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Brandon Ellrich's avatar

Good read!

Let's grow together.

Follow me back.

Am I missing any?

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Philip Ogley's avatar

It's all about growth

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Linda Blatnik's avatar

Quit cruising, Brandon :)

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Linda Blatnik's avatar

First honest commentary

on Substack and Medium, even though i have never been on Medium. Everyone complains here about Medium, about Substack, about the fact that they have no paid subscribers and make no money on either, that no one ❤️s them, that they are poor but will never stop writing.

Sigh. Welcome to the complaint Dept.

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Philip Ogley's avatar

People complaining about private equity companies not giving paying fair wages. Ha!

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Medium basically fired me, but Substack has been more tolerant.

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Linda Blatnik's avatar

We've got your back, David.

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Smillew's avatar

Who’s this Smillew fellow?!

I’d block him if I could.

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Philip Ogley's avatar

We need to block writers on substack and just let instagrammers.

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Smillew's avatar

And podcasters.

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Philip Ogley's avatar

BUT i LOVE VIDEOCASTERS§

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Thomas Gaudex's avatar

That said, we all need to leave Medium, immediately! Far too much evidence revealing the scam has accumulated since 2022. We need to stop feeding them. Let's stay poor but true!

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Philip Ogley's avatar

I still cash on Medium though. Substack: zero

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Thomas Gaudex's avatar

I understand, but do you really need this cash, knowing everything we know? Follow me somewhere private... Personally, I'd rather write without earning money than continue to feed Medium.

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Philip Ogley's avatar

I still like Medium, though. I mean, who owns Substack?

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Thomas Gaudex's avatar

I own Substack, and I want you to be loyal to me!

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Philip Ogley's avatar

I thought you owned Paris

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Thomas Gaudex's avatar

😂 No, but I own Brittany, so watch out.

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Patrick Eades's avatar

I love to complain, but that garbage note by smillew was pure art. Like American beauty but with less wind.

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Philip Ogley's avatar

I reported him

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Lizzie Lizard Brain's avatar

Hmm... in the Grand Scheme of Things (I'll create a GIF later - I can't help myself), what's the Substack Has Immigrant Trespassing Shits (SHITS) shitty timeframe?

Shit. Is there a megalomaniac's metaphysical allergy to meta here, or just on Meta?

Asking for a friend. Her first post (https://open.substack.com/pub/lizzielizardbrain/p/president-biden-reconsidering-options?r=361j3f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false) was published in August 2024 and liked by exactly one person. Named Smillew.

"Denaturalization" has about 14 shitty arms and may be coming for her.

Oh. But this is about you...

You scare me.

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Philip Ogley's avatar

I still don’t understand what Meta means. I should Mark Meta Zuckerberg

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Lizzie Lizard Brain's avatar

I'm still trying to untangle the knots I created with MEGA MAGA going meta mega MAGA on Meta. Getting rid of D, E, and I wasn't enough.

The only ones they really need are F and U.

I was going to put away letters and play my flute. There aren't that many notes, and notes aren't likely to be shared in Notes. Then I remembered: musical notes use fractions and have shapes.

Fine. I'll grab a Sharpie, put on flats, and protest being overwhelmed by the state of weights, measures, the alphabet (restricted to 'Merican only), musical notes, colors, smells, and basic arithmetic.

Huh. My POV and tenses keep changing.

Fuck it. I'll will did close [d, ing] my eyes and nap listening to Simple Minds and Talking Heads.

I'm fine.

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Philip Ogley's avatar

I like Deacon Blue

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Lizzie Lizard Brain's avatar

⬛🍨. Black Sabbath (sundae)

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Philip Ogley's avatar

Rock out

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Yana Bostongirl's avatar

Thanks for sharing!

Gosh, I can't believe those three most hated words have made a big time comeback on M 🙄

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