Genre: growth

Genre: growth

Substack to creators: you’re on your own

While we were all complaining about “AI” and cover art, Substack seems to have farmed out much of its customer support infrastructure to various AI-based processes.

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Sam Liebl and Nico Harlakenden
May 25, 2025
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Substack doesn’t support its creators. At least not creators like us.

If you’re a name brand journalist then you’re good to go.

If you’re anyone else (including, importantly, lesser-known journalists, then you’re SOL if you need support)

It’s fair to say that Substack is a remarkable platform. In terms of the variety and type of tools it provides its users…

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Artist, author, editor. Newton Press founder. I publish forbidden books, drop zines like breadcrumbs, and doodle in the margins of cafés. Tech keeps the lights on. Magic does the rest.
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