That number is far too low, this is a great blog and more people should see it. Thanks for your work. I can tell you that several of your posts make their way onto my students' reading list.
Keep it up AK, and hopefully we'll both be around in many years!
A comment about free subscribers. Substack makes it very easy to subscribe to stacks. When I subscribe to one, even freely, Substack will essentially auto subscribe me to three more. A while ago I spent some time pruning my subscriptions as I didn't have the time to follow them all.
I am a paid subscriber to two Substacks. I could see myself paying for maybe three or four, but I would still need to be very selective - I don't want to pay for subscriptions if I don't have the time to fully digest what is published.
There are a number of stacks I would like to have full access but my personal economy prevents me from splurging. I think Substack needs a bundle subscription so that for $150 or $200 a year one gets full access to five or so stacks. Has Substack reported the median and mode of paid subscriptions? Have they surveyed a bundle plan to publishers? They would need to get buy-in from publishers on a bundle plan, right?
Monday, great. I was just wondering when you would have another call. Rob H. Recently ran an AMA, ask me anything, post. That could be good, and a bit different than an Open Thread that encourages cross comments.
One thing I like is your very brief notes on the links you reference. I often spend all my blog time reading the links, and their links, or their other posts.
“Recommendations by other substacks account for about 1000 of my total subscriptions.”
You are welcome!
Seriously though, congratulations! You definitely deserve all the success. I have been reading your blogs since... 2004? Something like that. Consistently great content, and your books as well. I have referenced and recommended them to quite a few students over the years, particularly Specialization and Trade.
Genuine question. Didn't Twitter do something to make it harder to use it to promote your Substack? Maybe its a reasonable business decision but nothing for Substack to celebrate. Was creating Notes "picking a fight" with Twitter? And maybe Notes is doomed to become as superficial and troll filled as Twitter, but why not hope for the best?
The inability to auto-post from Substack to Twitter is not a change in policy or programming by Substack. It's a change in policy by Twitter, and there has been some discussion of it on Twitter by other Substack content producers. I have not seen an explanation by Elon Musk but there may be one.
That number is far too low, this is a great blog and more people should see it. Thanks for your work. I can tell you that several of your posts make their way onto my students' reading list.
The Three Languages of Politics has been my biggest takeaway. Excellent shorthand for grocking debates.
I often link your essays, so I hope I have contributed at least a few additional subscribers.
Keep it up AK, and hopefully we'll both be around in many years!
A comment about free subscribers. Substack makes it very easy to subscribe to stacks. When I subscribe to one, even freely, Substack will essentially auto subscribe me to three more. A while ago I spent some time pruning my subscriptions as I didn't have the time to follow them all.
I am a paid subscriber to two Substacks. I could see myself paying for maybe three or four, but I would still need to be very selective - I don't want to pay for subscriptions if I don't have the time to fully digest what is published.
There are a number of stacks I would like to have full access but my personal economy prevents me from splurging. I think Substack needs a bundle subscription so that for $150 or $200 a year one gets full access to five or so stacks. Has Substack reported the median and mode of paid subscriptions? Have they surveyed a bundle plan to publishers? They would need to get buy-in from publishers on a bundle plan, right?
Monday, great. I was just wondering when you would have another call. Rob H. Recently ran an AMA, ask me anything, post. That could be good, and a bit different than an Open Thread that encourages cross comments.
One thing I like is your very brief notes on the links you reference. I often spend all my blog time reading the links, and their links, or their other posts.
I agree with AMA. Monday works.
“Recommendations by other substacks account for about 1000 of my total subscriptions.”
You are welcome!
Seriously though, congratulations! You definitely deserve all the success. I have been reading your blogs since... 2004? Something like that. Consistently great content, and your books as well. I have referenced and recommended them to quite a few students over the years, particularly Specialization and Trade.
Here’s to another 20 years! :)
Genuine question. Didn't Twitter do something to make it harder to use it to promote your Substack? Maybe its a reasonable business decision but nothing for Substack to celebrate. Was creating Notes "picking a fight" with Twitter? And maybe Notes is doomed to become as superficial and troll filled as Twitter, but why not hope for the best?
Am I missing something?
The inability to auto-post from Substack to Twitter is not a change in policy or programming by Substack. It's a change in policy by Twitter, and there has been some discussion of it on Twitter by other Substack content producers. I have not seen an explanation by Elon Musk but there may be one.
Congratulations and thank you, professor.
I would enjoy a call. An AMA sounds great.