I’ve had a few people unsubscribe recently because of posts I’ve put out and I subsequently received notifications of disabled emails. That’s fair enough. But I’m also noticing that my subscriber count is mysteriously decreasing, even though I’m not getting notifications of disabled emails. How does that work then? It’s all too reminiscent of the bad old days of Twitter when my followers kept getting mysteriously culled; often when I would gain a follower or two, another couple would be bumped off, resulting in no net increase. I hope this is not the start of a trend on Substack.
These two screenshots are just minutes apart.
I had 375 when I logged on this morning. Two subscribers have disappeared. No disabled email notifications. Notice the 30 day views and 30 day open rates have changed suddenly too. My subscriber numbers are now heading slowly downwards. Perhaps there’s an innocent explanation for this . . . . or was it something I said?
Update:
Weird. It’s just gone back up to 374 immediately after publishing this post! No notification of any new subscribers.
Like the stock market subscribers go up and down. I don't worry about it myself. I am on WordPress too though so have two lots of figures to enjoy - or not!
How could a refuge for free exchange of ideas and information not be noticed by those who have the most to lose, from this type of activity. They will bend and poke at each and every pipe and mechanism of those platforms, counter to their desired single source of "Newspeak". They will hire and bribe their way towards that end. I am not sure that many institutions have the fortitude against these dark forces. Eventually they spring leaks and become rerouted towards the aims of the elitists. The leaks and changes are small at first then they all become a part of the same machine.
My, that was dark. It just seems to bubble up in me these days. I hope, I am wrong, but there is an obvious push towards limited hangouts for those of us who are sick and tired of the official lies. Keep up your spirits and good work. I wish I could support more people like yourself. Maybe at a later date, or, a different way.