If Substack is perfect for your needs then use that. Your problem with substack prolly isn't who else uses it, but rather, that you yourself are calling a proprietary, privacy disrespecting deprecated monolithic silo a "Perfect solution".
Instead of doing what's right, and for the right reasons, you eschew dogfooding on #FOSS when you should be championing it, and call a professional data mining haven perfect, when it is anything but.
Well, you're already on the Fediverse, so you should know better, but I'll dispense with the lecture now and point out a few good FOSS solutions that are Fediverse powered (and one that isn't, but still rocks as a publishing platform) for you:
Option #1, #WriteFreely, which you can find over at its git repo under https://gitHub.com/writefreely/writefreely.
Option #2, deploy yourself a #WordPress site, Then install the #ActivityPub plugin - the latest release publishes into the Fediverse and allows any Fediverse account to reply/comment threads natively - like I'm responding now. It also allows anyone on the Internet to join the discussions as well. WordPress has many options for subscriber lists, Etc., as well as #paywalled#digital_downloads, if you like.
Option #3, #Mitra is a Fediverse publishing platform that currently supports paid subscriptions for Authors: https://mitra.fediverse.observer/list - pick one that has open registrations or self-host yourself, like all of the other solutions here :)
If you're really talking about maintaining subscribers lists, but especially Having a subscriber list and building it up, then most ignorant folks would recommend HubSpot - but they would be wrong, because you can get the same powerful inbound marketing solution / #CRM, only better, for #FREE (That's a bare minimum savings of over $500/month)!!! So install #Mautic and let it do what it does, which you can get here: https://www.mautic.org/download/source-code and then after that, use it in conjunction with the following FOSS application that was tailor made for exactly what you're asking for...
#Ghost is FOSS, and in conjunction with an inbound marketing platform like Mautic is the perfect dynamic duo - like Batman and Robin. But even better, is that I'm going to point you towards a #HowTo that is an actual cookbook #tutorial written by someone expressing the same lamentations as yourself, and here's the exact solution they've provided for you:
By the way, your Mautic server also integrates directly with#MailGun (or Sendgrid, SendinBlue, SparkPost, etc.) to complete your transactional email system that will tell you when each and every recipient received, viewed (and or how long) your emails, as well as how many times they looked at those emails, with a bunch of other tools as well.
I hope that helps, and I'm very glad that you came to your senses about not using a privacy disrespecting, proprietary closed source solution like Substack - besides, registering your own domain name would have hidden the fact that you were using substack anyway, so it's about YOU doing the right thing the right way. Please choose your software in the future based upon the freedoms and ethics it offers in serving you and your customers. There's evil people everywhere, and the smart ones are using FOSS too - not substack.
In 2009, @lego and #Japanese retailer Muji collaborated to create innovative building sets that combined basic #LEGO bricks with Muji’s minimalist #design principles. Despite the concept failing to gain popularity, the team at Studio Playfool in #Japan has revived the idea, creating fun and unusual combinations of LEGO and paper using a hole punch and a template. 🧱📄🤖
I've written a #blog post on how to integrate #Fediverse /#Mastodon#comments with a #Zola#website. It's taken me some time to get everything working in terms of style and semantics but in the end it really wasn't that hard at all. Happy to present to you my #howto post:
As a photographer who has conducted successful and popular workshops, I am frequently approached for tips on photography in Venice. This majestic city, floating on water, is a haven for photographers. With its meandering canals and historic buildings providing a backdrop like no other, Venice is unparalleled in its photographic appeal. This guide is crafted to assist photographers of every skill level. https://www.msecchi.com/journal/capturing-the-timeless-beauty-of-venice-a-photographers-guide
I see these lists all the time and they always piss me off. Train yourself in the dominant ideology! Despite some of the titles, do NOT think critically about your society! Work, act, and think like a good, aspiring (if temporarily embarrassed) capitalist! Be more selfish! Cultivate traditional masculine virtues!
If there is anything out there on the interwebs that could fairly be characterized as:
The Absolute Idiot's Guide To Video Editing, And How To Teach An Old Dog To Do It When He Has Never Done Anything Like It, Preferably Using Best-In-Class FOSS Software Tools Which Are Herein Handily Identified For His Convenience
... it would benefit me for such resources to be made known.
Thank you!
(Boosts for a wider lazyweb search highly appreciated)
🧵 1/2 Day23 #ArtAdventCalendar For me, #art starts in #nature, the greatest artist ever. With visual art, I can only use my #senses, observe, feel, recognise or create analogies and connections. It starts with an inspiring coincidence: 2 stones from a resting place with the dog. Leaves. The objects begin to speak. Stone structures and leaf patterns tell stories.
Can anyone point me to instructions for viewing a specific instance, e.g. mastodon.world? Is it possible to have a live feed to other instances? #mastodon#howto#mastodonhelp
How to: Mastodon-Instanzen datenschutzkonform betreiben. Dazu gibt es jetzt einen Leitfaden zum herunterladen und ebenfalls in drei Tagen ein Webinar. Termin: Donnerstag, 14.12.2023, 17:00 Uhr. 👇
Weird Idea: Would it make sense to create an audio version of this repair zine?
I think I'd like this project's accessibility to go beyond aesthetics and the printed word. I don't want to assume that just because you need a screen reader that you can't install an SSD into your laptop, or can't add thermal paste to your CPU
Sight challenged folks, I'd like to hear from you!
Any Mastodon/Mailchimp aficionado’s on here? Wanting to add a Mastodon icon to the footer of our Mailchimp newletters. Currently only seeing Twitter but no Mastodon. Perhaps not possibleyet?
Learn how to decorate #winter-themed #cookies using royal icing with The Graceful Baker. In the #video you'll see different icing consistencies and techniques like creating cracked textures and pulling patterns through wet icing. 🍪⛄️🐻❄️❄️