HI Wes, I'm still a lottle (not a little but not a lot) confused about what a note is used for. From your article I understand it can be used to spark conversations and attract engagement. Does it have to be related to what you're writing about or can it be about any random topic? Can I write a note just for comments? How does this impact on the articles I write for my publications? Thanks for taking the time. Mitch.
You can technically write your Note about anything you want. If your note starts getting engagement, others on Substack might be able to find you and can subscribe when they check your account. Notes and Posts are desperate. Only your subscribers will see Posts.
You can write Notes and have them seen by others if you know how to do it. So, it's not disingenuous at all. No, random thoughts and Notes won't get seen, but certain types will. I'd recommend keeping an open mind and learning.
I've been writing, reading, and commenting on Notes for a couple of weeks, but I still don't know where they go when I create one. I've written them four different ways and not one of them has shown up on my Substack homepage or dashboard under Notes. Is there a KISS way to figure out where the ether is that they are piling up in?
LOVERS UNITED AND EXPOSED. IN TWILIGHT'S TENDER EMBRACE THEY MEET. TWO SOULS DRAWN TOGETHER, HEARTBEAT BY HEARTBEAT. THEIR LOVE, A SYMPHONY OF WHISPERED VOWS, A DANCE OF SHADOWS BENEATH THE MOON'S SOFT BOWS. HAND IN HAND THEY TREAD THE PATH OF DREAMS, WHERE PASSION BLOOMS LIKE A WILDFLOWER STREAMS. THEIR LAUGHTER ECHOES THROUGH ENCHANTED GLADES, AS SUNSETS PAINT THEIR LOVE IN GOLDEN CASCADES. BUT BEWARE, FOR UNITY BEARS ITS WEIGHT: THE MERGING OF LIVES, DESTINY ENTWINED, A DELICATE BALANCE ON LOVE'S FRAGILE LINE. FOR EVERY KISS SHARED, A SECRET REVEALED, AND EVERY PROMISE MADE, A BOND FOREVER SEALED. CHOOSE YOUR PATH, DEAR LOVERS, WITH OPEN EYES, FOR BOTH UNITY AND EXPOSURE HOLD THEIR PRIZE. IN THE END, IT'S THE HEART'S COMPASS THAT GUIDES, WHETHER HIDDEN IN SHADOWS OR UNDER SUNLIT SKIES.
HI Wes, I'm still a lottle (not a little but not a lot) confused about what a note is used for. From your article I understand it can be used to spark conversations and attract engagement. Does it have to be related to what you're writing about or can it be about any random topic? Can I write a note just for comments? How does this impact on the articles I write for my publications? Thanks for taking the time. Mitch.
You can technically write your Note about anything you want. If your note starts getting engagement, others on Substack might be able to find you and can subscribe when they check your account. Notes and Posts are desperate. Only your subscribers will see Posts.
I’ve written about 200 Notes, and all of them put together have received about 20 likes, and maybe 2 comments.
Not everyone’s Notes get seen by anyone else. It’s up to an opaque algorithm that none of us controls.
It’s a mystery to me why some account’s Notes get visibility and others don’t.
it seems disingenuous to tell other people that their Notes will be seen when you don’t control Substack’s algorithm.
You can write Notes and have them seen by others if you know how to do it. So, it's not disingenuous at all. No, random thoughts and Notes won't get seen, but certain types will. I'd recommend keeping an open mind and learning.
It’s not the content, I’ve seen plenty of random thoughts in my Notes feed.
Notes. Tell me more. Writing notes is on my 2025 list of skills to master!
Notes.
I've been writing, reading, and commenting on Notes for a couple of weeks, but I still don't know where they go when I create one. I've written them four different ways and not one of them has shown up on my Substack homepage or dashboard under Notes. Is there a KISS way to figure out where the ether is that they are piling up in?
Finally. A tribe of people, and advice on how to break out of the status quo.
Thank you Wes.
Read your article and still don't get it. I think I'm teachable. Maybe not. But I'll try. thanks.
LOVERS UNITED AND EXPOSED
Poetry
Pepper Miller <peppermiller3011@gmail.com>
Fri, Jan 10, 6:41 PM (6 days ago)
to me
LOVERS UNITED AND EXPOSED. IN TWILIGHT'S TENDER EMBRACE THEY MEET. TWO SOULS DRAWN TOGETHER, HEARTBEAT BY HEARTBEAT. THEIR LOVE, A SYMPHONY OF WHISPERED VOWS, A DANCE OF SHADOWS BENEATH THE MOON'S SOFT BOWS. HAND IN HAND THEY TREAD THE PATH OF DREAMS, WHERE PASSION BLOOMS LIKE A WILDFLOWER STREAMS. THEIR LAUGHTER ECHOES THROUGH ENCHANTED GLADES, AS SUNSETS PAINT THEIR LOVE IN GOLDEN CASCADES. BUT BEWARE, FOR UNITY BEARS ITS WEIGHT: THE MERGING OF LIVES, DESTINY ENTWINED, A DELICATE BALANCE ON LOVE'S FRAGILE LINE. FOR EVERY KISS SHARED, A SECRET REVEALED, AND EVERY PROMISE MADE, A BOND FOREVER SEALED. CHOOSE YOUR PATH, DEAR LOVERS, WITH OPEN EYES, FOR BOTH UNITY AND EXPOSURE HOLD THEIR PRIZE. IN THE END, IT'S THE HEART'S COMPASS THAT GUIDES, WHETHER HIDDEN IN SHADOWS OR UNDER SUNLIT SKIES.
I like that, you wrote it nicely.
Hey, Wes!
If you would, include me on your list! Thanks 🙏
Notes, would love to test meself talking outside of a vacuum. I found the contrast with X interesting--thank you, Wes.
huge plus for using Claude! why did you pick it over ChatGPT?
Another Substack about growing a Substack? Hell yeah.
This was very helpful!
Morning all, If only we could build a little more today, there was a lot of trading yesterday
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