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Mark Dolan's avatar

Many Substacks, including my own, have begun to drift toward too long. Your content is ALWAYS concise and fact-filled. I've felt, for quite a while, that average folks cannot resist the shiny object (like ChatGPT). It seems likely DeepMind, especially as a merged entity, will remain the irresistible center of the AI/ML revolution.

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Dr. Nels Lindahl's avatar

Thank for for the kind words. I strive for clarity and brevity each week. You might have missed the one where I snuck in an entire book and hit the character limit for an email ;) 📨

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Mark Dolan's avatar

I strive to read all my subscriptions each week but am definitely near a limit. I am looking for ones to cull as I need to focus on my own Newsletter and all of my other joys and hobbies. Continued good luck Nels.

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Dr. Nels Lindahl's avatar

I find the same thing happens to me with podcasts. Each week I have time to listen to 4-5 podcasts. Sometimes one one of them gets culled out of the queue.

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Mark Dolan's avatar

Sometimes I skip one for a week also -- no big deal. I took some time away from Substack posting and took in a bit of Notes. It led to some conclusions. There are Substacks that I enjoy but they lead to SO MUCH BLOCKING of everything else b/c of their incessant marketing and FOMO I think by leaving them behind the overall experience will be better. It is much worse than the 80-20 rule, at least for me. In that way a bit like Twitter. My post this week is titled "The Loud Horn" hahaha. Now working with a handful of authors to focus on what we want to achieve between our reading and writing. My plan is to aggressively purge the subscribers who have no activity, whether reading, liking or commenting and focusing on the commited audience. I kinda get the most out of the comments anyhow. I am thinking 2-3 months of disinterest is sufficient for a pattern. I will be happier if I purge some subscribers and focus the content and engage with the readers in a cooperative way.

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