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Dropping Substack

I’ve been playing around with Substack for a little while now and I think I’ve come to the conclusion that I will not be sticking with it.

Yes, I essentially wanted a free platform that I could transition to, so as to keep my costs down but it just doesn’t seem worth it.

Some of the primary reasons for this are as follows.

  1. I think the type of audience I want to reach really isn’t on it.
  2. The formatting options are pretty limited, sometimes even more limited than Medium.com.
  3. I really don’t like the way the notes function, as I find them much more limiting that Twitter tweets (i.e. teeny tiny previews for non-substack articles).
  4. I want some additional features that I think only a more feature rich platform like WordPress can achieve.

So what am I going to do instead?

  1. I think I’ll stick with WordPress for now, regardless of my hosting fees.
  2. I’ll look at sharing my posts on a social network instead, perhaps like Twitter or Mastodon.

Basically, from my past experiences on Twitter, I think my posts would actually connect with more like-minded individuals there or perhaps on Mastodon even.