Thank you! And nice to know people read this after not putting anything out for a while. I definitely miss the good old days of Twitter. It felt like a community. Now, I’m just feeling very “meh” about the online world. But I’ll keep plugging away with Just Write, regardless.
Nice to see your words and your prompts, Hayley. I’m a long time off The Artist Formally Known as Twitter and greatly relieved by that. I connected with a whole bunch of great folk there and we’re mostly still in touch. It’s the connections that count, not the platform, of course. I’ve been lucky, I guess, but Substack (and Notes especially) has been a haven. Proper ‘social’ social media. I put quite a lot into it, and use it to reflect my curiosity. I share a lot of other people’s work and that builds connections. If I get a sniff of the nonsense I don’t like (possibly because someone I follow because they write well has an interest in the edgier parts of politics etc) I mute or unfollow, so our space is clear of some of the stuff you’ve stumbled on. Interestingly, we’ve had an increase in unsubscribes for our long-standing newsletter (it’s still way beyond the size of community I imagined we’d build). Perhaps folk are digesting material differently. These things ebb and flow. Happy Tuesday. Nice prompts 👌🏻
Thank you for your lovely words! I somehow missed the notification for this comment, so sorry for the late reply. I definitely think people are consuming media differently - probably as an over correction to the intense digital consumption of the pandemic years. Still loving Feasts & Fables!
Good to hear from you, Hayley. It’s a shame Twitter has lost its way. It was once such an interesting place to be and a good way to meet interesting people. I wouldn’t have discovered you without it. Substack has partially replaced it (the algorithm hasn’t shown me many conspiracists), but doesn’t have the same breadth yet.
And I’m still loving the Monthly Jotter, by the way!!
Thank you!
Thank you! And nice to know people read this after not putting anything out for a while. I definitely miss the good old days of Twitter. It felt like a community. Now, I’m just feeling very “meh” about the online world. But I’ll keep plugging away with Just Write, regardless.
Nice to see your words and your prompts, Hayley. I’m a long time off The Artist Formally Known as Twitter and greatly relieved by that. I connected with a whole bunch of great folk there and we’re mostly still in touch. It’s the connections that count, not the platform, of course. I’ve been lucky, I guess, but Substack (and Notes especially) has been a haven. Proper ‘social’ social media. I put quite a lot into it, and use it to reflect my curiosity. I share a lot of other people’s work and that builds connections. If I get a sniff of the nonsense I don’t like (possibly because someone I follow because they write well has an interest in the edgier parts of politics etc) I mute or unfollow, so our space is clear of some of the stuff you’ve stumbled on. Interestingly, we’ve had an increase in unsubscribes for our long-standing newsletter (it’s still way beyond the size of community I imagined we’d build). Perhaps folk are digesting material differently. These things ebb and flow. Happy Tuesday. Nice prompts 👌🏻
Thank you for your lovely words! I somehow missed the notification for this comment, so sorry for the late reply. I definitely think people are consuming media differently - probably as an over correction to the intense digital consumption of the pandemic years. Still loving Feasts & Fables!
These things have a habit of settling down as they ebb and flow. Lovely to hear from you.
Good to hear from you, Hayley. It’s a shame Twitter has lost its way. It was once such an interesting place to be and a good way to meet interesting people. I wouldn’t have discovered you without it. Substack has partially replaced it (the algorithm hasn’t shown me many conspiracists), but doesn’t have the same breadth yet.