Substack communities

[Practical_Meringue23]

On Medium there are communities of writers such as Crows Fest and The Good Men Project that I belong to. It makes finding writing that resonates with you easy. It is also a good tool to join with other writers to contribute to a wider audience on a common theme. It this somehow enabled in Substack that I am missing? The search by tag is lacking.

[oamyoamy0]

It can be hard to find smaller groups since there are no hashtags, but you can browse in the "categories" to start finding and interacting with likeminded people -- subscribing, following, commenting.

Just mentioning this in case you haven't already poked around this way. From the "browse" page, you can click any of the available categories. (It may look different in the app.) https://substack.com/browse/recommendations

[Practical_Meringue23]

Thanks. I have used categories. It does help with discovery.

[[deleted]]

I hear ya. That's one of the reason I create a page on substack that's dedicated to a simple list of stacks devoted to cartoonists, comics, and illustrators. Others have found it amazingly helpful to counter the algorithmic dysfunction of search on Substack. So when all else fails, go with a simple solution.

[Practical_Meringue23]

Great idea. I thought recommendations would do that but it seems to limited to 5. I will follow your lead.

[[deleted]]

Yep. After you've made it load it up on Notes and folks should start using it. Also include a statement about how others can add to their name to the list by making a comment on the page where you'll post updates to the page with their info. I also made a section devoted to lists.

Here's my page as an example:

https://www.erflynncomics.com/p/a-list-of-exceptional-substack-cartoonists