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1. LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 19:01:55 JST LS
   Scott Alexander from slate star codex /astral codex 10 released this graphic showing how many people subscribe to his substack blog. the monthly subscription cost is $10, so he's making over 50k a month with this. No wonder that anyone with even a little following (he only has 100k overall subscribers) will go to substack or patreon instead of the washington post or the new york times.
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 19:43:55 JST LS

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     • vorpuni
     @vorpuni it's his audience, he has lots of highly educated and high earning readers
   • vorpuni (vorpuni@mastodon.tedomum.net)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 19:43:57 JST vorpuni

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     @lain
     $10 is expensive for a blog/newsletter except for the few countries where your income is really high, I don't get how it is ever popular to charge so much.

   • dsfgs@mastodon.sdf.org's status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 19:45:09 JST dsfgs

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     @lain
     May we interject. Who is this person with an alleged 100k followers? Paying $10 per month, mind.

   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 19:45:09 JST LS

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     • dsfgs
     @dsfgs scott alexander... he had a very succesful blog called slate star codex, then he was doxed by a newspaper, now he's moved to substack.
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 22:05:03 JST LS

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     • pyrate : sleigh captain
     @pyrate if you do it as well as scott, go for it
   • pyrate : sleigh captain (pyrate@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 22:05:04 JST pyrate : sleigh captain

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     I should start posting takes on substack, lol