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Love Substack, but I think writers deserve agency and complete ownership over their work without feeling like they’re:
1. Stuck in a social media echochamber
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2. Dependent on the Substack model to the point where their brand can’t survive leaving the platform (if they’re forced to migrate, like with TT)
I’m very pro-“independent blog“ websites bc you quite literally carve out a small domain space on the internet JUST for your work — and you can throw in a bunch more personalizations (ex: colorful themes, graphics, coding stuff by hand, etc) that rly help make it become its own cozy space on the internet for yourself and your readers :)
Feb 16, 2025
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I‘m wondering why we stopped having blogs and writing essays? I want to hear people’s thoughts. I want to share my thoughts! and I don’t want to see these thoughts in a few sentences on twitter or a short Instagram post. I need a 1000+ word essay with images, links, references, book recs, and everything else. I wanna know what’s going on inside your brain.
Feb 20, 2024
For a while like literally everyone else now ,, I wanted to make a substack… it fizzled out as an idea cuz I was overwhelmed by — yes — the writing part! the lack of direction and big open space wasn’t what would spur me on in that moment. Then moved on and thought about a website idea and format ,, and discovered that some of my best creative besties were all into doing smth similar. So we made a website all together! There are seven of us. We each post (a list of) Ten of {something} one day of each week (but we’re not as consistent as we’d like, hence our outsourcing for guest contributors) . I post on Saturday, and I now feel much more freed up in my writing than I did when I tried to make a substack. Yeah it’s just a “list” but the general, simple format has helped me get zany and intricate with it, see myself as a writer again. So ya i love this shit n love my friends pls check us out🤭🤭🩵🤸🏻
Apr 23, 2025
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i love reading through everyone’s stream of consciousness! it‘s old-school blogging before social media became hyper-focused on trying to sell you shit.
i will create one once i get over my personal hang ups and embarrassment…
Jul 1, 2024
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It shows a long life and the many smiles you've given and experienced!! It's a permanent remembrance of happiness and I think that's beautiful!!
Mar 14, 2025
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My steps:
1. Shut my phone down, hide it in my room, and lock the door so it's a pain in the ass to get to.
2. Be bored, and sit in the boredom for like 7-10 minutes (MINIMUM)-- once you're bored see what your brain gravitates to beyond The Screen (is it doodling? is it playing guitar? is it writing?)
3. Find the little thing your brain latches on to, and start doing it! Even if it's something goofy like "Just Dance youtube videos" to dance to LOL this is you, deliberately following your brain's natural curiosity & interest
And then rinse and repeat however you like <3 Once you get accustomed to the smaller, more gratifying feel good activities, social media starts to feel too overwhelming to even pick back up again-- you'll be reaching for it less and less
(a final aside: I am of the major belief that creativity & imagination is critical to creating a better reality to live in, because it shows that you're capable of leaning into what "doesn't exist", and are courageous enough to imagine and build a reality that defies the status quo. but that's just me LOL)
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