(a) One-click from the main menu bar. With one browser bookmark to Substack I get a focused list of several writers I follow closely. My regular blog bookmarks have grown to over 200 so they are buried in subfolders and don't get read as much.
(b) Paying increases my caring. I use Substack to follow writers I often disagree with, but who best present the views that challenge my thinking. Once I've paid, I'm compelled to read their work to get my money's worth.
(c) Substack has a culture (so far) of respect. Too often in the wild blogosphere I find myself being randomly insulted by writers and their commenters. That is tiring, and an indication that I'm reading the wrong writers. Substack is a way of curating the tone of what I read.
(d) I use Substack as a 'subscription portfolio' management tool. I have a budget for [#] subscriptions, that I spread across Substack and two similar platforms. Occasionally I splurge for an outsider - like a Monday night seminar! - but I'm trying to bring discipline to my online life.
I'm on "In My Tribe" - not sure if that is Substack or your blog, but it works for me. The main thing is to maintain your email notices of new posts. That is the easiest way for me to find your latest musings without having to search for them.
(a) substack pushes notifications on me; I go to a blog when I want to; substack notifications are one more kind of junk email.
(b) If I had to pay 5$/month to every blog writer I read regularly, I would read fewer blogs.
(c) In order to write this comment, I had to spend several minutes verifying myself to subStack (because I'm on a new computer), the link they sent me never arrived so I had to search for my st%nk%ng password.
worth noting that substack has a "sections" feature which would allow you to separate out the daily posts and let readers opt out of just one channel if they'd like
I prefer Substack.
(a) One-click from the main menu bar. With one browser bookmark to Substack I get a focused list of several writers I follow closely. My regular blog bookmarks have grown to over 200 so they are buried in subfolders and don't get read as much.
(b) Paying increases my caring. I use Substack to follow writers I often disagree with, but who best present the views that challenge my thinking. Once I've paid, I'm compelled to read their work to get my money's worth.
(c) Substack has a culture (so far) of respect. Too often in the wild blogosphere I find myself being randomly insulted by writers and their commenters. That is tiring, and an indication that I'm reading the wrong writers. Substack is a way of curating the tone of what I read.
(d) I use Substack as a 'subscription portfolio' management tool. I have a budget for [#] subscriptions, that I spread across Substack and two similar platforms. Occasionally I splurge for an outsider - like a Monday night seminar! - but I'm trying to bring discipline to my online life.
As for the substance of your post about DEI statements, there is a cottage industry of folks who advise academics how to write such statements for their job applications. See, for example, https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2016/06/10/how-write-effective-diversity-statement-essay
I'm on "In My Tribe" - not sure if that is Substack or your blog, but it works for me. The main thing is to maintain your email notices of new posts. That is the easiest way for me to find your latest musings without having to search for them.
I prefer the blog.
(a) substack pushes notifications on me; I go to a blog when I want to; substack notifications are one more kind of junk email.
(b) If I had to pay 5$/month to every blog writer I read regularly, I would read fewer blogs.
(c) In order to write this comment, I had to spend several minutes verifying myself to subStack (because I'm on a new computer), the link they sent me never arrived so I had to search for my st%nk%ng password.
worth noting that substack has a "sections" feature which would allow you to separate out the daily posts and let readers opt out of just one channel if they'd like
I would prefer it if you moved your blog here. I will definitely read it more often. I've stopped following blogs closely (unfortunately).