Here's another example: if you get the Substack Reads, this is the blurb for the latest featured Substack:
"This week’s edition of Substack Reads was curated by Kareem Rahma, who writes Another New Thing with Kareem Rahma on Substack. Kareem is the creator and host of the web series Keep the Meter Running and SubwayTakes. He is also a musician and filmmaker, and his book of poetry, We Were Promised Flying Cars, was published in 2020. His most popular posts include “I always forget that I’m old,” “I hate the long hello,” and “Normalize spending a long weekend in Africa.” If you enjoy Kareem’s edition today, be sure to subscribe to his Substack."
Then he picks out a few of his reads, none of which I have a great deal of interest in. And his linked Substacks are a batch of orange checks and various ones with 4,000 to 50,000 subscribers. Even a couple of the "recently launched" Substacks have 6,000 or 9,000 subscribers.
I'm sure Kareem is a fine person, and in looking up his Substack he has 2,000 subscribers himself. But why not help out a brother who has 800 or 400? They have interesting stories as well.
Thank you again Michael. I think your incitefullness needs to be included on the "big" list also. It is certainly deeper than a lot I've seen that are fawned over but actually just a yawn.
Here's another example: if you get the Substack Reads, this is the blurb for the latest featured Substack:
"This week’s edition of Substack Reads was curated by Kareem Rahma, who writes Another New Thing with Kareem Rahma on Substack. Kareem is the creator and host of the web series Keep the Meter Running and SubwayTakes. He is also a musician and filmmaker, and his book of poetry, We Were Promised Flying Cars, was published in 2020. His most popular posts include “I always forget that I’m old,” “I hate the long hello,” and “Normalize spending a long weekend in Africa.” If you enjoy Kareem’s edition today, be sure to subscribe to his Substack."
Then he picks out a few of his reads, none of which I have a great deal of interest in. And his linked Substacks are a batch of orange checks and various ones with 4,000 to 50,000 subscribers. Even a couple of the "recently launched" Substacks have 6,000 or 9,000 subscribers.
I'm sure Kareem is a fine person, and in looking up his Substack he has 2,000 subscribers himself. But why not help out a brother who has 800 or 400? They have interesting stories as well.
He's hoping that mentioning biggies will pull him along?
Thank you again Michael. I think your incitefullness needs to be included on the "big" list also. It is certainly deeper than a lot I've seen that are fawned over but actually just a yawn.
I be honored Mike!