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Upgrading Substack’s recommendation network

Substack • 873 implied HN points • 22 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Recommendations Network Features Improvements
  1. Recommendations feature on Substack drives significant subscriber growth, with 50% of new subscriptions and 25% of new paid subscriptions coming from it.
  2. Substack is enhancing the Recommendations feature to allow writers to curate scenes for readers, expanding the reach and enabling a peer-to-peer system of trusted endorsements.
  3. Writers can customize and recommend more publications and profiles to readers, fostering a symbiotic media ecosystem and helping each other grow their audiences on Substack.

Now live for all: Substack Notes

Substack Blog • 748 HN points • 11 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Product Network Content Subscription Mobile Apps
  1. Substack Notes is a new space for sharing short-form content and connecting with other writers and readers on the Substack platform.
  2. Notes can help writers grow their audience and revenue by sharing links, images, quick thoughts, and snippets from Substack posts.
  3. Writers can use Notes to recommend others' work, share commentary and inspiration, 'restack' a quote, and provide a behind-the-scenes look into their content.

GAN-tastic politics enthusiasts

Conspirador Norteño • 37 implied HN points • 06 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Social media Spam Network
  1. A network of fake accounts with GAN-generated faces is spamming users with phrases like 'politics enthusiast'.
  2. The fake accounts have repetitive behaviors and characteristics, such as long handles with many vowels and repetitive use of certain phrases.
  3. Some replies from the fake accounts show signs of being artificially generated, with error messages and tagging issues.
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Introducing Substack Notes

Substack Blog • 32 HN points • 05 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Subscription Network Product Social media Internet
  1. Substack is introducing Substack Notes to allow short-form content and recommendations within the platform.
  2. In this subscription-based network, creators are rewarded for valuable work and the focus is on converting casual readers to paying subscribers.
  3. Substack aims to create a constructive discussion space by allowing users to control their subscription universe, keeping out trolls and encouraging valuable contributions.

How Wikipedia got volunteers to create 55 million articles

Bold & Open • 0 implied HN points • 21 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Community Motivation Creation Network
  1. Wikipedia's success in attracting volunteers to create millions of articles lies in understanding the hard side of the community, where a minority contributes most of the value.
  2. Volunteers like Wikipedia editor Steven Pruitt are motivated by non-financial factors, such as community recognition, status, and self-expression.
  3. To form a strong community, focus on identifying and engaging the hard side - the minority of highly engaged members who create substantial value, and understand what motivates them to ensure their continued participation.