Ryan SingelJan 5, 2024

Indie creators ditching one VC-funded company for another thinking it'll be different this time. It won't. The incentives remain the same

LiveJournal was a trap
Medium was a trap
Patreon is a trap
Substack is a trap
Etsy became a trap
Beehiiv...

The difference this time is there are real indie alternatives

Ghost
WordPress
Transistor.fm
Fediverse
Outpost.pub (self plug)
Buttondown
Liberapay
OpenCollective
And more

The hacienda must be built

#SubstackMigration #Substack

Show threadch0ccyra1n is leaving fedi soon
@ryansingel does Outpost allow authors to paywall certain articles or newsletters? I personally consider that an anti-feature.
Jan 5, 2024 at 8:09pmWeb
Show threadRyan SingelJan 5, 2024
@ch0ccyra1n
That's a core feature in Ghost (the CMS we support) but it's optional. You can run a member-supported publication with all of your articles available to everyone and some of our clients do that.