The Real Reason that Substack is Collapsing

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• The author turned to Substack to help.

  So I have turned to Substack to help.

  Substack

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• Access to reliable news has evolved away from the poor due to the advent of paywalls.

  I feel that with the advent of paywalls, access to reliable news has evolved away from the group of people called poor.

  paywalls

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• The poor are left to unreliable but accessible sources like Fox.

  Leaving them to unreliable but accessible sources like Fox.

  Fox

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• Health forced the author to move near family in a red state.

  When health forced me to move near family in a red state.

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• The author was very lonely until finding a semblance of tribe on Substack.

  Was very lonely until I found a semblance of tribe on Substack.

  Substack

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• The author had no idea how much money some Substack writers were making.

  I had no idea how much money some were making.

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• Substack only provides a living wage to a very small subset of its writers.

  I think it's quite clear by now that Substack only provides, and only ever will provide, a living wage to a very small subset of its writers.

  Substack

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• Substack provides other benefits, such as a way to get out important information that could not otherwise be published, and a way to stay in the minds of readers of the authors' books.

  It does provide other benefits though—a way to get out important information you couldn't otherwise get published, a way to stay in the minds of readers of your books, etc.

  Substack

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• MAGA thrives on an illiterate poor.

  I think MAGA thrives on an illiterate poor, in this way keeping a vibrant access point to something with intelligent analysis seems important.

  MAGA

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• A scheme like Apple News where people pay a flat monthly rate for access to everything on Substack could be imagined.

  I could imagine some sort of Apple News type scheme,, where people pay a flat monthly rate for access to everything on Substack.

  Apple News Substack

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• People could pay for individual posts.

  Also it'd be great if people could just pay for individual posts, something I often find myself wanting to do.

  Substack

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• The author is one of many seniors whose income has become tested.

  I am one of the many seniors, a tribe whose income has become tested.

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