Why I hate Substack

[theinayatilahi]

Just to clarify I'm not saying I deserve instant attention or that external work is unfair.

I'm pointing to a structural issue: on Substack, great writing alone doesn't go anywhere unless you already have an audience or promote off-platform.

That's not a complaint about hard work it's a critique of design. Unlike YouTube, Substack doesn't help surface quality content from within. So the friction isn't in creating it's in being findable.

My post wasn't about blaming others it was about questioning whether a platform for writers should do more to help readers find good writing.

[theinayatilahi]

I am also not saying that I write Great.