It took me a little while to come around to Substack. We’re mutuals on enough platforms that you’ve probably seen my rants about owning your own content on a website.
But I like Substack for the same reasons you’ve listed. There’s a little bit of everything. But the focus is more on long-form text, which is my preference. Used to beat myself up because I don’t read many novels, then realised that I’m just a non-fiction gal, and I like the format of the long article. Like Wikipedia, with a bit of pizazz!
Once I started reading, I couldn’t help but want to join in— I started blogging in 2000 at the age of 11, it runs deep. I decided to lighten up a little bit and just enjoy something for the sake of enjoying it!
It’s making the time I spend online more meaningful and I’m feeling more inspired. It might become evil like all of the other platforms, but I guess we can enjoy it now!
I’m still working on a website, but I can also have fun over here. It really is a Hannah Montana situation.
Are we the same person? 😅 jk, but I swear I have a similar timeline and a ghosted WordPress blog to show for it too. I wrote about my why for moving to substack last week, and I feel like everyone feels the same! Long form social media, without feeling like screaming into the void of your lone website/WordPress ☺️
ah no way! that’s crazy 😅 i feel like so many people here are probably in similar situations, likely why we’ve all gravitated here 🥹 it’s nice connecting with people who have felt the same!
It took me a little while to come around to Substack. We’re mutuals on enough platforms that you’ve probably seen my rants about owning your own content on a website.
But I like Substack for the same reasons you’ve listed. There’s a little bit of everything. But the focus is more on long-form text, which is my preference. Used to beat myself up because I don’t read many novels, then realised that I’m just a non-fiction gal, and I like the format of the long article. Like Wikipedia, with a bit of pizazz!
Once I started reading, I couldn’t help but want to join in— I started blogging in 2000 at the age of 11, it runs deep. I decided to lighten up a little bit and just enjoy something for the sake of enjoying it!
It’s making the time I spend online more meaningful and I’m feeling more inspired. It might become evil like all of the other platforms, but I guess we can enjoy it now!
I’m still working on a website, but I can also have fun over here. It really is a Hannah Montana situation.
i love that reading inspires writing! that was very much my experience growing up.
i think substack will be a great place to grow an audience who will also be able to follow you to your website ☺️
Are we the same person? 😅 jk, but I swear I have a similar timeline and a ghosted WordPress blog to show for it too. I wrote about my why for moving to substack last week, and I feel like everyone feels the same! Long form social media, without feeling like screaming into the void of your lone website/WordPress ☺️
ah no way! that’s crazy 😅 i feel like so many people here are probably in similar situations, likely why we’ve all gravitated here 🥹 it’s nice connecting with people who have felt the same!