I appreciate this post because I did not know who you were or how you came to write all of these very informative posts. I just know that somehow I ended up signing up for your newsletter. Knowing your background and the fact that you were forced out of our job, I am happy to subscribe. I hope this Substack allows you to make a living without having to compromise your health or your values.
I don't think I'm a paid subscriber, but I will pay and when I do, I have no problem with you sharing all the information with everyone. I'm glad I have the means to do so, yet there were many years when I was young, that was not the case. My husband and I have recently talked about how we have what we need (roof over our heads, food, reliable transportation and health insurance) All of these could be "nicer" but not necessary. We decided to start spending money to give back where we can and trust that God will provide.
Your research, articles and posts are appreciated much more than you realize. Thank you for your time and for the FREEDOM of information that you provide free for many that NEED to know. Yes, we are 'done' with CoViD (I hate that word) but as much as we'd like to forget the last 2 years, we must NEVER FORGET what this corrupt gov't attempted to do, did, and continue to do (CA is still mandating injections for children) with their forced injection mandates. "They" are not done and WE must never want our comfort level to be disrupted to the point of ALLOWING "them" to continue with their agenda. The damage that "they" have done to millions of people is astonishing; and their wealth grew exponentially in relation to the sickness and deaths that THEY are responsible for. We mustn't forget that. Thank you, again...you are wise beyond your years.
Feb 26, 2022Ā·edited Feb 26, 2022Liked by Modern Discontent
Hi. I just discovered your substack and signed up. I started my own substack mid-August also.
I have been around the Internet for a very long time and even have a website www.algebra.com that makes me decent money. I was almost elected USENET Troll of the Year 1996, but the election was cancelled due to harassment of the vote counter. Just saying that I have been around.
It has been my experience that trying to be a "content provider", whether a tiktok influencer, substacker, youtube star etc, is extremely difficult and draining if the objective is making money. Competition is enormously brutal with top 20 persons receiving most revenues and the top 20 constantly keeps changing so the top 20 persons are the most stressed.
Therefore, I decided to keep my Substack a part time endeavour and to NOT charge any money. This gets more subscribers and turns off my concerns about revenue. I get exactly $0.00 from my substack posts. While this makes me no money, it also frees me from worrying.
I actually own a realspace business so I do not have much time writing substack posts and just post things when I have some ideas and time.
You are clearly a very smart guy who has the benefit of specialized scientific knowledge, who writes very well thought out posts and I am looking to reading your future posts. But yes, in my opinion substack is best when it is done part time without the money objective.
Look at the decline of a popular substacker who appears on Fox News occasionally, who has a huge substack and is now slacking with low effort cell phone screenshots passing for "articles". Yes he is making money, but what about his readers? Are they getting value?
In addition, I think that your audience would increase if you do a few things such as self promote yourself ethically on twitter, and also from mixing textual with visual information. I would hate it if a thinking and intelligent person like you decided to stop sharing your thoughts.
I think for many it is both an appreciation for what you do, and a desire to do more to help you be successful in your transition to a developing a new business. Few businesses become a success without the help and support of others that care either about the person or contribution the business is making to the community. Please continue to let us know of your successes and failures. Both serve to encourage others. I have shared your articles with others and they are always well received.
Wish Iād subscribed sooner. I really respect your posts, and more so as I learn āyour story.ā I hope many others step up and show their appreciation. Best wishes for your continuing Substack writings. They matter.
Dear Modern Discontent, I started replying in appreciation to Brian's Mowrey's recent article on a report of mRNA quasi-vaccine RNA having its information copied into human DNA: https://unglossed.substack.com/p/shaky-dna-integration-study . However, what I wrote rambled on into an appreciation of Substack's excellent ability to support the rapid, timely, pertinent, detailed scientific discussion you and Brian write.
If I have a paid subscription to someone's Substack, as I do for yours, I do so to support the author in general, and in particular their efforts to provide useful information for all those who want to read it, irrespective of whether they are paid subscribers or not.
The "exclusive extras for paid subscribers" surely works for many Substacks, but I _imagine_ that most people who have the curiosity and time to read your the extensive, timely, detailed, analyses would think the way I do.
I also guess it would be difficult to turn this work into a business which generates a reliable and substantial enough income to live from, or with which to to support a family. At some large scale it would work. In time, maybe enough researchophiles will find you to make this possible.
I have no paid subscription option. This is in part because I can't be sure I will be writing regularly or substantially. I think that if you present the subscription option as a way of showing appreciation and supporting your efforts, rather than a fee for service, many people will support you as best they can, without expecting you to keep up the recent extraordinary pace of research and writing.
I think you do this already, so I don't think you need to fuss over marketing your paid subscription option. I don't know to what extent Substack supports reader chosen payments, but if it doesn't, some kind of Patreon like account might be useful if you can find one that is not fussy about "disinformation". Brian uses ko-fi.comhttps://unglossed.substack.com/p/february-donation-drive and has occasional drives, so this is not a constant part of his writing.
Please do write about other matters. Mathew Crawford https://roundingtheearth.substack.com sometimes pursues what might seem like tangents to his COVID-19 analysis, including musical tangents. But who am I, or anyone else, to characterize these as "tangents"? If it is central or linked to Mathew's passions, there's a reasonable chance it will be of interest to his readers, even though they tuned in initially for something else.
Thank you for this post - I am more than grateful for the opportunity to support your work. I would highly suggest that Substack readers consider supporting the "little" guys over the big guys - I know I am in the process of changing around my subscriptions!
Thank you also for being candid with your readers. I am quite sympathetic to anyone who lost or faces losing their jobs due to mandates (I seem to have evaded that fate, but am not 100% out of the woods over the required booster - I did cave on the original vax). It is absolute BS to treat employees this way - firing people who have dedicated their whole lives to a career, not to mention the time, energy and cost of schooling (but let's face it, logic hasn't prevailed over the past 2 years). I also work in the science field and am absolutely dumb-founded at the garbage my colleagues believe and espouse. I can not blame you AT ALL for feeling jaded by science.
Finally, thank you for opening my eyes to the absolute need to understand what is happening in your body when you take these medications. I had never considered this much and would probably have totally blindly listened to my doctor's advice in the past. I cannot even imagine how much work you have put into these posts - many of them take me a long time to read through! I really hope you find your niche because, like another reader commented, what you are doing matters!
Many of us in my generation lack an understanding of how paywalls work or how monetization works. Most of us do value quality craft no matter the substance and know it to be of monetary worth. The honor system is in play here as it is in roadside fruit stands as these posts are the fruits of your labor. Find a way to promote that.
After two years, it remains unclear whether substack is essentially another content generation pyramid scheme like youtube. I am sorry to hear that you are nearing the end of your grace period and sorry I only found your page so late!
Aside from celebrity accounts (ie those who had large followings elsewhere) substack seems to incentivize growth via regurgitation of successful content - that's what makes up all the big non-celebrity accounts even in the Covid vaccine skepticism space, and this is a dead-end because attrition will win out in the end. But the middle ground of "grow-with-diverse-content" is still there, though it seems to lack any magic formula besides being someone the bigger accounts like to promote or not, because again the user base is very recruit-biased over retention-biased and users end up with their attention and financial budgets both maxxed out quickly, so it all goes to whoever they find first, which biases "big>linked by big" over "published a post offering great analysis in an area no one was even paying attention to yet" as with your essay yesterday... It's a tough biz
Reading what you have gone through helps getting to know you better and I greatly appreciate all the very informative articles you have written. Thank you for doing that. I have learned a lot about information I have been looking for and I am so glad to have found you. Thank you again.
Your work is valuable. I'm a retired RN. I have followed the C-19 story closely from the very beginning. In all my 50 yrs of nursing, the medical/nursing community has always looked for ways to treat problems -the earlier the better. Then we looked for ways to prevent them; medical problems as well as injuries. In Dec 2019, I found the FLCCC.net and two other sources discussing treatment and prevention. Since then, I have worked without pay to help people stay well or get well quickly. I tell you that so to say I know the joy of the accomplishment is payment unto itself; the knowledge that lives/livelihoods/health can be saved; your work and mine. However, it is valuable work that must carry on way into the future. As such you would do well to sustain your work for the rest of us by finding a way to remind your readers of that value. Dr. Been Sayed has found a way to do so in a friendly, kind way. You must, too, if you wish to continue this work. Those of us who are accustomed to a paycheck find it awkward to ask for reimbursement but find your way.
Thank you so much for this honest and open post. You seem like a very honorable person. š It's been obvious to me that many of your posts take days to write. I appreciate your work so much! I lost my job because of the mandate as well, so funds are tight for me too. I hope you get enough subscribers to stay on. š
I appreciate this post because I did not know who you were or how you came to write all of these very informative posts. I just know that somehow I ended up signing up for your newsletter. Knowing your background and the fact that you were forced out of our job, I am happy to subscribe. I hope this Substack allows you to make a living without having to compromise your health or your values.
I don't think I'm a paid subscriber, but I will pay and when I do, I have no problem with you sharing all the information with everyone. I'm glad I have the means to do so, yet there were many years when I was young, that was not the case. My husband and I have recently talked about how we have what we need (roof over our heads, food, reliable transportation and health insurance) All of these could be "nicer" but not necessary. We decided to start spending money to give back where we can and trust that God will provide.
I just sent you $50. You better stop thinking about quitin"! LOL.
Your research, articles and posts are appreciated much more than you realize. Thank you for your time and for the FREEDOM of information that you provide free for many that NEED to know. Yes, we are 'done' with CoViD (I hate that word) but as much as we'd like to forget the last 2 years, we must NEVER FORGET what this corrupt gov't attempted to do, did, and continue to do (CA is still mandating injections for children) with their forced injection mandates. "They" are not done and WE must never want our comfort level to be disrupted to the point of ALLOWING "them" to continue with their agenda. The damage that "they" have done to millions of people is astonishing; and their wealth grew exponentially in relation to the sickness and deaths that THEY are responsible for. We mustn't forget that. Thank you, again...you are wise beyond your years.
Hi. I just discovered your substack and signed up. I started my own substack mid-August also.
I have been around the Internet for a very long time and even have a website www.algebra.com that makes me decent money. I was almost elected USENET Troll of the Year 1996, but the election was cancelled due to harassment of the vote counter. Just saying that I have been around.
It has been my experience that trying to be a "content provider", whether a tiktok influencer, substacker, youtube star etc, is extremely difficult and draining if the objective is making money. Competition is enormously brutal with top 20 persons receiving most revenues and the top 20 constantly keeps changing so the top 20 persons are the most stressed.
Therefore, I decided to keep my Substack a part time endeavour and to NOT charge any money. This gets more subscribers and turns off my concerns about revenue. I get exactly $0.00 from my substack posts. While this makes me no money, it also frees me from worrying.
I actually own a realspace business so I do not have much time writing substack posts and just post things when I have some ideas and time.
You are clearly a very smart guy who has the benefit of specialized scientific knowledge, who writes very well thought out posts and I am looking to reading your future posts. But yes, in my opinion substack is best when it is done part time without the money objective.
Look at the decline of a popular substacker who appears on Fox News occasionally, who has a huge substack and is now slacking with low effort cell phone screenshots passing for "articles". Yes he is making money, but what about his readers? Are they getting value?
In addition, I think that your audience would increase if you do a few things such as self promote yourself ethically on twitter, and also from mixing textual with visual information. I would hate it if a thinking and intelligent person like you decided to stop sharing your thoughts.
Please stick around.
I think for many it is both an appreciation for what you do, and a desire to do more to help you be successful in your transition to a developing a new business. Few businesses become a success without the help and support of others that care either about the person or contribution the business is making to the community. Please continue to let us know of your successes and failures. Both serve to encourage others. I have shared your articles with others and they are always well received.
Wish Iād subscribed sooner. I really respect your posts, and more so as I learn āyour story.ā I hope many others step up and show their appreciation. Best wishes for your continuing Substack writings. They matter.
Dear Modern Discontent, I started replying in appreciation to Brian's Mowrey's recent article on a report of mRNA quasi-vaccine RNA having its information copied into human DNA: https://unglossed.substack.com/p/shaky-dna-integration-study . However, what I wrote rambled on into an appreciation of Substack's excellent ability to support the rapid, timely, pertinent, detailed scientific discussion you and Brian write.
My reply was excessive for the context, so I turned it into an article: https://nutritionmatters.substack.com/p/substack-supports-extraordinarily .
If I have a paid subscription to someone's Substack, as I do for yours, I do so to support the author in general, and in particular their efforts to provide useful information for all those who want to read it, irrespective of whether they are paid subscribers or not.
The "exclusive extras for paid subscribers" surely works for many Substacks, but I _imagine_ that most people who have the curiosity and time to read your the extensive, timely, detailed, analyses would think the way I do.
I also guess it would be difficult to turn this work into a business which generates a reliable and substantial enough income to live from, or with which to to support a family. At some large scale it would work. In time, maybe enough researchophiles will find you to make this possible.
I have no paid subscription option. This is in part because I can't be sure I will be writing regularly or substantially. I think that if you present the subscription option as a way of showing appreciation and supporting your efforts, rather than a fee for service, many people will support you as best they can, without expecting you to keep up the recent extraordinary pace of research and writing.
I think you do this already, so I don't think you need to fuss over marketing your paid subscription option. I don't know to what extent Substack supports reader chosen payments, but if it doesn't, some kind of Patreon like account might be useful if you can find one that is not fussy about "disinformation". Brian uses ko-fi.com https://unglossed.substack.com/p/february-donation-drive and has occasional drives, so this is not a constant part of his writing.
Please do write about other matters. Mathew Crawford https://roundingtheearth.substack.com sometimes pursues what might seem like tangents to his COVID-19 analysis, including musical tangents. But who am I, or anyone else, to characterize these as "tangents"? If it is central or linked to Mathew's passions, there's a reasonable chance it will be of interest to his readers, even though they tuned in initially for something else.
Thank you for this post - I am more than grateful for the opportunity to support your work. I would highly suggest that Substack readers consider supporting the "little" guys over the big guys - I know I am in the process of changing around my subscriptions!
Thank you also for being candid with your readers. I am quite sympathetic to anyone who lost or faces losing their jobs due to mandates (I seem to have evaded that fate, but am not 100% out of the woods over the required booster - I did cave on the original vax). It is absolute BS to treat employees this way - firing people who have dedicated their whole lives to a career, not to mention the time, energy and cost of schooling (but let's face it, logic hasn't prevailed over the past 2 years). I also work in the science field and am absolutely dumb-founded at the garbage my colleagues believe and espouse. I can not blame you AT ALL for feeling jaded by science.
Finally, thank you for opening my eyes to the absolute need to understand what is happening in your body when you take these medications. I had never considered this much and would probably have totally blindly listened to my doctor's advice in the past. I cannot even imagine how much work you have put into these posts - many of them take me a long time to read through! I really hope you find your niche because, like another reader commented, what you are doing matters!
Many of us in my generation lack an understanding of how paywalls work or how monetization works. Most of us do value quality craft no matter the substance and know it to be of monetary worth. The honor system is in play here as it is in roadside fruit stands as these posts are the fruits of your labor. Find a way to promote that.
After two years, it remains unclear whether substack is essentially another content generation pyramid scheme like youtube. I am sorry to hear that you are nearing the end of your grace period and sorry I only found your page so late!
Aside from celebrity accounts (ie those who had large followings elsewhere) substack seems to incentivize growth via regurgitation of successful content - that's what makes up all the big non-celebrity accounts even in the Covid vaccine skepticism space, and this is a dead-end because attrition will win out in the end. But the middle ground of "grow-with-diverse-content" is still there, though it seems to lack any magic formula besides being someone the bigger accounts like to promote or not, because again the user base is very recruit-biased over retention-biased and users end up with their attention and financial budgets both maxxed out quickly, so it all goes to whoever they find first, which biases "big>linked by big" over "published a post offering great analysis in an area no one was even paying attention to yet" as with your essay yesterday... It's a tough biz
Reading what you have gone through helps getting to know you better and I greatly appreciate all the very informative articles you have written. Thank you for doing that. I have learned a lot about information I have been looking for and I am so glad to have found you. Thank you again.
Your work is valuable. I'm a retired RN. I have followed the C-19 story closely from the very beginning. In all my 50 yrs of nursing, the medical/nursing community has always looked for ways to treat problems -the earlier the better. Then we looked for ways to prevent them; medical problems as well as injuries. In Dec 2019, I found the FLCCC.net and two other sources discussing treatment and prevention. Since then, I have worked without pay to help people stay well or get well quickly. I tell you that so to say I know the joy of the accomplishment is payment unto itself; the knowledge that lives/livelihoods/health can be saved; your work and mine. However, it is valuable work that must carry on way into the future. As such you would do well to sustain your work for the rest of us by finding a way to remind your readers of that value. Dr. Been Sayed has found a way to do so in a friendly, kind way. You must, too, if you wish to continue this work. Those of us who are accustomed to a paycheck find it awkward to ask for reimbursement but find your way.
Thank you so much for this honest and open post. You seem like a very honorable person. š It's been obvious to me that many of your posts take days to write. I appreciate your work so much! I lost my job because of the mandate as well, so funds are tight for me too. I hope you get enough subscribers to stay on. š
Hi. Do you want to help me with genetic analysis for an article I want to write? My offer is here
https://twitter.com/ichudov/status/1497767825896878083
Wow! Just updated my subscription to paid. Your work and research are appreciated and valued.