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happy new year!

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Thank you. Same to you!

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I partially agree. Like a lot of the improvements Substack have done this year, but it is indeed turning into another social app. Still a lot of these functionalities can be ignored or turned of. Hope to enjoy your newsletters in 2024! Happy New Year.

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Agree, I don't think it's all bad, but I also don't think it's all for me either. I think they are trying to be a bit more appealing to a broader audience and I can't disagree with their moves. Thank you and Happy New Year to you as well.

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I started on Substack in October of this year so for me all the 'social network features' where already part of the experience so to speak :) However, apart from Notes (but only occasionally), I try to ignore all of these extra features. My focus is about learning to write long-form(-ish) posts which I schedule for publishing and also send out as a newsletter. This is what I like about Substack and how I want to use it. So, as long as this does not change I'm good with it. But I guess time will tell ...

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Yes, I do my best to ignore them too. I get a little annoyed with the little orange dots that remind you of something new. I’d just rather not see those, because I want to clear them out. If there’s a way to turn those off, I’d love it.

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I noticed that if you click on the notification-bell (or go to the Activity tab once), the orange dot immediately disappears (unless you get new notifications again of course). It's not the same as disabling this, but at least it won't keep bugging you :)

Anyway, yeah that's the typical attention-all-the-time social network mechanism. That's why I like that I can keep this all e-mail based if I want to, it helps me not to get too distracted by all the rest.

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