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Molly White
‪@molly.wiki‬
yep, i get steady "growth" on my empty substack page that just links to where i've actually been writing for the last 18 months
A chart of subscriber count over the past 90 days, going from ~160 to ~340 subscribers (with a large bump in mid-april for some reason)
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‪Luke O'Neil‬ ‪@lukeoneil47.bsky.social‬
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The network that boosts growth in question bsky.app/profile/luke...
July 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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‪Molly White‬ ‪@molly.wiki‬
· 1d
substack has no incentive to remove fake subscribers (if anything, the opposite) bc it contributes to the belief in an incredible "network effect" that will turn any writer into heather cox richardson herself with no work required by the author — and the fear they will lose it if they go elsewhere
‪Richard Easther‬ ‪@rjme.bsky.social‬
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I got a sudden bunch of fake looking subscribers on my tiny (free tier!) ButtonDown the other day; they sent an message saying they had removed them before I even noticed.
‪woodlandsquid.bsky.social‬ ‪@woodlandsquid.bsky.social‬
· 1d
hot take: Substack is Blogger with fewer spam controls and more nazis