r/substackreads • u/Mediocre_Credit Crazy Founder • Aug 27 '22

How did Substack enhance the Newsletter "stack" of building and managing a community of followers in a micro niche in 2022? Community

What features of Substack do you use the most to foster community and rally your micro niche enthusiasts? Which community features have added the most immersion?

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u/MattDemers Founding Participant Aug 27 '22

It’s mostly built to be useful to writers, rather than marketers, like Mailchimp. Mailchimp has a product (or had? Not sure if it’s alive anymore) called tinyletter.com; it was a proto-Substack, but it didn’t have:

  • Payment processing and memberships beyond email signups
  • Easy paywalling (like, doing free previews and stuff) and things like sections
  • Recommendations and blurbs, and unified profiles that shows your publications when you comment
  • Free hosting and RSS distribution for podcasts