How Substack is trying to balance the constraints of its own ideology of putting authors and readers first with its commitment to growth via its new mobile app
In the Spring of 2018 I got invited by the CEO of Substack to come to Toronto for a couple days to hang out with the whole team … Tweets: @nbashaw , @shortformernie , @navalang , @faris , @marshallk ,...
Profile of Substack, whose founders insist it is a platform, not a media company, and say there is less need for moderation as readers opt in to newsletters
Did a newsletter company create a more equitable media system—or replicate the flaws of the old one? Tweets: @benthompson , @cliomiso , @asymmetricinfo , @can , @bdomenech , @maxwellstrachan , @dandre...
As Slack gets criticism from power users for its WYSIWYG editor and plans an option to revert, a look at the history of Markdown, used by Slack's old interface
Ernie Smith / VICE : Tweets: @alexislloyd , @vice , @artemr , @shortformernie , @katienotopoulos , @carnage4life , and @wongmjane Tweets: Alexis Lloyd / @alexislloyd : It's been fascinating to hear e...