This Substack article on NY Times is relevant I think to Stacker News.

The authors are writing for the revenue from subscribers. But Substack is a subscription service, so if they are actually adding social media (e.g., comment replies to posts and podcasts) that doesn't really add to that author's revenue.

Whereas an author who posts on SN gets revenue not just from those upvoting and tipping, but also from the tips on the comments. Sure, SN is starting out with a userbase below where Substack was even many years ago, but the barrier to entry is less on SN. Additionally, relevant, I think -- when a writer on SN gets sats they have access to those sats (and can withdraw their balance) instantly. I might be more willing to reply to comments I see on SN when I can see from previous replies exactly how much was received on which comments, etc. I become better at it because I am economically rewarded when I do a good job at it.

There are a number of other takeaways from the aritcle (and response from Substack) -- worth a read!

Substack’s Growth Spurt Brings Growing Pains | NY Times #19757 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/13/business/media/substack-growth-newsletters.html https://archive.ph/Xy4jY

I saw the post from @BTCsessions (this one) and I thought again that it would be great if there's a way to separate comments from context:

• "Provide Context": Separate ability for people to provide "context" to posts... context could still get upvoted, etc., but as a user I'd be able to select whether I see context or comments (context could even have a separate section right below the post). Having a structural representation of articles and their context, is a really powerful dataset that could be in future used for various things including ranking of the content. Not just WoT of users, but of domains as well... ;)

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SN got a mention in the latest Lightning Labs newsletter:

Bitcoinizing the Dollar, and the World, with Lightning 💸⚡🌍 #19626 https://lightninglabs.substack.com/p/bitcoinizing-the-dollar-and-the-world

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