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Substack and Other Blog Recommendations — LessWrong

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Substack recommendations are remarkably important, and the actual best reason to write here instead of elsewhere. As in, even though I have never made an active attempt to seek recommendations, approximately half of my subscribers come from recommendations from other blogs. And for every two subscribers I have, my recommendations have generated approximately one subscription elsewhere. I am very thankful to all those who have recommended this blog, either through substack or otherwise. As the blog has grown, I’ve gotten a number of offers for reciprocal recommendations. So far I have turned all of these down, because I have yet to feel any are both sufficiently high quality and a good match for me and my readers. Instead, I’m going to do the following: I have a very high bar for being willing to go behind a paywall, the same way I have decided not to have one of my own. If something is behind a unique paywall, then almost all of my readers can’t read it, and the post is effectively out

x Substack and Other Blog Recommendations — LessWrong Practical Frontpage 30 Substack and Other Blog Recommendations by Zvi 30th Jun 2025 Don't Worry About the Vase 20 min read 7 30 Substack recommendations are remarkably important, and the actual best reason to write here instead of elsewhere. As in, even though I have never made an active attempt to seek recommendations, approximately half of my subscribers come from recommendations from other blogs. And for every two subscribers I have, my recommendations have generated approximately one subscription elsewhere. I am very thankful to all tho

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