This Florida Gators championship team didn’t have anything easy along their path to the title — and they didn’t make things easy on themselves, either.
Here’s what I know about having a large platform on other social media sites.
NONE of them drive any traffic to Substack. None.
Less than 1% of my traffic comes from any social network.
You made it, you own it
You always own your intellectual property, mailing list, and subscriber payments. With full editorial control and no gatekeepers, you can do the work you most believe in.
Maybe it is the fact that Black Africa cannot get past its heritage of tribalism to move toward nationalism and the advantage of economy of scale. Colonial powers in the 1800s divided the continent like a pie, with no discussion of tribal allegiance. Today’s Africa has still not figured out who owns what.