I feel your pain. It probably does take over 10K subscribers. In the late 90's I was making over $800 a week with around 400 subscribers, but I was paid per view. I'm not charging for the VRR. After this war I'll probably go write somewhere else and never fucking mention covid, vaccine, Fauci or anything related or maybe just bag writing all together.
Hey Rich. Totally understand where you are coming from. As someone who is on a very limited income, I wish I could be a paid subscriber to everyone I read here on Substack. But it's impossible. What I do from time to time is buy a coffee or give a tip to an author. I know it's not a lot, but you might consider putting a tip jar or something on your posts. Thanks for all you do to keep us abreast of things going on in NZ.
Good luck. From what I see income is more or less going to Big and Bigger names or shall we add hobby blogs for cooking knitting and candy. There is a vast middle ground of folks who may generate revenue but as Ray Horvath observed minimum wage pays more. I am going to ask for contributions at some point, but not make any effort to restrict readership otherwise. My first thought best thought posts are likely not as tasty as the pizza slice I contend against. :)
I feel your pain. It probably does take over 10K subscribers. In the late 90's I was making over $800 a week with around 400 subscribers, but I was paid per view. I'm not charging for the VRR. After this war I'll probably go write somewhere else and never fucking mention covid, vaccine, Fauci or anything related or maybe just bag writing all together.
Hey Rich. Totally understand where you are coming from. As someone who is on a very limited income, I wish I could be a paid subscriber to everyone I read here on Substack. But it's impossible. What I do from time to time is buy a coffee or give a tip to an author. I know it's not a lot, but you might consider putting a tip jar or something on your posts. Thanks for all you do to keep us abreast of things going on in NZ.
Good luck. From what I see income is more or less going to Big and Bigger names or shall we add hobby blogs for cooking knitting and candy. There is a vast middle ground of folks who may generate revenue but as Ray Horvath observed minimum wage pays more. I am going to ask for contributions at some point, but not make any effort to restrict readership otherwise. My first thought best thought posts are likely not as tasty as the pizza slice I contend against. :)
Sounds like a good plan.