To celebrate, I reread all sixty articles. They vary wildly in format, content, style, length and effort, but I am pleased with them all. A quick reminder of why I’m here
I'm absolutely fascinated by the overlap section. I subscribe to all the stacks you mentioned except Igor's (I often read his posts when they're cross-posted by others; he's absolutely brilliant but I had to draw the bloody line somewhere on subscriptions, otherwise I'd have so much to read each day, that I'd never get anything else done!!!!).
An explanation is available: I often go out of my way to visit the recommendation or reads section of others. I plundered yours when I joined substack, no doubt. It is part of a strategy when diving into a potential echo chamber, to minimise bias or triangulate a bit easier, to put things in context, or to find a new topic which delights.
It's what I've done for decades with library shelves, music, T.V, games & book stores - go on variety binges and see what sticks. Online I now hope to find shadowbanned stuff and overcome algorithms the same way.
Well done. The stats are interesting (maybe because I like stats :) ) I rarely open a hyperlink to ‘check’ what people have written , and if I do, probably don’t do the linked article/ substack justice... there’s just not that much time available. That said, I’ll open quirky ones. Whatever that means. And I find I no longer have the concentration span I used to.
Whoever thought that a few short years ago, there would be such a thing as Substack and scribbler citizens who would otherwise be entirely unaware of each other.
Congratulations on your Stackiversary Shane!
I'm absolutely fascinated by the overlap section. I subscribe to all the stacks you mentioned except Igor's (I often read his posts when they're cross-posted by others; he's absolutely brilliant but I had to draw the bloody line somewhere on subscriptions, otherwise I'd have so much to read each day, that I'd never get anything else done!!!!).
An explanation is available: I often go out of my way to visit the recommendation or reads section of others. I plundered yours when I joined substack, no doubt. It is part of a strategy when diving into a potential echo chamber, to minimise bias or triangulate a bit easier, to put things in context, or to find a new topic which delights.
It's what I've done for decades with library shelves, music, T.V, games & book stores - go on variety binges and see what sticks. Online I now hope to find shadowbanned stuff and overcome algorithms the same way.
Makes total sense! I discovered many of my favourite Substackers from their recommendations list, and/or their cross-posts.
Well done. The stats are interesting (maybe because I like stats :) ) I rarely open a hyperlink to ‘check’ what people have written , and if I do, probably don’t do the linked article/ substack justice... there’s just not that much time available. That said, I’ll open quirky ones. Whatever that means. And I find I no longer have the concentration span I used to.
No shame there. We all need discernment in the age of information overload!
Thank you Shane: I look forward to reading this selection again - and congratulations 🎉 on this birthday ! It seems like more than one year !!!
From a fellow scribbler, thanks for the shoutout.
And congrats on twelve months of toil.
Whoever thought that a few short years ago, there would be such a thing as Substack and scribbler citizens who would otherwise be entirely unaware of each other.