Why Every Other Social Media Platform Is Working Against You (And Notes Isn't)
The algorithm that actually wants you to grow and why the Notes Bootcamp doors close in 2 days
I was one of the first writers invited into Substack’s Product Lab to test Notes features before they went public.
I remember the moment I posted my first Note. No one cared. I was talking into the void. Hearing crickets.
But then a few months in sharing notes about my live as working mom with two kids in the house, working in the evening to make that part-time Online Writing Club working… my phone lit up with a notification I had never seen before.1
“Your Note Made You $112”
I was one of the first writers to report about this feature. To tell my community: something is happening here. Something different. Something worth paying attention to.
You could see exactly how much money your Note made you.
Not likes. Not re-stacks. Money.
For every writer building a side hustle beside their 9-to-5. For every retiree living on social security who wants to earn something from their words. For every mom at a kitchen table at 10pm who just needs to know it’s working. This changed everything.
And if you want to learn exactly how to make it work for you…