I’ve heard that Substack excels at what some people call “audience discovery”. I wonder how that works. I also don’t want to use Substack because of its Nazi problem.

I had a look at Ghost Pro, and I understand it is a blogging CMS combined with a mailing list solution. But it seems you pay extra for the latter if you self-host.

Long story short, I am considering blogging and I research privacy-respecting, self-hostable solutions, but I am afraid I will miss out on growth if I go the self-hostable way. After all, all these people out there, professional journalists included, prefer a managed solution, so they might know something more.

Any input is welcome.

    • OneMeaningManyNames@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      53·
      5 days ago

      Thanks for the tip, but I would appreciate if you actually read the post. TL;DR I do mention its Nazi issue.

  • InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    62·
    5 days ago

    I also don’t want to use Substack because of its Nazi problem.

    I know it is on there but personally, I have yet to see see it myself. Have been using Substack for quite a while now and have not seen it at all. All I come across are the things I’m interest it and the users I follow.

    That said, almost every platform has this particular issue.

    Unfortunately, I can’t help because I’m not someone who blogs. I’m a person who (quietly) follow blogs.

      • InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        4·
        5 days ago

        but they are profiting off of hosting Nazi content

        This I did not know. Really sad to hear and read, I started to like Substack because I finally found a place where I could read things I’m interested in without other stuff bloating my feed.

  • Sarah@lemmy.world
    1·
    5 days ago

    I didn’t know this about Substack. Damn.

    Please people recommend some good alternatives if you know? I am trying to find readers too