I don't even consider substack as a competitor to twitter. I'll admit I am biased since I have never seen the appeal of Twitter, and every single time I have used it is has left a bad taste. But Substack seems to mostly be a way for journalists and writers to independently write. The writers I follow on substack write long form essays, and are usually too heterodox to exist in mainstream media. Its the next evolution of blogs really, and more serious than medium. Twitter is 140 characters of nonsense that has produced zero good.
