I sit with this question too. I subscribe to way more content that I can ever reasonably consume, but the alternative is to only have a fraction of it on my radar, and that feels... like a contraction rather than an expansion of potential. As a reader I take real delight in finding myself suddenly pulled into a piece that seems to have been written just for me about precisely that moment of my life; and as a publisher, I hope to write well enough, and consistently enough, to hit those odds. I think it's an art, rather than a science, which suits me just fine :)
Love this, thanks for sharing! I think leaning into what feels right reading/ publishing connects best. Happy to hear I am not alone in these thoughts!
I don't really think there is a clear answer on when content is too much. I think from the publisher PoV it's good to put out quality content, but from the content consumer POV I think it really depends on the day and state you are in. Some days, my full inbox of substack newsletters get deleter, and other days I read them all. In general if I want to hear from a brand or creator I love, I will even actively go and search out their content (maybe even those newsletters I previously deleted).
Interesting! I think going back to something means there is somewhere where to go back to, which makes Substack winning newsletter platform per-se! I hear you too, fandom (no matter the output) matters :))
I sit with this question too. I subscribe to way more content that I can ever reasonably consume, but the alternative is to only have a fraction of it on my radar, and that feels... like a contraction rather than an expansion of potential. As a reader I take real delight in finding myself suddenly pulled into a piece that seems to have been written just for me about precisely that moment of my life; and as a publisher, I hope to write well enough, and consistently enough, to hit those odds. I think it's an art, rather than a science, which suits me just fine :)
Love this, thanks for sharing! I think leaning into what feels right reading/ publishing connects best. Happy to hear I am not alone in these thoughts!
I don't really think there is a clear answer on when content is too much. I think from the publisher PoV it's good to put out quality content, but from the content consumer POV I think it really depends on the day and state you are in. Some days, my full inbox of substack newsletters get deleter, and other days I read them all. In general if I want to hear from a brand or creator I love, I will even actively go and search out their content (maybe even those newsletters I previously deleted).
Interesting! I think going back to something means there is somewhere where to go back to, which makes Substack winning newsletter platform per-se! I hear you too, fandom (no matter the output) matters :))