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102 sats \ 1 reply \ @supratic 8h \ on: SubStacker News - Territories as newsletters meta
SubStacker sound awful... let's keep the sub for the subTerritories!
I think the biggest mistake on this idea is to drive and promote SN as a unidirectional publishers' platform (like substack). I still seeing it as a valid alternative for Reddit more than substack... where anyone can contribute to a community. Or even better, just give the option to the territory founder to decide if guests posts are welcome or not. Selecting publishers for closed territories could be another option.
SN is a community hub, is a social space for everyone to be heard, it offers bidirectional conversations.
The newsletter could be a great tool for territory founders to drive insights in the inbox of people that don't have the time to come and visit so often. Receiving updates via email is a user retention tool for territory funders, but not a toll that you market or monetize on specifically.
Custom domains are already in the make, is a nice option to have, but not indispensable. I'd rather focus on providing a white label option, where territory funders can change logo and theme to reflect their brand would probably be appreciated.
SN is a community hub, is a social space for everyone to be heard, it offers bidirectional conversations.
This is a really good point.
I sometimes wonder how much we can separate the community of stacker news from the platform. The community of people here is unique: weirdos from around the world who are excited by paying to post and getting zapped.
The platform is maybe more versatile. People have been hunting for an easy way to bring micro transactions into the internet for decades. SN is one of the smoothest implementations of this that I've ever seen.
It excels at bidirectional conversations, but could be effective with something that looks more like a broadcast, too.
I take your point, though, that territories may not be the best way to do this.
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