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.
- I think the type of audience I want to reach really isn’t on it.
- The formatting options are pretty limited, sometimes even more limited than Medium.com.
- 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).
- 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?
- I think I’ll stick with WordPress for now, regardless of my hosting fees.
- 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.