May you find whole peace of mind and body, Michael.
I don’t have anything wise to say about the substance of your post, but personally I’ll comment that my first exposure (only several months ago!) to the Creator Economy in general and Substack in particular was through your focused and thoughtful writing, which speaks to the effort you put in these conversations. Thank you for all you taught me, and you’ll be missed on Notes.
As you mentioned Substack Notes.. figured i'd add my two cents:
1. I was excited about it when it first came out
2. I barely use it now and think they've missed the boat on it
3. I don't think they needed to think about anything... rather they needed to exactly copy the style and format of the Linkedin newsfeed, ie.
- Everytime a writer writes an article there should be the option to write a blurb about it and post to the Notes feed
- Notes should have had a cleaner layout like Linkedin posts... when i look at them they often seem very messy
4. I don't think Twitter was the right competitor to have in mind as its a very different beast. Rather Linkedin in my view was more who they should have been trying to exemplify. By this i mean:
- I go to my Notes feed to find interesting things from folks in my network (ie. writers i subscribe to or folks that are similar)
- I comment and engage like i do on linkedin
5. The long-term play in my view was being something like Linkedin.. but with a very different audience.
- Linkedin is for my career network
- Notes could have been the antithesis.. people that dont really know me but just have shared interests etc. And therefore i can be even more free in how i engage in posts as i dont need to worry about my employer monitoring it etc
May you find whole peace of mind and body, Michael.
I don’t have anything wise to say about the substance of your post, but personally I’ll comment that my first exposure (only several months ago!) to the Creator Economy in general and Substack in particular was through your focused and thoughtful writing, which speaks to the effort you put in these conversations. Thank you for all you taught me, and you’ll be missed on Notes.
Spot on!
As you mentioned Substack Notes.. figured i'd add my two cents:
1. I was excited about it when it first came out
2. I barely use it now and think they've missed the boat on it
3. I don't think they needed to think about anything... rather they needed to exactly copy the style and format of the Linkedin newsfeed, ie.
- Everytime a writer writes an article there should be the option to write a blurb about it and post to the Notes feed
- Notes should have had a cleaner layout like Linkedin posts... when i look at them they often seem very messy
4. I don't think Twitter was the right competitor to have in mind as its a very different beast. Rather Linkedin in my view was more who they should have been trying to exemplify. By this i mean:
- I go to my Notes feed to find interesting things from folks in my network (ie. writers i subscribe to or folks that are similar)
- I comment and engage like i do on linkedin
5. The long-term play in my view was being something like Linkedin.. but with a very different audience.
- Linkedin is for my career network
- Notes could have been the antithesis.. people that dont really know me but just have shared interests etc. And therefore i can be even more free in how i engage in posts as i dont need to worry about my employer monitoring it etc
anyway my 2 cents