Checkmate on Twitter: Notes Has Arrived
A great space to connect, right here on Substack.
I just published my first few notes on Substack Notes, and would love for you to join me there.
Notes is a new space on Substack for us to share links, quick thoughts, quotes, photos, and more. It’s like Twitter but without the anxiety-inducing Elon Muskery of it all. Where Chat is a great place to start a thread to talk about a specific topic with our immediate community, the new Notes feature feels like an emerging online playground where all authors and readers can interact with each other through sharing our favorite posts, discussing which writers and thinkers we’re reading, and shouting from the rooftops about how much we love our community here. I plan to use it for things that don’t fit in the usual Listening in the Dark newsletter, like works-in-progress, questions, and sharing the work of others. It’s a great place to engage with other Stackers (is that what we’re calling ourselves?) on the go.
How to view and post Notes
Head to substack.com/notes on the web or find the “Notes” tab in the Substack app. As a member of the Listening in the Dark community, you’ll automatically see my notes in your “subscribed” notes feed. Feel free to like, reply, and share them around!
What I love most of all about Notes is that it’s not just for creators of newsletters like me; anyone can post a note or restack (aka share) the work of someone else. That means YOU!
I hope this becomes a space where every reader here in our community can engage by exchanging thoughts, ideas, quotes and posts—anything you love or feel inspired by—from the things we're all reading on Substack and beyond.
See you in Notes! And see you next week for more exciting poetry prompts and interviews.
If you encounter any issues, you can always refer to the Notes FAQ for assistance. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Looking very much forward to the posts!
I may have said this before, and if so, I apologize for the repeat post. I walked away from Twitter right after the self-proclaimed "Chief Twit" allowed professional Jew-hater Andrew Anglin back on to the site (for reasons that need not be recited here, that one hit particularly hard). I am so, so happy that Substack may be trying to recreate some of the community that Musk did his best to destroy. In fact, this could be so much better, because at least in theory, it "SHOULD" be easier to keep the trolls out.
I look forward to interacting with you more on the new platform.
While I like Notes so far, I think it’s too early to say that it doesn’t have the problems that Twitter has. The platform has only existed for like 9 days. I’m sure Twitter was just as nice as Notes is now after 9 days of existence.
I’m reserving judgment until later.