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Substack mentions (88)

• Why is browsing for new blogs on this platform so atrocious?

  Https://substack.com/browse might help you. Source: 8 months ago

• Ask HN: Is there an app for reading newsletters?

  I like the Substack app - for all the substack newsletters. https://substack.com/app) is pretty good. I just wish I could plug in RSS and other syndication feeds, and make it easy to migrate subscriptions from my mail inbox to the reader. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Making a simple subscription offering with email delivered content. Any recs?

  Just create a basic website and use SubStack to handle the email membership. Source: over 1 year ago

• free-for.dev

  Substack — Unlimited free newsletter service. Start paying when you charge for it. - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago

• Any good bloggers in kerala? Is there a blogging culture in kerala?

  Have you heard of Substack? It's a relatively new blogging platform, and I think it's a cool platform to start blogging. Source: over 1 year ago

Archive of Our Own mentions (627)

• I want to create IMDB for Open source projects

  I'm not sure how much value making something "not fugly" really matters. Design should be based on functionality, not anti-fugliness. In my experience, design considerations should come after building a successful growth "feedback loop." (Or whatever you want to call it.) At that point, you may decide making your website look "polished" isn't even necessary. IMDB was certainly quite ugly for a long time.... - Source: Hacker News / 23 days ago

• For a few times I’ve seen comments that this fanbase is small. How/why?

  On Archive Of Our Own , the theme for International Fanworks Day 2021 was fandoms/relationships that aren't well represented on the site. Based on an idea I'd had going back to 1992, I picked Mariah Carey and wrote this story. There are only 11 stories/works) about or involving Mariah on the site. Hell, she's been around 33 years and her first name still gets the red squiggle under it, meaning her name... Source: 5 months ago

• Larian romance stats vs AO3 stats

  It's the top-10 romantic relationships written about BG3 characters on AO3, the largest fanfiction website on the internet. Source: 5 months ago

• Larian romance stats vs AO3 stats

  For those not in the know, AO3 (the ArchiveOfOurOwn) is the largest (I think?) fanfiction website on the internet. Its interests are pretty different! ;). Source: 5 months ago

• Best Spuffy long fics?

  Elysian Fields is the place for Spuffy fanfic! I recommend doing an Advanced Search - you can search for and sort by word count, likes, etc. (similar to Archive of Our Own, also a place with Spuffy fics but not quite as user-friendly as EF). Source: 5 months ago