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James Strock's avatar

Excellent ideas well expressed! YouTube seems to make fine use of algos to connect people to new content and creators constantly. It's easy to imagine the value of something like that on Substack.

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Michael Magoon's avatar

As both a writer and a reader on Substack, I agree.

It is very difficult to find writers who are writing about a topic that I am interested in. It is also very difficult for me to gain visibility from readers who might be interested in my content.

At one time, Writer Recommendations seemed to be a useful means to link readers and writers, but writers seem to have stopped adding new recommendations.

This dynamic risks resulting in a relatively small group of writers getting the lion’s share of subscriptions.

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