Yakstack
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Jacob O'Bryant
05/24/2023, 11:25 PMJacob O'Bryant
05/25/2023, 4:19 AMSo I was just perusing substack notes from this new yakstack account I made, and it was... filled with culture war stuff from people I don't follow. lol. I did (accidentally) subscribe to one person's newsletter from that account, and I think substack is populating my notes feed with stuff from people who that one writer follows, though not certain. In either case I found it amusing in light of the whole "recommendation algos are bad/you should only see stuff that you opt into" stance from substack.
I am genuinely interested to see how the situation there develops as notes grows in usage... I think substack is going to have some thorny issues to work through
Jacob O'Bryant
05/25/2023, 4:20 AMalso, I made a dank post: https://substack.com/profile/147557373-yakity-mcyakface/note/c-16514028
Jacob O'Bryant
05/25/2023, 4:22 AMThe populate-the-notes-feed-with-people-i-don't-follow thing is another facepalm example of "advertising makes you optimize for engagement" being a dubious criticism--being a business makes you optimize for engagement.
I can feel this coalescing into the first post for Yakstack
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tintin888
05/25/2023, 10:15 AMSubscribed 😎
tintin888
05/25/2023, 11:34 AM😄
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Jacob O'Bryant
05/25/2023, 1:35 PMas you can see I've put a lot of work into the copy haha
Jacob O'Bryant
05/25/2023, 1:36 PMthe unsubscribe message is good too
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DanielHerndon
05/28/2023, 4:26 PMI’ve considered the launch of Substack Notes an apparent departure from what I believed to be their values. I have no problem with the platform, but I have no interest in it as well.
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Jacob O'Bryant
05/29/2023, 10:51 PMyeah... at least it'll hopefully put to rest the idea that ads and recommendation algos are the root problems with social media 😬