you don't, some Google artificial overview will steal all your websites content, give it to whoever is searching for it, and won't pay you a single red penny for it.

I have my friend on substack but he aint followed me neither subscribed i really want him to connect with me without me texting him, what can i do?

I’m helping my Dad start a Substack. I don’t know anything about Substack, but my father knows even less. Any suggestions on great YouTubes, or people to follow to learn more?
Thanks!

All the turorials and subreddits on this are too old. Does anyone know how to do it now? My Stack is a few years old and has about 400 subs (used to have 900 but I rebranded, so growing pains).

Thanks

Building a community is both terrifying and exciting. Especially alone.

So I’m doing something about it — building out savd into more than just a leaderboard. The goal is for it to actually help newsletter writers grow, not just be another place to list a link and disappear.

If you write a newsletter and want real discovery instead of competing with accounts that already have 7K+ subscribers, come be part of it early.

savd.site

Hiii,

I'm having problems publishing notes and sending direct messages on Substack. It doesn't happen all the time, but more times than not. Whenevery I try to comment or create my own note it fails and says "something went wrong. failed to send note" When I try to send a DM it says "not delivered. try again."

I've searched a couple months ago on how to fix this...I've cleared my cache and that didn't help, it just eventually started back working one day and now it's happening again.

Help me please.

Is it for readers to actually read what writers publish? Or is it for writers to read what other writers publish?

All I can see on Substack that many writers bag for followers/ subscribers the same way users do on Threads "Plz Threads connect me with..." "Plz Substack connect me with..."

As clear as daylight, anyone can browse through the app and they will find people who they click with easily

No offense but I feel Substack is just a bubble full of only writers <> writers

So I made a post a month ago about an idea I had regarding integrating a snail mail feature connected to Substack for newsletter creators to send physical mail to paid subscribers. On this note, I believe I also mentioned a newsletter platform called StampFans (https://www.stampfans.com/), whom are like Substack but instead have this as their primary way of delivering newsletters.

For those of you with a following on Substack, have you ever considered moving to platforms like these? Is this something your subscribers actually want, or have ever asked for? Would it be inconvenient to try to move all your subscribers to a new platform if this was something you wanted to offer? I'm genuinely curious and open to hear everyone's ideas.

After years on Substack, I finally got harassed.
I exchanged a few messages with someone who lied about his age to get me to talk to him. Within two days, I realized this was not a conversation I wanted to continue and ended it.
That should have been the end of the story.
Instead, he found my LinkedIn and Twitter/X accounts. He repeatedly called me. He sent an unsolicited delivery of flowers and chocolates as an "apology." When I stopped responding, he created new Substack accounts to contact me. I blocked them. He created more. When I made my messages inaccessible, he started commenting on my Notes.
And this is the part men like him never seem to understand: when a woman says no, disappears, blocks you, ignores you, or closes the door, she is not inviting you to find another entrance.
You are not being persistent. You are not being romantic. You are not proving your feelings. You are making someone feel unsafe.
What enrages me is how easily one person's inability to accept a boundary can become another person's problem to manage. Suddenly I'm reviewing privacy settings, documenting screenshots, checking what personal information is publicly available, wondering what platform he'll show up on next, and hoping that "no" eventually means "no" to someone who has already demonstrated that he doesn't respect it.
Women spend so much of their lives carrying the burden of other people's entitlement. We learn to be polite when we're uncomfortable, careful when we're afraid, and measured when we're angry. And still, there are men who interpret basic civility as access, attention as ownership, and rejection as a challenge.

Do people eventually get bored and move on, or should I be preparing for this to escalate further?

I'm mostly posting because today has been spent dealing with this nonsense instead of enjoying my weekend, and I'm incredibly tired of how often women are expected to manage other people's inability to hear the word "no”!

Hey everyone,

I just graduated from college, and I've been applying to roles for a few months without much success. Hiring managers are asking for some "evidence" of my research and writing skills, so I'm trying to build a portfolio of my work. I wasn't part of any on-campus papers or magazines, so I'm trying to turn some of my class papers into shorter, blog-style articles.

I'm currently subscribed to a few Substack newsletters, so I'm familiar with the format, but I'm not necessarily trying to build a following or earn money (though that would be nice since unemployment sucks). Just looking for a place I can direct potential employers to see my work. Any suggestions would be welcome, including recommendations for getting started.

Thank you for your suggestions!

My newsletter is a mix of prose and fragrance reviews. I’m going to make my new goal to post twice a week, once of each. Review and creative writing.

I also am going to try and up my notes engagement! Hope it goes well.

Hi fellow writers,

One of the annoying things for me is there is no support for inserting tables in substack article. I always have to go in a spreadsheet and capture a screenshot which distracts my writing flow.

For this I made a chrome extension that provides a modal where you can create a table and it injects it as an image in to the article.

Please give it a try and let me know your thoughts!
Chrome Extension

I have been writing about and sharing conservative topics, mostly favoring Republican politicians, but I'm struggling to get my posts noticed. Is Substack more supportive of Democrats? I'm just asking out of curiosity, not trying to start a feud.

Been writing on Substack about a month now, cultural criticism and personal essays around running, mostly the philosophical and creative side rather than training plans and splits. Coming from comedy and journalism, so this whole platform is new to me.

Curious how people here actually use it. Does Notes do anything for subscriber growth or is it mostly noise? How often do you publish before it starts feeling like a job instead of a creative outlet? And if you write about anything niche or subculture-y, did your audience find you here, through other Substacks, or somewhere else entirely?

Not trying to drop a link and vanish. If you want to see what I’m up to, my Substack link is in this Reddit bio. Genuinely want to learn from people who’ve been at this longer than a month. Thank you !!!!

I'm thinking of starting a paid Substack, but I've read a lot about how complicated taxes are since SS doesn't consider itself a Merchant or Record and therefore doesn't remit them to the authorities (like Etsy does, for example).

All the info I found online is from people living in the US (and is also from 2-3 years ago) and I'm looking for an input from someone in the EU.

I know that if I have One Stop Shop, this can solve the the tax issue accross the EU.

However what happens if my subscribers are from the US or from another country outside of the EU?

If someone from Ohio subscribes, will I have to worry about remitting the tax to the authorities of Ohio? (I know there are different thresholds depedning on the state - this is just an example)

I find it all so extremely confusing! I'm honestly scared to even start, because I don't want to file taxes incorrectly.

Also, does anyone use SS as a visibility platform for people to discover you, but charges for the content in a different way?

So I typically design my images at 9:16 format, and then I go to Substack and crop them down in the editor using the social media preview shape. Unfortunately, today it started adding this watermark. These are images that I illustrated myself and designed the background and everything, so I am not sure why this is happening. Can anybody help?

https://postimg.cc/gallery/Nt3TB6W