Based on what I'm seeing on Notes, others are flatlining as well. It seems the "follower" option vs the "subscriber" option has been thwarting some of that. I seem to get followers that never become subscribers. I'm just a tiny fish in a big internet pond so I don't expect to grow as fast as someone with your breadth of knowledge and writing but it is still frustrating because I also came to Substack for the broader reach.
I think there are just too many fish in the sea, Misti. I find your stuff excellent and thoughtful on an important topic. But the issue for you is the same for me and any other writer on Substack or anywhere else: How do people find you? The Internet has turned everyone into a putative writer, and the result is a bunch of noise that is hard to be heard above. I don't know the answer, but it's frustrating enough that I find myself contemplating just hanging up my spikes.
Yes, this is true, too. Once upon a time I would share to Twitter. Now I toss links out to BlueSky, with varying degrees of success. If everyone is a writer, they are also artists and photographers, both subject areas I've found myself drowned out in. Internally I've switched to keeping most of that work for myself, a hobby to enjoy and nothing much more. Writing though...I've been doing that on the internet for so long I don't know how to quit. I hope you don't hang up your spikes because I've learned a lot from your writing.
Based on what I'm seeing on Notes, others are flatlining as well. It seems the "follower" option vs the "subscriber" option has been thwarting some of that. I seem to get followers that never become subscribers. I'm just a tiny fish in a big internet pond so I don't expect to grow as fast as someone with your breadth of knowledge and writing but it is still frustrating because I also came to Substack for the broader reach.
I think there are just too many fish in the sea, Misti. I find your stuff excellent and thoughtful on an important topic. But the issue for you is the same for me and any other writer on Substack or anywhere else: How do people find you? The Internet has turned everyone into a putative writer, and the result is a bunch of noise that is hard to be heard above. I don't know the answer, but it's frustrating enough that I find myself contemplating just hanging up my spikes.
Yes, this is true, too. Once upon a time I would share to Twitter. Now I toss links out to BlueSky, with varying degrees of success. If everyone is a writer, they are also artists and photographers, both subject areas I've found myself drowned out in. Internally I've switched to keeping most of that work for myself, a hobby to enjoy and nothing much more. Writing though...I've been doing that on the internet for so long I don't know how to quit. I hope you don't hang up your spikes because I've learned a lot from your writing.