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Jan 18, 2024
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Subscrive Drive 2024 + Free Unlocked Posts

7 min • 904 words • 164 comments • 103 likes • podcast
Scott Alexander conducts his yearly subscription drive for Astral Codex Ten, listing benefits and unlocking some subscriber-only content to encourage sign-ups. Longer summary
Scott Alexander is holding his yearly subscription drive for Astral Codex Ten, despite feeling awkward about it due to already making significant income from the blog. He explains the benefits of paid subscription, shows a graph of declining paid subscribers, and lists the 14 subscriber-only articles from the past year. To encourage subscriptions, he's temporarily unlocked three of these articles. Scott humorously compares subscribing to a deal with the Devil, suggesting readers might forget to unsubscribe after accessing the archive. Shorter summary
Sep 29, 2022
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Universe-Hopping Through Substack

54 min • 7,015 words • 284 comments • 312 likes • podcast
Scott Alexander reviews popular Substack blogs from various categories, offering humorous commentary and insights on each. Longer summary
Scott Alexander explores various Substack blogs across different categories, offering humorous commentary and insights on each. He starts with a popular culture blog about celebrity gossip, moves on to a top political newsletter, then examines blogs on faith and spirituality, business, food and drink, music, international affairs, and sports. Throughout, Scott mixes analysis of the content with witty observations about the nature of blogging and the diverse 'universes' represented by different Substack niches. Shorter summary