<![CDATA[Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)?]]>Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? I’ve just spent about six weeks learning how to overcome all the obstacles they put in the way of leaving and would love to help. Let’s talk.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/3cffb7bd-1271-468e-8656-3e2619a7b2e3/do-you-have-a-substack-newsletter-that-you-wish-was-not-a-substack-newsletter-for-whatever-reasonRSS for NodeMon, 06 Apr 2026 23:23:04 GMTSun, 15 Mar 2026 23:48:47 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:40:40 GMT]]>@danslevin ty, I will look into this.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norden.social/users/ftranschel/statuses/116241258250921768https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norden.social/users/ftranschel/statuses/116241258250921768Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:40:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:16:36 GMT]]>@faduda I sorta did but my choices are not the same as everyone else's.

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The more obser­v­ant of you will have noticed that you got a dif­fer­ent look­ing email from last week – a test of a new deliv­ery ser­vice called Buttondown. Now, clearly...

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/danslevin/statuses/116241163647987041https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/danslevin/statuses/116241163647987041Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:16:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:37:12 GMT]]>@danslevin @GeekAndDad @heathercoxrichardson.substack.com Good to know... 99,999 subscribers is $4590/year so I imagine it's a fair bit above that. I wonder how much substack gets

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dxzdb/statuses/116240536832842859https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dxzdb/statuses/116240536832842859Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:37:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:06:54 GMT]]>@justin Looked at it but didn’t want the archives to be on another third party service when I have a self-hosted Wordpress site just sitting there. Considered self-hosting Ghost and that looked promising for a while but it was beyond my (and my server’s) capability.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/danslevin/statuses/116240417693072534https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/danslevin/statuses/116240417693072534Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:06:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:01:47 GMT]]>@lukeharby File formats, broken links, they make it hard to move a Stripe account from one service to another. Like unsubscribing from the NYTimes, you need to find a human who can override the bot. The hassle is what prevents people from moving.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/danslevin/statuses/116240397611602105https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/danslevin/statuses/116240397611602105Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:01:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:59:34 GMT]]>@ftranschel I brought my archives back to WP - a site I’ve had for 20 years - but finding an effective and affordable email delivery method took a while. Settled on Buttondown who will take input from the website’s RSS feed. I can write in WP, feed the post to BD and still edit or add content there before scheduling/sending.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/danslevin/statuses/116240388852531381https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/danslevin/statuses/116240388852531381Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:59:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:56:43 GMT]]>@dxzdb @GeekAndDad @heathercoxrichardson.substack.com Yes, at a cost. But that’s at the “bespoke quote” level of support. They don’t take 10% of the subscription though.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/danslevin/statuses/116240377645331173https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/danslevin/statuses/116240377645331173Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:56:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:55:15 GMT]]>@TanekRune@mstdn.ca If there’s an opportunity for me to earn some consultancy fees on specific sites, that would be cool but big picture advice is fo anybody who asks.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/danslevin/statuses/116240371893812872https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/danslevin/statuses/116240371893812872Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:55:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:54:25 GMT]]>@danslevin blog it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/faduda/statuses/116240368650706407https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/faduda/statuses/116240368650706407Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:54:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:34:23 GMT]]>@danslevin @GeekAndDad

👀 @heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

Can Buttondown handle ~2.8million subscribers of the above?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dxzdb/statuses/116239110209865336https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dxzdb/statuses/116239110209865336Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:34:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:59:01 GMT]]>@danslevin ALL OF THEM DAN, and thank you sir, you're doing a great service here 🙇‍♂️

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/codinghorror/statuses/116238499250327260https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/codinghorror/statuses/116238499250327260Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:59:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:41:39 GMT]]>@danslevin

Thank you for offering this.

I wish some newsletters that I'd really love to subscribe to felt a need to move out.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tldr.nettime.org/users/katzenberger/statuses/116238431010520803https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tldr.nettime.org/users/katzenberger/statuses/116238431010520803Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:41:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:20:27 GMT]]>@danslevin I am not on Substack (thank goodness...), but also unhappy with my WP stack. Any pointers where you went, why and how would be appreciated.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norden.social/users/ftranschel/statuses/116238347649541879https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://norden.social/users/ftranschel/statuses/116238347649541879Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:20:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:39:46 GMT]]>@danslevin do they have obstacles to try and prevent people leaving? What kind of obstacles?

I've never been on there, but some of my friends have.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/lukeharby/statuses/116238187660319132https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/lukeharby/statuses/116238187660319132Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:39:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:33:21 GMT]]>@danslevin I do not, but I love that you've done this. Thanks.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rgarner/statuses/116238162453799530https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rgarner/statuses/116238162453799530Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:33:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:44:25 GMT]]>@danslevin
Thank YOU for your service, Dan.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/116237498143815973https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Guillotine_Jones/statuses/116237498143815973Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:44:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:09:33 GMT]]>@danslevin I had a slightly different problem with them, I have never used them, but I started receiving a newsletter by email.

I complained to substack and mailgun abuse addresses, a week later received another one, so then in Postfix header_checks:

/^.*substack.*/ REJECT

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/hopeless/statuses/116237361055965627https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/hopeless/statuses/116237361055965627Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:09:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:17:04 GMT]]>@danslevin

Congratulations!

Let us know if you would like any help in promoting your new home on Buttondown...

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/mastodonmigration/statuses/116237154698964345https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/mastodonmigration/statuses/116237154698964345Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:17:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:10:44 GMT]]>@danslevin
Are you looking at Ghost?

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Migrate from Substack and import your content to Ghost with this guide

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.tacoma.community/users/justin/statuses/116237129801538996https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.tacoma.community/users/justin/statuses/116237129801538996Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:10:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:54:16 GMT]]>@RedRobyn Good point. Fixed now.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/danslevin/statuses/116236121284865667https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/danslevin/statuses/116236121284865667Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:54:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:58:06 GMT]]>@danslevin is there an update to your profile coming soon?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/RedRobyn/statuses/116235900463418984https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/RedRobyn/statuses/116235900463418984Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:58:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? on Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:56:31 GMT]]>@danslevin well done!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/exlibrarykris/statuses/116235894218771048https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/exlibrarykris/statuses/116235894218771048Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:56:31 GMT