I'm gonna be honest, Substack's decision to plow the resources and profile and userbase that the unknown, mostly-left writers who took a chance on the platform had developed into fat contracts and PR subsidization for the same collection tired right wing hack assholes has kind of turned me off the platform.
Also 85/15 is fucking outrageous. I'd just as soon pay 30%, 60% or even 100% the cost of a sub directly to you (or as directly as all the various payment intermediaries allow after taking their bite) for whatever gets written on Trashberg as an email subscription. I'm sure the contract you signed doesn't give them rights to your IP, so you can disseminate it however you want.
Anyway, just a thought for if this site gets so toxic it's not worth it. Having just found out they eat 7/8ths of my money and then give it to people like Matt Fucking Yglesias, I'm a lot closer to the exit door than I was.
Lmao I immediately entered my credit card when you promised to get to the bottom of when the Queen has last had sex. This is something I've wanted to know for years, and I can finally throw my money at this problem.
Defector dot com got cocky and thought they didn't need a general manager. Now they've gone and lost out on a superstar free agent. Sell the team! But seriously, this is an instant subscribe. Best of luck, Ashley!
"After years of complaining about how people who supported problematic companies were culpable, I've decided it's not that big of a problem as long as I'm compensated."
The New York Times and LA Times and WaPo etc. all decided to pay me money to get readers too. So did St Martin's. Because they thought they'd make money doing so. (And very soon Substack will be in the black on my deal, after less than one month.) And that's the real thing that's making people mad: writers they don't like have audiences and make money writing. Substack didn't do that. You can lament that people who aren't Twitter-approved have audiences, but if I wasn't making money here I'd be doing it somewhere else. So what's the difference if I'm doing it on Substack?
Please write about the weird teen girls who tweet to and about Jake Tapper constantly
I'm strongly considering subbing but only if you find a way to dunk on libby watson in each post. (not right now of course for obs reasons.)
Please investigate the beauty regimen of Jim Acosta and thank you for what you do
Here for the occasional commentary on Callista’s Instagram. Anything more will be a bonus.
You made it, Ash! You finally have your own Kinja.
Congrats!
Good splice opportunity with Defector imo
I'm gonna be honest, Substack's decision to plow the resources and profile and userbase that the unknown, mostly-left writers who took a chance on the platform had developed into fat contracts and PR subsidization for the same collection tired right wing hack assholes has kind of turned me off the platform.
Also 85/15 is fucking outrageous. I'd just as soon pay 30%, 60% or even 100% the cost of a sub directly to you (or as directly as all the various payment intermediaries allow after taking their bite) for whatever gets written on Trashberg as an email subscription. I'm sure the contract you signed doesn't give them rights to your IP, so you can disseminate it however you want.
Anyway, just a thought for if this site gets so toxic it's not worth it. Having just found out they eat 7/8ths of my money and then give it to people like Matt Fucking Yglesias, I'm a lot closer to the exit door than I was.
Ever since missing out on Great Pacific Garbage Patch IPO, I've been looking to get in early on a newcomer to the asset class.
Lmao I immediately entered my credit card when you promised to get to the bottom of when the Queen has last had sex. This is something I've wanted to know for years, and I can finally throw my money at this problem.
Of course Jared’s legs made it into the banner... greatly looking forward to additional nightmare inducing content.
yasss queen we stan!!!!!!!! excited to be a part of the Trashberg community :o)
Defector dot com got cocky and thought they didn't need a general manager. Now they've gone and lost out on a superstar free agent. Sell the team! But seriously, this is an instant subscribe. Best of luck, Ashley!
Dear Feinberg,
We want more blogs about wild teens.
Regards,
Everybody
"After years of complaining about how people who supported problematic companies were culpable, I've decided it's not that big of a problem as long as I'm compensated."
Stay away from the Jaffy beat, nothing there.
The New York Times and LA Times and WaPo etc. all decided to pay me money to get readers too. So did St Martin's. Because they thought they'd make money doing so. (And very soon Substack will be in the black on my deal, after less than one month.) And that's the real thing that's making people mad: writers they don't like have audiences and make money writing. Substack didn't do that. You can lament that people who aren't Twitter-approved have audiences, but if I wasn't making money here I'd be doing it somewhere else. So what's the difference if I'm doing it on Substack?