I don’t think high quality writing from a new, anonymous account is suspicious. Or at least, the writing quality being worse wouldn’t make me less skeptical! I’m curious why that specific trait is a red(ish?) flag for you.
(To be clear, it’s the “high quality” part I don’t get. I do get why “new” and “anonymous” increase skepticism in context.)
Someone who’s not a writer could be expected to not have a substack account until the day something happens and they need one, with zero suspicion. Someone who’s a good writer is more likely to have a pre-existing account, so using a new alt raises non-zero suspicion.
I don’t think high quality writing from a new, anonymous account is suspicious. Or at least, the writing quality being worse wouldn’t make me less skeptical! I’m curious why that specific trait is a red(ish?) flag for you.
(To be clear, it’s the “high quality” part I don’t get. I do get why “new” and “anonymous” increase skepticism in context.)
Someone who’s not a writer could be expected to not have a substack account until the day something happens and they need one, with zero suspicion. Someone who’s a good writer is more likely to have a pre-existing account, so using a new alt raises non-zero suspicion.