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How to think about the Substack network - by M. E. Rothwell

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Welcome to Cosmographia. This is a bonus post of sorts that almost fits within our ongoing Cartography of Networks series, but not really. As it’s very much geared towards other Substack writers, rather than regular readers, I’m not sending this one out via email, it’s just here on the web. For the full map of posts, see here. Upgrade to paid Over a long enough time horizon, all Substack writers will write about writing on Substack eventually. — Unknown (c. 6th century BC) I’m currently in the midst of researching and writing a many-month-long series about networks here on Cosmographia, and so it occurred to me this might be the perfect time to write a post I’ve been putting off for a while. Perhaps surprisingly for my publication’s modest size, I often get asked in DMs or over private emails about how best to build a following on Substack. In response, I’ve found myself writing and rewriting the same bullet point answers about leaning into the Substack network over and over again, so

How to think about the Substack network Cartography of Networks: Edition 3.5ish M. E. Rothwell Aug 13, 2024 993 184 197 Share Welcome to Cosmographia . This is a bonus post of sorts that almost fits within our ongoing Cartography of Networks series, but not really. As it’s very much geared towards other Substack writers, rather than regular readers, I’m not sending this one out via email, it’s just here on the web. For the full map of posts, see here . Subscribe The 14th century cartographer Pietro Vesconte Me beholding the Substack network. Over a long enough time horizon, all Substack writer

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