Given they has specifically avoided an algorithmic recommendation engine for email this feels like an unfair criticism.
We’ll see how this plays out but a non advertising funded short form content alternative to twitter seems like potentially a good thing given Twitter’s current issues.
Algorithmic recommendations requires much more volume than what Substack has. Guess what fixes that - short form content. It's coming. We're in a world where Spotify of all apps has updated their UI to have an algorithmic video feed.
We’ll see how this plays out but a non advertising funded short form content alternative to twitter seems like potentially a good thing given Twitter’s current issues.