You know how wordpress provides their alt-platform publishing pipeline? Publish a post and send it to X, Y, Z... I wonder if such conduits could be created to push WP posts to SS, Medium, etc.
I don't pay attention to much on any social media writer's platform -- so, comings and goings, meh, who cares?
My WP blog actually automatically cross posts to Tumblr. I'd love to have the same capability with Substack. But I don't know if Substack has the right APIs exposed for it.
I didn't know what to expect when I started on Substack, but I still kinda like it. I still have my WordPress blog and I still post there, but my only readers there are a couple of hundred that I know from the old days. I get plenty of google hits on really old posts, but nothing on the new ones. Over here, I get a thousand readers and then (usually) plenty of comments on the new posts. I still plan to keep the old blog around, but I prefer it here.
I suspect the topics I write about — a lot of abstract and technical topics — keep my readership low. But again, I'm not trying to get readers. I learned long ago that very few are into what I'm into, so I just write to clarify and evolve my thinking.
When I started here, I intended to make my posts more serious; philosophy and such. I’ve kind of fallen away from that a bit but I still write different posts with different audiences in mind. No one reads my more thoughtful posts on my WordPress blog, and I don't post the fun ones here.
You've heard the issues I've had with this platform. I'm fine doing Notes and commenting, which is more throwaway content. But I've been reluctant to do long form posting here. I periodically think about just cross-posting, but not sure how much work that would involve.
I appreciate the sentiment (very much) but am dubious about my ability to improve anything. One way or another, I've fought that fight for 50 years, it's been mostly a waste of time, and I'm exhausted of it.
SubStack hosts a lot of good writers and has a lot of well-researched, well-written, thoughtful content. Unfortunately, SubStack Notes hosts a lot of self-promoters and smartmouths, and is full of throwaway lines seemingly meant to get the adrenaline going. It lowers the tone of the platform.
If SubStack is like a busy downtown street full of people shouting, WordPress is like an urban park full of people sitting under trees reading. They may not be getting famous, but they're having a good time.
A cogent analysis and a good metaphor. And I’m much more of a fun-loving park kinda guy. As attractive as fame sometimes seems, I can tell it’s also dreadful and invasive.
Adiós compadre! Goodbye friend (in case you do not speak multiple languages as well as program them). Speaking of, what is your coding language of choice. C?
I get it but I will miss reading your stuff and looking at your pretty Fractals. I also liked it when you read my stuff and had a thought or two too share. It’s funny - I’m teaching this HS coding class now and if there is an inverse to ‘hard core’ programming, I’m living it.
¡Gracias, Amigo! Heh, C is long in my past. I switched to C++ back in the 1990s. I did a lot with Visual BASIC, too. There was a long period of mostly Java programming. I used to recommend JavaScript as a good first language for beginners, but I’ve been using mainly Python for over a decade now. (Currently writing a series of Python tutorials on my programming blog.)
There’s plenty to read on my WordPress blog — almost 1500 posts there. Sometimes I do a “Monday Mandelbrot” post with a bunch of images.
Enjoy your teaching experience! (I did a bit of that so long ago that C was the language I was teaching! But it was a lot of fun.)
Sad to see you go. I loved your new year’s Wow article. I wrote paragraphs of comments that…..disappeared when I clicked Post. So I completely agree that the Substack platform is underwhelming from a technology standpoint. As are most these days.
But I mostly agree with your assessment and I have not really plunged back in after taking a forced break. The game is the same as it is on every social platform but here the participants haven’t yet twigged to it
Thanks. Oh, I hate it when either a bug or a misstep on my part vanishes an hour or more of writing. For writing source code, I use a Windows version of the Unix vi text editor, so I have a reflexive habit of pressing [Esc] to exit “writing mode”. That’s unintentionally and unexpectedly exited a few comment boxes over the years. Arg! 😖 Two days ago I lost a good chunk of a post I was writing because I reflexively hit [F5] and refreshed the page.
I noticed you’re back but not really back. I’ve often found that, after taking a break, I’ve questioned whether I really wanted to start up again. But I also find I can’t not write. My WP blog satisfies that need. An almost private corner where I can leave my scrawl on the interweb wall. 😎
You know how wordpress provides their alt-platform publishing pipeline? Publish a post and send it to X, Y, Z... I wonder if such conduits could be created to push WP posts to SS, Medium, etc.
I don't pay attention to much on any social media writer's platform -- so, comings and goings, meh, who cares?
My WP blog actually automatically cross posts to Tumblr. I'd love to have the same capability with Substack. But I don't know if Substack has the right APIs exposed for it.
I didn't know what to expect when I started on Substack, but I still kinda like it. I still have my WordPress blog and I still post there, but my only readers there are a couple of hundred that I know from the old days. I get plenty of google hits on really old posts, but nothing on the new ones. Over here, I get a thousand readers and then (usually) plenty of comments on the new posts. I still plan to keep the old blog around, but I prefer it here.
I suspect the topics I write about — a lot of abstract and technical topics — keep my readership low. But again, I'm not trying to get readers. I learned long ago that very few are into what I'm into, so I just write to clarify and evolve my thinking.
When I started here, I intended to make my posts more serious; philosophy and such. I’ve kind of fallen away from that a bit but I still write different posts with different audiences in mind. No one reads my more thoughtful posts on my WordPress blog, and I don't post the fun ones here.
You've heard the issues I've had with this platform. I'm fine doing Notes and commenting, which is more throwaway content. But I've been reluctant to do long form posting here. I periodically think about just cross-posting, but not sure how much work that would involve.
You make some good points. I respectfully request that you consider continuing your advocacy here to improve the forum.
I appreciate the sentiment (very much) but am dubious about my ability to improve anything. One way or another, I've fought that fight for 50 years, it's been mostly a waste of time, and I'm exhausted of it.
SubStack hosts a lot of good writers and has a lot of well-researched, well-written, thoughtful content. Unfortunately, SubStack Notes hosts a lot of self-promoters and smartmouths, and is full of throwaway lines seemingly meant to get the adrenaline going. It lowers the tone of the platform.
If SubStack is like a busy downtown street full of people shouting, WordPress is like an urban park full of people sitting under trees reading. They may not be getting famous, but they're having a good time.
A cogent analysis and a good metaphor. And I’m much more of a fun-loving park kinda guy. As attractive as fame sometimes seems, I can tell it’s also dreadful and invasive.
Adiós compadre! Goodbye friend (in case you do not speak multiple languages as well as program them). Speaking of, what is your coding language of choice. C?
I get it but I will miss reading your stuff and looking at your pretty Fractals. I also liked it when you read my stuff and had a thought or two too share. It’s funny - I’m teaching this HS coding class now and if there is an inverse to ‘hard core’ programming, I’m living it.
¡Gracias, Amigo! Heh, C is long in my past. I switched to C++ back in the 1990s. I did a lot with Visual BASIC, too. There was a long period of mostly Java programming. I used to recommend JavaScript as a good first language for beginners, but I’ve been using mainly Python for over a decade now. (Currently writing a series of Python tutorials on my programming blog.)
There’s plenty to read on my WordPress blog — almost 1500 posts there. Sometimes I do a “Monday Mandelbrot” post with a bunch of images.
Enjoy your teaching experience! (I did a bit of that so long ago that C was the language I was teaching! But it was a lot of fun.)
Sad to see you go. I loved your new year’s Wow article. I wrote paragraphs of comments that…..disappeared when I clicked Post. So I completely agree that the Substack platform is underwhelming from a technology standpoint. As are most these days.
But I mostly agree with your assessment and I have not really plunged back in after taking a forced break. The game is the same as it is on every social platform but here the participants haven’t yet twigged to it
Thanks. Oh, I hate it when either a bug or a misstep on my part vanishes an hour or more of writing. For writing source code, I use a Windows version of the Unix vi text editor, so I have a reflexive habit of pressing [Esc] to exit “writing mode”. That’s unintentionally and unexpectedly exited a few comment boxes over the years. Arg! 😖 Two days ago I lost a good chunk of a post I was writing because I reflexively hit [F5] and refreshed the page.
I noticed you’re back but not really back. I’ve often found that, after taking a break, I’ve questioned whether I really wanted to start up again. But I also find I can’t not write. My WP blog satisfies that need. An almost private corner where I can leave my scrawl on the interweb wall. 😎