[HN Gopher] Substack Notes
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       Substack Notes
        
       Author : taylorbuley
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2023-04-05 15:24 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | rchaud wrote:
       | The 'engagement' monster strikes again. Substack is apparently
       | making no money with email and is walking that back and trying to
       | become like Twitter. Wonder how long it'll take for them to throw
       | up an "algorithmic" "For You" page.
        
         | ilrwbwrkhv wrote:
         | They are making plenty of money. Problem is being VC backed,
         | they need to justify the massive valuations of the past. That's
         | why I feel a really simple business like Substack would be much
         | better being bootstrapped and growing organically.
        
         | klelatti wrote:
         | Given they has specifically avoided an algorithmic
         | recommendation engine for email this feels like an unfair
         | criticism.
         | 
         | We'll see how this plays out but a non advertising funded short
         | form content alternative to twitter seems like potentially a
         | good thing given Twitter's current issues.
        
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