The Sample

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[The Sample @the_sample_umm]

fyi, not that I post on this account anyway lololol

[Jacob O'Bryant @obryant666]

This isn't a huge sacrifice since I've never been much of a tweeter, but I think I'm gonna jump on the hasta-la-vista-twitter bandwagon. I'll be over at https://t.co/sWEKzSqerw, continuing to tinker with better ways of doing social media.

[The Sample @the_sample_umm]

@projectsbyparth @inboxreads noice

[Jacob O'Bryant @obryant666]

I made a hacker news comment about substack; here it is in blog form
https://t.co/sXF9L0sOHt

[Jacob O'Bryant @obryant666]

I wrote an Official Announcement Post for Yakread, the reader app I've been working on for the past three months.

It even has a Twitter integration!

https://t.co/cCX6lHDQjd

[Jacob O'Bryant @obryant666]

On second thought, I'm less optimistic that Discord could fill the role that Twitter has now. But still an interesting thought experiment!

https://t.co/QkTouUzIW4

[Jacob O'Bryant @obryant666]

All the cool people are here.

"I want it to be a place of collaboration for anyone interested in making the web a better place via tools for online speech; a space for both makers and early adopters"

https://t.co/nhPnwAPH0N

[The Sample @the_sample_umm]

@substack found an interesting tidbit in the CTA link for the updated recommendation emails. :)

[Jacob O'Bryant @obryant666]

https://t.co/GuIHoNx7Xk

[The Sample @the_sample_umm]

https://t.co/mYpwM17YPy

[The Sample @the_sample_umm]

omg now twitter is notification spamming me with my own tweets!

I live in hell

[Jacob O'Bryant @obryant666]

I did an interview about The Sample recently.

Just for the record, The Sample makes *up to* $3k/month (recently, less), and that's revenue not profit :).

https://t.co/7PiLgPpFA5

[Jacob O'Bryant @obryant666]

Some off-the-cuff thoughts about recreating a cross-platform version of Substack's recommendations, for RSS readers
https://t.co/dwNm3DHm08

[Jacob O'Bryant @obryant666]

All of Yakread's essential features are finished, including this spiffy landing page which I updated yesterday. It is the world's finest reading app. https://t.co/RbGiVZv1gF

[Josh Viner @joshdviner]

These consistent @beehiiv updates are incredible. Every couple weeks there seems to be another major addition to help creators grow their audience.

Highly recommend for anyone using another newsletter platform.

Kudos @denk_tweets 👏

[The Sample @the_sample_umm]

https://t.co/UKkLwS6IRc

[The Sample @the_sample_umm]

Great ideas here, wish I had thought of that

[Jacob O'Bryant @obryant666]

More Yakread stuff--turning it into The Sample++, sort of.
https://t.co/ngKbItqXmv

[The Sample @the_sample_umm]

So is KNN ;)

[Substack @Substack]

Psst! There’s a new reading experience waiting for you at https://t.co/B8Ii4Jmm00:

https://t.co/7cpx1MIsIF

Now you can read all your Substack subscriptions—and more—in a clean, simple, and fast web reader.

[The Sample @the_sample_umm]

Idle thought for @substack: it would be sweet if you could set the canonical tag on posts. Then people who publish elsewhere could still syndicate their posts to Substack and be read on the Substack app.

Downside if you did this: I would then suggest like 10 more things to do

[The Sample @the_sample_umm]

@TeodorHeggelund thank you

[The Sample @the_sample_umm]

I've made a helpful content algorithm update
the algorithm recommends content, and the update should be helpful
https://t.co/0PWtzYGA1K

[The Sample @the_sample_umm]

@noahedelman02 @beehiiv @wtfcrypto_ ;) just doin some 1-clicks

[The Sample @the_sample_umm]

Kudos to @beehiiv for making the recs unselected by default. I had to shut down my experiment with Substack recommendations because engagement from referred subs was super low and made cross-promo unfeasible. Lots of "I never signed up for this" in the unsubscribe feedback.

[The Sample @the_sample_umm]

New way to cross-promote with The Sample for those on Substack: just add https://t.co/mrAakE1DST to your recommendations! We'll try to send you back at least as many subs as you send us.