"Out of our 22,000 subscribers, less than 3% — yes, you read that right — are making paid pledges."
I never doubted that I read that right, because I easily surmised that (as with me) you subscribed them to something they never asked for. I feel like the guy with the broken Colt 45 bottle is demanding that I pay for it.
I've never understood why Substack added the pledge function, or why some newsletters use the function. Either turn on payments or not. The ambiguity of the pledge is not a business model. By the time you decide to pick a random date to switch to a paid option, some of the 3 percent will have changed their minds, it's not a forecast.
I’d been waiting for you to paywall something before I bought a subscription, but that’s admittedly pretty mercenary. :)
Looking forward to the print edition, and keep up the truly great work you’re doing here. This is an exciting and already successful experiment - you’ve taken Substack to the next level. Thanks for this!
22,000 subscribers is super impressive
3%er
"Out of our 22,000 subscribers, less than 3% — yes, you read that right — are making paid pledges."
I never doubted that I read that right, because I easily surmised that (as with me) you subscribed them to something they never asked for. I feel like the guy with the broken Colt 45 bottle is demanding that I pay for it.
It's not possible for people to receive newsletters without actively signing up.
Yes it is, because I didn't sign up for this. I do follow Barkan and that must be why I got subscribed to this.
Maybe that's why. Fortunately, it's easy to unsubscribe.
I've never understood why Substack added the pledge function, or why some newsletters use the function. Either turn on payments or not. The ambiguity of the pledge is not a business model. By the time you decide to pick a random date to switch to a paid option, some of the 3 percent will have changed their minds, it's not a forecast.
I’d been waiting for you to paywall something before I bought a subscription, but that’s admittedly pretty mercenary. :)
Looking forward to the print edition, and keep up the truly great work you’re doing here. This is an exciting and already successful experiment - you’ve taken Substack to the next level. Thanks for this!
Very exciting and happy for y'all! Any room for creative nonfiction? (Depends on how capacious your definition of "essays" is, I suppose.)