I believe this was one of the reasons I slowly stopped writing here. The only thing showing up on my feed seeemed to be posts about how to make posts, notes about how to write notes, and the best way to write a welcoming email.
I actually quoted a line from this article " If you are a writers quietly showing up, sharing your art, and building slowly: Please don’t stop. You are the immune system of this platform. And we need you more than ever.".
I've taken your advise and started writing a story I've been putting off since I was in high school. This wednesday will be the 5th installment.
It's slow work, and I am not getting much traffic, but it lives, it's mine, and I've enjoyed doing it.
Wow that’s cool. Why have you been putting it off for so long?
I don't see that much content about growth on Substack? I've curated my feed based on my interests :)
That said, there's always gonna be growth folks on any platform - this is the nature of the "business"!
I believe this was one of the reasons I slowly stopped writing here. The only thing showing up on my feed seeemed to be posts about how to make posts, notes about how to write notes, and the best way to write a welcoming email.
One would think this platform was owned by Meta.
I'm slowly, one by one, blocking all the "shovel sellers".
And who doesn't want to be art.
I actually quoted a line from this article " If you are a writers quietly showing up, sharing your art, and building slowly: Please don’t stop. You are the immune system of this platform. And we need you more than ever.".
Thanks again Philip ☺️.
We will experiment along the way..
The algorithm doesn't define our relevance.