Substack Notes: first impressions
Substack Notes is in a really weird place at the moment. It’s basically just a bunch of newsletter writers trying to persuade each other to subscribe to their newsletters.
It’s a bit like being in an auction house where the buyers and the sellers are all the same people.
They need some stronger incentives for the readers to come over there - but that’s down to the writers. They need to come up with value for their readers - and just endlessly pumping their newsletter is not that.
Early days.
“Dad, I forgot to add Frozen songs to my playlist. Can I have more iPad time to sort it?”
“Hazel, that idea? Let it go.”
“DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD! Worst Dad joke ever.”
“Thank you.”
Back in your in-boxes: season two of Engaged Reading Time starts here.
358 tabs open on my iPad Pro. I suspect my Easter project should be cleaning them down.
(It was over 400 before my morning coffee.)
This piece from Robin Sloan is looking more prescient by the day: the last decade’s platforms are over.