Congrats. $50 is highway robbery for the consistent quality content Freddie puts up. Pay up people!
Also, I made a goal to read more books this year. I've only been a part of the book club for 1 book but it's been a great way to keep motivated (the discussions are usually better than the readings). I also never would've picked the last book myself, which is nice. I expect I'll be crossing off my "read more books" goal at the end of the year thanks in large part to FdB.
The guy who called TV a “vast wasteland” couldn’t have imagined in his most dystopian dreams what cultural production online has become. FdB, Taibbi, Wesley Yang are lights in a thickening darkness. It’s we who should be saying thanks.
It feels a bit weird I pay $10/year for the washington post, $52 a year for the NY Times, $50 per year for one blogger, and $80 per year for another. but I have no intention of unsubscribing...
For some reason I distinctly remember reading a newspaper online for the first time in 1995 (probably the Washington Post) and thinking "why are they giving this to me for free?". It never made sense to me and I don't know why it made sense to them. They conditioned everyone into thinking that the newspapers online should be free and dug their own graves.
I swear I've read about like 5 different a la carte/micropayment platforms in the last ten years that sounded useful and intriguing. As far as I know, none of them ever made it out of beta. Does anybody know more about these things? Is there some vested interest, market force, or technical hurdle that makes this harder than it looks?
The trouble with Substacks is they aren’t really worth the money. Freddie’s is an exception for the reasons he gives. Quality and volume. I’ll be resubscribing. (Though why really when he continues to ignore the Siege of Krishnapur as a book club choice?)
Disregarding the $200 lump sum category, do you prefer subscribers to take a monthly or annual subscription? Logically a higher amount more evenly distributed is better, but maybe the peace of mind of having the money banked from long term subscriptions is preferred?
I pay monthly. Happy to keep doing so or go annual if it reduces any concerns about maintaining numbers or gives you more confidence in making any hires you're considering.
For the love of God man, move out of NYC to a low cost of living area and put half of your income into savings. The future of this place can’t be predicted. Move to Tennessee, or move in with Glenn Greenwald in Brazil. Just get out of NYC and build that nest egg!
This is my favorite substack, and I lean right. The variety of topics, the freshness of perspectives, the beautiful writing, and the quality of commenters here are top notch. Here's to another great year. May your subscriptions be fruitful and multiply!
Congratulations. And keep up the great work.
Congratulations on one year. I'm certainly hoping we get many more.
Thx. Good story selection
Congrats. $50 is highway robbery for the consistent quality content Freddie puts up. Pay up people!
Also, I made a goal to read more books this year. I've only been a part of the book club for 1 book but it's been a great way to keep motivated (the discussions are usually better than the readings). I also never would've picked the last book myself, which is nice. I expect I'll be crossing off my "read more books" goal at the end of the year thanks in large part to FdB.
Congratulations FdB.
PLEASE SAVE YOUR WORK OFFLINE!
Pay walls. Two ways to avoid:
1) use your local PL (you'd be surprised how much they have!) or community college or university library's e-collection.
2) if you edit Wikipedia you can gain access to a lot of resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library
The guy who called TV a “vast wasteland” couldn’t have imagined in his most dystopian dreams what cultural production online has become. FdB, Taibbi, Wesley Yang are lights in a thickening darkness. It’s we who should be saying thanks.
It feels a bit weird I pay $10/year for the washington post, $52 a year for the NY Times, $50 per year for one blogger, and $80 per year for another. but I have no intention of unsubscribing...
Happy Anniversary, Freddie! It’s a pleasure reading you!
For some reason I distinctly remember reading a newspaper online for the first time in 1995 (probably the Washington Post) and thinking "why are they giving this to me for free?". It never made sense to me and I don't know why it made sense to them. They conditioned everyone into thinking that the newspapers online should be free and dug their own graves.
I swear I've read about like 5 different a la carte/micropayment platforms in the last ten years that sounded useful and intriguing. As far as I know, none of them ever made it out of beta. Does anybody know more about these things? Is there some vested interest, market force, or technical hurdle that makes this harder than it looks?
The trouble with Substacks is they aren’t really worth the money. Freddie’s is an exception for the reasons he gives. Quality and volume. I’ll be resubscribing. (Though why really when he continues to ignore the Siege of Krishnapur as a book club choice?)
Disregarding the $200 lump sum category, do you prefer subscribers to take a monthly or annual subscription? Logically a higher amount more evenly distributed is better, but maybe the peace of mind of having the money banked from long term subscriptions is preferred?
I pay monthly. Happy to keep doing so or go annual if it reduces any concerns about maintaining numbers or gives you more confidence in making any hires you're considering.
Congratulations on the first year! Hopefully the first of many.
I can't wait to hear everyone's thoughts on Confederacy - my favorite novel.
For the love of God man, move out of NYC to a low cost of living area and put half of your income into savings. The future of this place can’t be predicted. Move to Tennessee, or move in with Glenn Greenwald in Brazil. Just get out of NYC and build that nest egg!
Stupid question — do I actually need to do anything, or does my subscription automatically roll over?
This is my favorite substack, and I lean right. The variety of topics, the freshness of perspectives, the beautiful writing, and the quality of commenters here are top notch. Here's to another great year. May your subscriptions be fruitful and multiply!