“[T]he more important thing is that we have a home on the open web that we control, and whatever anti-creator changes Substack is forced to make in the future to live up to its valuation we won’t be affected by.” - @[email protected] on leaving Substack for the open social web

Writers are fleeing the Substa...
Writers are fleeing the Substack Tax

Substack writers are getting tired of the platform’s pricing model and limited customization features, bringing them to rivals like Beehiiv and Ghost.

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@quillmatiq.com

we've gotta flesh out the decentralized ecosystem in order to better compete. make the content #APnative, build more reader apps, figure out direct and automatic funding.

@quillmatiq.com @[email protected] I happily left that walled garden some time ago, and it was one of the best decisions of my digital life.