I think it’s less about tech and more about the social aspect. Why is substack succeeding? Because they paid a bunch of people to use it, and so far some of those people are continuing to make good money writing on the platform. Then others want to use it because maybe they can make the same kind of money, or at least be on the same platform where all the other cool writers they like are.
Maybe? Succeeding in business is about more than the tech. I’ve worked in stuff that was definitely “better” than the compression but lost because we didn’t get other stuff right: sales, marketing, etc. I guess it’s be cool if the best tech always won, but the world doesn’t usually work that way.
I think it’s less about tech and more about the social aspect. Why is substack succeeding? Because they paid a bunch of people to use it, and so far some of those people are continuing to make good money writing on the platform. Then others want to use it because maybe they can make the same kind of money, or at least be on the same platform where all the other cool writers they like are.
Interesting perspective, and a bit disappointing.
Maybe? Succeeding in business is about more than the tech. I’ve worked in stuff that was definitely “better” than the compression but lost because we didn’t get other stuff right: sales, marketing, etc. I guess it’s be cool if the best tech always won, but the world doesn’t usually work that way.