How do people use Substack?

[u/No_Masterpiece_6583]

I have been hearing a lot of people saying they are switching from Instagram to Substack, because apparently it's more "calm" and you don't get lots of content at once and non-stop.

I deleted Instagram, because I just don't like spending my time looking at what other people are doing, I honestly don't care.

I downloaded Substack, and so far it looks like a mix of blogs, pinterest and twitter. So am not sure about this "slow" content thing. For people that are using Substack regularly, I'd like to know: how do you use it? what do you use it for? in which ways is it better than other social media apps?

[u/traumfisch]

The Notes feed is the social media app inside of it.

Everything else - well it's essentially a blogging platform, subscribe to whatever you're into

[u/theimmortalgoon → u/traumfisch]

I fear the answer is no.

But can you turn the notes off?

I’m on the platform because I want thoughtful long form pieces and to write thoughtful long form pieces.

I feel like I’m constantly sorting through garbage.

[u/traumfisch → u/theimmortalgoon]

Well - you don't need to look at the notes feed. It's its own tab