Will probably regret this thred later, but mainly I tweet about things I am thinking about. I am sincerely grateful for all of my Substack readers, and yet the phenomenon of angry unsubscribers has since November become a source of amusement to me.
There are first of all those I am least patient with, namely the lot who accuse me of being a grifter. I don’t know what to say here: It takes a lot of time and effort to write these pieces, and most are free anyway.
Then there are the lot who say I write too much. That was mainly in November, when I had a lot of momentum and I resolved to poast nearly every day, and with a few early mornings/ late nights almost managed it.
In December I couldn’t quite poast as much, and got the opposite angry unsubscriber complaint: “Your content is really trailing off.” Lol OK. For my pieces on bureaucracy and conspiracy, I got angry unsubscribers claiming I was running cover for Bill Gates.
My piece on Paddock yielded me unsubscribers accusing me of being too alt-right.
The moral of the story, is that beyond a certain audience size, almost anything you do yields a few loud unsatisfied readers.
The moral of the story, is that beyond a certain audience size, almost anything you do yields a few loud unsatisfied readers.
It’s just amusing how diametrically opposed to one another all the complaints turn out to be.
Anyway, another thanks to all my readers, even the grumpy ones. It’s an incredible privilege to have a platform like this, I strive every day to be worthy of it.
Anyway, another thanks to all my readers, even the grumpy ones. It’s an incredible privilege to have a platform like this, I strive every day to be worthy of it.
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