@trwnh never used it myself, but I think they offer an integrated blog, newsletter and a way of putting a paywall on your published stuff.

I don't think there's anything they do that you can't find ready in other platforms or piece together with something as common as Wordpress.

@capeta would it be fair to say the integrated newsletter is the main draw then (plus i guess monetization)? i know you can run those separately but i can see how it would be convenient to have multiple ways to publish under one roof

@trwnh not the actual reason presumably but ime reading substack articles is a better experience than reading medium articles, the website just feels better constructed

@hornblende medium used to be nice to read, that was the initial draw to medium, people even made css that cloned medium's layout and typography like medium.css

medium got a lot worse after they tightened the vise that is capitalism (article limits, annoying popups, etc)

@trwnh yeah i vaguely remember having positive feelings about it forever ago but now when i see an article is on there i internally wince a little