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it's basically true. Yes Substack has discovery mechanisms but given that most successful people on the platform are former social media personalities I doubt this cross pollination matters much.

It's effectively a blog generator with a built in payment button. A lot of the success of Substack hinges on the fact that Twitter exists. It's the social media funnel to the site where most of the actual value is.




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