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Hi everyone,
Posting has been slow as I’ve been out of town helping family with a medical emergency.
In other news, Twitter has banned Disaffected’s account again. No reason given. No specific action cited. Just “you broke our rules.”
That’s it for us and Twitter. It is an abusive, Kafka-esque platform. It is pure Cluster B. We’re not going to cooperate with a digital abuser anymore. We’re not going to try to build an audience for the show just to have it all taken away (with no way to tell fans or followers) for the third time.
I’m betting the conversation here with all of you will be a lot more uplifting anyway!
This is going to make it harder to grow the show, of course. Kevin and I want to turn this show into something bigger, and something that pays our bills. It’s part of trying to get to being able to speak openly about what’s ailing our society while being able to work and get paid.
I can’t speak for Kevin on this, but I’m pretty much un-hirable in any mainstream field now.
That’s all a build-up to ask: Will you become a paid subscriber here on Substack? We’d really appreciate it.
Hey Josh,
I'm a social media manager, and I have a few pieces of advice to grow.
Given that you already do a well-produced show, I would focus on snappy 30-60s clips on TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts. Those are the quickest ways to grow a channel. I find that Instagram is less censorious than TikTok (shockingly), but YouTube Shorts could be easy since you're already putting in the effort there. If you put "#shorts" in the title of your YouTube video, Youtube will automatically classify it as a Short.
Also, use the YouTube community tab - Post your Substack links there and you'll definitely get subscribers who will cross over to this platform (and potentially pay). I found this worked well for an unwoke client I work with. Also, you'll probably want people to cross over to Substack as much as possible in case YouTube takes your channel.
I hope Disaffected can be a full-time job for you soon! Happy to answer questions about what I mentioned here.
thanks for giving me the kick in the pants that I've needed. I've wanted to subscribe for months. last night, I was listening to you while driving through my neighborhood, and I had this deep feeling of nostalgia. it came from hearing you speak the way that people used to speak. it was like finding shoreline. thank you for your boldness. I'm daring twitter to kick me off daily. it's a slow drip of poison to the psyche anyway. I wish we had another place, our place, like a local bar, where we could hang out and offer grace, you know, behave like decent humans and not feel like we're halfway through a really bad date, and we know where this is heading so let's just get on with the hard part. if you ever need a cat sitter, call me.