Thanks for participating! There's a lot of talk in the Substack community about "growth" and getting subscribers, but I do think we're all better off with the right subscribers: readers who are happy with what they're reading, and writers who get into a reciprocal feedback loop with their readers and enjoy the benefits of mutuality. Growth for growth's sake just feels like the wrong answer (to me anyway).
Great variety of comments - thanks for writing this.
Thanks for participating! There's a lot of talk in the Substack community about "growth" and getting subscribers, but I do think we're all better off with the right subscribers: readers who are happy with what they're reading, and writers who get into a reciprocal feedback loop with their readers and enjoy the benefits of mutuality. Growth for growth's sake just feels like the wrong answer (to me anyway).
Couldn't agree with you more, Tom.