Writing. But I’ve kinda lost motivation. Notes keeps pushing my content to the bro right, and filling my feed with their posts. I’m sure there’s mutual muting, as I’ve muted several of them over the sheer volume of posts in my feed, which affects the number of people who see my essays (as I’m sure it affects their’s) the algorithm was better when it was more randomized
I agree that the pushing of Notes is over the top. And that's frustrating. Always helpful to just delete the Substack app from your phone occasionally to refresh, I find! And that way I can continue reading posts via email anyway.
You are addressing the sort of issues that hound my head all the time
Actually, I wish there were a moratorium on changes in the way we transmit information.
Instead of spendng so much time on the MODE AND METHODS OF COMMUNICATING, I WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME ON ENRICHING AND PERFECTING THE CONTENT OF MY COMMUNICATIONS. ]
How good would our finest writers be if they had to detract hundreds of hours from their craft to worry about cyber communications.
Please see this article which touches on these issues
Writing. But I’ve kinda lost motivation. Notes keeps pushing my content to the bro right, and filling my feed with their posts. I’m sure there’s mutual muting, as I’ve muted several of them over the sheer volume of posts in my feed, which affects the number of people who see my essays (as I’m sure it affects their’s) the algorithm was better when it was more randomized
I agree that the pushing of Notes is over the top. And that's frustrating. Always helpful to just delete the Substack app from your phone occasionally to refresh, I find! And that way I can continue reading posts via email anyway.
Definitely writing. Too much going on right now.
I definitely find it distracting right now too.
You are addressing the sort of issues that hound my head all the time
Actually, I wish there were a moratorium on changes in the way we transmit information.
Instead of spendng so much time on the MODE AND METHODS OF COMMUNICATING, I WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME ON ENRICHING AND PERFECTING THE CONTENT OF MY COMMUNICATIONS. ]
How good would our finest writers be if they had to detract hundreds of hours from their craft to worry about cyber communications.
Please see this article which touches on these issues
https://davidgottfried.substack.com/p/sobering-considerations-for-substack