I launched my Substacks with welcoming newsletters (bland Substack, spicy Substack), and mirabile dictu, someone subscribed to the spicier Substack! O frabjous day! Callooh, callay! But when I looked more closely, I saw that this genius had subscribed without paying. Hey, do what you want, pal, but I made it clear in my newsletter that the raunchier Substack was for paying subscribers only. Aside from that welcome letter, which was meant for the general public, everything else on the spicy site is paid content. Work on your reading comprehension, buddy. The only thing you're ever going to see, on that site, is the opening newsletter. If that's all you want, then okay, I guess.
Using Substack's internal features, I sent the guy a message. No response.
Of course, I don't want to be too judgmental: I've impatiently jumped the gun instead of reading carefully (or deeply) more times than I care to admit. But the average age of an Instapundit commenter is about 60 (I'm pretty sure this guy came from Instapundit), so this guy's old enough to have foggy vision. Or a foggy brain.
Anyway, here's a chart for the reading-impaired:
I think that's me! I'll send the payment shortly, I was scrolling in bed and didn't have my card handy. I've been reading you for years and I'm looking forward to your new format.
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Sorry, I sent that last one anonymously by mistake
ReplyDeleteAre you cfstick@yahoo.com? "Chuck"?
Delete(And yes, I'm aware you signed as "Scott." I had a roommate named Franklin who went by "Joe." So a nickname can have nothing to do with a real name.)
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