How Substack's follow feature betrays its original mission
Since a platform is in control of what content gets served to who and when, there’s no expectation that a creator’s social network is guaranteed to see their content. Therefore, platforms can also choose what not to program, and there’s little creators can do or say to counteract this. Long gone are the days where a creator can complain about being... See more
Michael Mignano • The End of Social Media and the Rise of Recommendation Media
Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter all build their feeds from content shared by friends and followers. The pool of content their algorithms choose from is limited or scoped. TikTok’s feed however is built from content shared by any user, regardless if you know them or not.
Eric Feng • May The Feed Be With You: how algorithmic feeds create the best content experience for users
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Brian Balfour • Substack's Core Growth Loop — Brian Balfour
Bring Your Own Audience (BYOA) platforms focus on enabling value generation for creators who lead an existing fan base there. BYOA’s core value is not top of funnel discovery, there is no algorithm creators have to dance around to get eyeballs. With BYOA, the creator’s job is to drive traffic to the BYOA platform, and the platform’s job is to... See more