I really like your attitude. I am on Substack because I like reading people's thoughts and want to share my own. The subscription for a fee model does not seem sustainable for most "smaller" accounts. I never wanted to ask my friends for money, but love the new friends that I've made on Substack. Thanks very much, though, for the link to my book.
I feel your pain: middle aged woman AI is an instant churn of Haggatha Wartsoff photorealistic bullshit. Her hump changes shoulders in each iteration. F you, AI!!
Oh shit, I had never realized that the app was pushing people who made money on here to the top. It makes sense and seems so obvious in retrospect. That sucks!
Also, Iām shocked your school even talked about homosexuality- mineās approach was to not talk about anything ever. We definitely had the same message though: sex = bad. It was obviously super effective since about 10% of the girls I went to high school with got pregnant as teenagers.
I do like the idea of unsubscribing to all the random emails, marking the rest as read, and achieving inbox zero, but I think I have to accept itās never gonna happen.
Alexās book is a blast. Iām over halfway through. Plenty to laugh at.
And your dadās line about Catholic school is amazing. I didnāt go to Catholic school but my dad did, heās getting old and grumpy and doesnāt laugh as much as he used to. Iām gonna lay that one on him some time. That kinda humor is in his wheelhouse. Will credit Mr Hiemenz ofc.
So with the spam emails, what you have to do is set a filter each time you get one, that will send it directly to the trash.
The process for Gmail is to click the 3 dots in the top right, and select "Filter messages like this"- the email address will be prefilled, or it won't.
If it's not, then you'll want to go back to the email, copy that address, and then click the 3 dots and click the "Filter messages..." link.
On the next screen, add the email at the top.
At the bottom of that screen, click "Create Filter".
On the next screen, check the "Delete it" checkbox, and then click the big blue "Create filter" button, and it will take you back and delete that spam email.
You will never see an email from that specific address again.
I do this every morning in my biz email.
Bet you weren't expecting an email spam filtering tutorial ;)
āJust like any social media platform, what you see when you log on is a direct result of that platformās algorithm. So, Substack has a vested interest in pushing creators who are making money to the top of peopleās feeds.ā
How did I not know this?!? Suddenly, everything makes so much sense. Here I thought it was just because my readers were basically lurkers, not commenters or engagers. Thanks for the insight, I appreciate the knowledge. I donāt appreciate not being able to provide my words without charging people.
There are definitely lurkers though. But I donāt judgeā¦prior to Substack I red tons of stuff online and literally never engaged at all. So I get just wanting to take it all in.
I really like your attitude. I am on Substack because I like reading people's thoughts and want to share my own. The subscription for a fee model does not seem sustainable for most "smaller" accounts. I never wanted to ask my friends for money, but love the new friends that I've made on Substack. Thanks very much, though, for the link to my book.
Same Paul. Iām so appreciative of folks here!!!
Thanks for the recommendations of the other authors. I have gone on and subscribed to them.
Mr. Hoffman seems like a real down-to-earth guy. I might have restricted his teaching to driverās ed, where he might leave fewer scars.
Ha! Iām sure heād have made that a traumatic experience as well.
I feel your pain: middle aged woman AI is an instant churn of Haggatha Wartsoff photorealistic bullshit. Her hump changes shoulders in each iteration. F you, AI!!
I may be showing my naivetĆ© here, but who is this Haggatha lady? Iād google her but your hump comment makes me think maybe I shouldnāt!
I made her up on the flyš¤£š¤£š¤£
Ha.
That name sounds like an alias for that spammer that showed up in all of our feeds a few months ago up. Canāt remember her name now.
Lololol
Yes,
Something about Horsed*ck
Oh shit, I had never realized that the app was pushing people who made money on here to the top. It makes sense and seems so obvious in retrospect. That sucks!
Also, Iām shocked your school even talked about homosexuality- mineās approach was to not talk about anything ever. We definitely had the same message though: sex = bad. It was obviously super effective since about 10% of the girls I went to high school with got pregnant as teenagers.
Ha! Not sure how old you are, but we had some hs teenage pregnancies as well. Itās weird thinking how old those ākidsā would be now.
A woman from my HS became a grandma at 36. Most of em are now early 20s!
Holy shit
Yeah for People's History of the US!
I do like the idea of unsubscribing to all the random emails, marking the rest as read, and achieving inbox zero, but I think I have to accept itās never gonna happen.
And starting over from scratch doesnāt work either, trust me.
Alexās book is a blast. Iām over halfway through. Plenty to laugh at.
And your dadās line about Catholic school is amazing. I didnāt go to Catholic school but my dad did, heās getting old and grumpy and doesnāt laugh as much as he used to. Iām gonna lay that one on him some time. That kinda humor is in his wheelhouse. Will credit Mr Hiemenz ofc.
šš¼, hope it makes him chuckle
I am all in on Beagles.
Donāt get me started on beagles ā¤ļø
Dude, they are the best dogs. And the worst dogs. They pack a punch.
I grew up with Labradors, and my Dadās Aussie lab, was the smartest and sweetest dog Iāve ever known. Weird, but sweet. I love dogs. LOVE THEM.
Maverick is our second beagle. He is the polar opposite of our first, but at the same time, just so wonderful.
I grew up with poodles. And our other dog now is a pitty mix, so yeah, Iām team dog too š
given the wiener advice from Mr. Hoffman, I can kind of understand your momās decision to opt you out š
Oh I can guarantee you my mom never heard that story ā¦.unless my dad reads this and tells her š¤£
So with the spam emails, what you have to do is set a filter each time you get one, that will send it directly to the trash.
The process for Gmail is to click the 3 dots in the top right, and select "Filter messages like this"- the email address will be prefilled, or it won't.
If it's not, then you'll want to go back to the email, copy that address, and then click the 3 dots and click the "Filter messages..." link.
On the next screen, add the email at the top.
At the bottom of that screen, click "Create Filter".
On the next screen, check the "Delete it" checkbox, and then click the big blue "Create filter" button, and it will take you back and delete that spam email.
You will never see an email from that specific address again.
I do this every morning in my biz email.
Bet you weren't expecting an email spam filtering tutorial ;)
Just trying to keep it fresh on the comments lol
Bro, Iām not gonna lie, your first message read like the teacher from Charlie Brown to me š¤£.
But Iāve copied it and will give it the old college try šš¼
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āJust like any social media platform, what you see when you log on is a direct result of that platformās algorithm. So, Substack has a vested interest in pushing creators who are making money to the top of peopleās feeds.ā
How did I not know this?!? Suddenly, everything makes so much sense. Here I thought it was just because my readers were basically lurkers, not commenters or engagers. Thanks for the insight, I appreciate the knowledge. I donāt appreciate not being able to provide my words without charging people.
There are definitely lurkers though. But I donāt judgeā¦prior to Substack I red tons of stuff online and literally never engaged at all. So I get just wanting to take it all in.