Some great recommendations of people to follow (from yourself and in the comments) - although I do think you mean Konstantin Kisin not Konstantin Kirrin.
And although on one hand I agree with Jim Peden that there is some value in letting the dross help subsidize the pearls (or as he puts it the pop subsidises the classical in the music world) I agree with you that it would be great to get rid of some of the dross.
Either way I must disagree with your last thought of shutting it down - as long as Substack exists there is some hope of the cream rising to the top - without, none!!
Years ago I was a real estate broker when the whole Internet marketing/Facebook thing was taking off. Suddenly every realtor HAD to have a website (what’s that? Why?) and then a Facebook “presence” and then soon the whole social media thing. There were consultants and web designers and constant sales pitches galore. You’ll never sell another house or get another listing without…. The money flowed out faster than it could flow in. Everyone eventually had/has all that stuff so it can’t do much good for any individual realtor. But you can’t live without it. What a world.
P.S. another comment recommended Jeff Childers C&C Substack. He’s my go to every morning along with Don Surber. He’s an old time News guy who has a great wry take on the daily goings on
I'd just like to say, I agree with you, there's just tmi ALL THE TIME....(not going to take the offer of "also share to notes" btw. I had a premonition of all this - I was overwhelmed by a sense of horror when my step-bro was explaining to me what the internet was and what a personal computer was, and how we would be able to access all the available information "on the world wide web" My daughter is 29 shortly which means this over just over 30 short years ago....my nightmare vision has been totally surpassed - I was frighteningly naïve - I guess most of us were. At least I knew about vaccines even back then....
The situation seems a little like that of classical music: if record companies make a lot of money out of pop and use a tiny part of it to subsidise the stuff that a minority like me enjoy then so be it. It keeps some of our Western cultural triumphs going in the face of modern philistinism.
Substack readers are perfectly capable of deciding for themselves.
Some great recommendations of people to follow (from yourself and in the comments) - although I do think you mean Konstantin Kisin not Konstantin Kirrin.
And although on one hand I agree with Jim Peden that there is some value in letting the dross help subsidize the pearls (or as he puts it the pop subsidises the classical in the music world) I agree with you that it would be great to get rid of some of the dross.
Either way I must disagree with your last thought of shutting it down - as long as Substack exists there is some hope of the cream rising to the top - without, none!!
PS also a great thought stimulating and informative article. Cheers
It's just a matter of time, and Substack will see the $$$$ and turn into.....
Years ago I was a real estate broker when the whole Internet marketing/Facebook thing was taking off. Suddenly every realtor HAD to have a website (what’s that? Why?) and then a Facebook “presence” and then soon the whole social media thing. There were consultants and web designers and constant sales pitches galore. You’ll never sell another house or get another listing without…. The money flowed out faster than it could flow in. Everyone eventually had/has all that stuff so it can’t do much good for any individual realtor. But you can’t live without it. What a world.
P.S. another comment recommended Jeff Childers C&C Substack. He’s my go to every morning along with Don Surber. He’s an old time News guy who has a great wry take on the daily goings on
I'd just like to say, I agree with you, there's just tmi ALL THE TIME....(not going to take the offer of "also share to notes" btw. I had a premonition of all this - I was overwhelmed by a sense of horror when my step-bro was explaining to me what the internet was and what a personal computer was, and how we would be able to access all the available information "on the world wide web" My daughter is 29 shortly which means this over just over 30 short years ago....my nightmare vision has been totally surpassed - I was frighteningly naïve - I guess most of us were. At least I knew about vaccines even back then....
The situation seems a little like that of classical music: if record companies make a lot of money out of pop and use a tiny part of it to subsidise the stuff that a minority like me enjoy then so be it. It keeps some of our Western cultural triumphs going in the face of modern philistinism.
Substack readers are perfectly capable of deciding for themselves.
A veritable who's who of my substack zoo 😄 except missing Matt Taibbi.
Now, I do consider myself chastised and awakened to a developing habit of doom scrolling notes.
Thanks Lanceus. I'll take a look. AIF
I highly recommend two more: Jeff Childer's Coffee & Covid Substack: https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/, and el gato malo's bad cattitude Substack: https://boriquagato.substack.com/
Both are masterfully written by brilliant wordsmiths.