Creators

i usually take everything Taylor Lorenz says with a grain of salt but this take about substack's dark patterns re: creators stuck with me:

"substack's whole appeal to creators is that their creative labor is worth something, and creators should own the fruits of that labor, namely the connections with their audience. 

substack successfully differentiated itself from other platforms with this value proposition and attracted a vibrant array of talented creators as a result. 

with the follow button, however, substack contradicts their core principle of creator ownership, instead recreating the very kind of walled garden their founders originally opposed.”

anchoring substack's app experience in generalized attention is paradoxically hostile towards a creator's individualized mission and limits a creator's growth outside of substack's own walls.

in the near future, direct-to-fan relationships > direct-to-consumer platforms.

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wow

never thought i'd ever agree w taylor lorenz, but she's spot on w this one

some would say "but creators can still exit and take their email list with them"

but that doesn't solve the issue of the new walled garden they've created with notes
- you can't export your notes
- you don't own you connections

this is why FC is so great