As I encounter more and more people with no interest in learning anything or considering another viewpoint who try to insert themselves into Substack conversations where they clearly know nothing useful about the topic and lead off their comments with insults and bigotry, I really have been very impressed with your "liquid content" analogy.
It's so much better than my analogy, which would be my idiot dog pissing on things he doesn't understand. Which, unfortunately, is an analogy I borrowed from John Schneider (in his rant about Beyonce's "country" album), who might be smarter than my dog. Maybe.
We can all block, mute, OR best of all, swipe left to 'show less content like this'. The latter saves a lot of hassle. The function works really well at removing categories and topics from the feed rather than just removing individuals.
Exactly. I didn't even know there were nazis on here until the big controversy broke across all feeds last year. If anything, this algo is similar, at least for me, to the one in Spotify, that plays the same 10 songs over and over again.
Yeah, same! Despite that I read some political and social commentary newsletters, I've never seen a Nazi or anti trans newsletter, for example.
Unsurprisingly, I suddenly saw a whole load of pro Trump comments on Notes following the US election, but that settled quickly.
My algorithms on every platform are pretty innocent. (Think puppies, wildlife, flora, fiction, and comedy. 😂)
I'm still trying to get rid of those trauma life lists in Notes (I do NOT find them inspiring), they're a bit sticky, the algorithm needs to be reminded of my wishes!
I'm glad to hear it. If you curate a bit in the beginning it seems to follow the general pattern you establish. In my case, that means I only see writers, prompter (vss etc.) and publishers. Cat pictures are just a fact of life.
Is Substack really known as the Nazi website? That is terrifying. But it does feel pretty niche here. Even though there are celebrities now. I block them though. I dont know what, if any, impact they'll have on the platform.
It is interesting to think of Substack as a walled garden and not simply incestuous. Substack forces you to interact with strangers (discovery feed is the main feed) and I often dont even see notes from people I follow in my curated feed. But you also cant control who finds your notes so you can have a bunch of assholes constantlg responding to everything you write. One woman, I saw, stopped allwoing comments on her posts due to the anonymity on the site. There are a lot of small accounts that are very racist, etc, and cant help but go after people they disagree with or dislike.
Because Substack wont admit to being social media, it is difficult to really curate who can interact with you. You can lock comments for a note, but aggressors can still restack with long comments as a work around.
If someone wants a private newsletter only available to certain people that cant be searched or found this isnt possible. The level of privacy any given person has on here seems pretty low.
I have seen lots of romantic ruminating about Substack but I think the people who love it here the most are those who make money or have a sizable audience to engage with.
And to say nothing of how Substack should diversify how people can pay for newsletters!
Your 'following' Notes are under the 'following' tab, you have to switch manually from the 'home' default, which is your curated feed. Unfortunately you have to manually switch the tabs every time you go into Notes.
As I encounter more and more people with no interest in learning anything or considering another viewpoint who try to insert themselves into Substack conversations where they clearly know nothing useful about the topic and lead off their comments with insults and bigotry, I really have been very impressed with your "liquid content" analogy.
It's so much better than my analogy, which would be my idiot dog pissing on things he doesn't understand. Which, unfortunately, is an analogy I borrowed from John Schneider (in his rant about Beyonce's "country" album), who might be smarter than my dog. Maybe.
You know... I met the word algorithm at school in the 80s. It was for the kids in the upper maths sets. And that is where it should have remained
Nazis are criminals... like peadophiles or mass murderers...That's why they shouldn't be on any "social" media.
We can all block, mute, OR best of all, swipe left to 'show less content like this'. The latter saves a lot of hassle. The function works really well at removing categories and topics from the feed rather than just removing individuals.
We all have curated algorithms on Substack.
Exactly. I didn't even know there were nazis on here until the big controversy broke across all feeds last year. If anything, this algo is similar, at least for me, to the one in Spotify, that plays the same 10 songs over and over again.
Yeah, same! Despite that I read some political and social commentary newsletters, I've never seen a Nazi or anti trans newsletter, for example.
Unsurprisingly, I suddenly saw a whole load of pro Trump comments on Notes following the US election, but that settled quickly.
My algorithms on every platform are pretty innocent. (Think puppies, wildlife, flora, fiction, and comedy. 😂)
I'm still trying to get rid of those trauma life lists in Notes (I do NOT find them inspiring), they're a bit sticky, the algorithm needs to be reminded of my wishes!
I'm glad to hear it. If you curate a bit in the beginning it seems to follow the general pattern you establish. In my case, that means I only see writers, prompter (vss etc.) and publishers. Cat pictures are just a fact of life.
We are what we read!
The algorithm knows an approximation of who we are.
Yes about cats. 😁
Is Substack really known as the Nazi website? That is terrifying. But it does feel pretty niche here. Even though there are celebrities now. I block them though. I dont know what, if any, impact they'll have on the platform.
It is interesting to think of Substack as a walled garden and not simply incestuous. Substack forces you to interact with strangers (discovery feed is the main feed) and I often dont even see notes from people I follow in my curated feed. But you also cant control who finds your notes so you can have a bunch of assholes constantlg responding to everything you write. One woman, I saw, stopped allwoing comments on her posts due to the anonymity on the site. There are a lot of small accounts that are very racist, etc, and cant help but go after people they disagree with or dislike.
Because Substack wont admit to being social media, it is difficult to really curate who can interact with you. You can lock comments for a note, but aggressors can still restack with long comments as a work around.
If someone wants a private newsletter only available to certain people that cant be searched or found this isnt possible. The level of privacy any given person has on here seems pretty low.
I have seen lots of romantic ruminating about Substack but I think the people who love it here the most are those who make money or have a sizable audience to engage with.
And to say nothing of how Substack should diversify how people can pay for newsletters!
Your 'following' Notes are under the 'following' tab, you have to switch manually from the 'home' default, which is your curated feed. Unfortunately you have to manually switch the tabs every time you go into Notes.
BLOCK THIS! *writes 500 words about a 16th century shipwreck*