Substack’s UI/UX has been a bit slippery at times. They got it right with Notes. If you’re accustomed to the main site, you can just jump in and immediately catch how it works. No learning curve.
But Notes also immediately loses the GOOD PART of Substack. The good part is the connection between subscribers and writers. You get what you pay for, and you have to step outside the box to get stuff you didn’t pay for.
Notes is just like Twitter or TV or Medium or Newspapers, with trolls and fight-starters and bullies dominating the conversation. I suppose there’s a way to block, but I don’t need to hang out in a place where the bullies have to be fenced off by an active choice.
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