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Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

I "liked" this email and it showed up and brought me to the comments, so that much is working. Seems like Substack is definitely having issues.

Oh my, packing and moving, for any reason, is such a tedious and stressful thing. Take care.

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Bill Rice, Jr.'s avatar

You lost 1,000 subscribers in one day?! Good grief. That should not be possible. The "Spider Sense" of many Substack authors has us thinking "something is going on" with Substack and/or its payment processors or whoever handles the emails, etc.

I just saw I've added no new paid subscribers in the last 30 days. I don't think I've ever gone 30 days without adding at least one paid subscriber. A well-known Substack author who is a friend of mine, says he just lost eight paid subscribers (I think) in one day or one week.

My open rate has also plummeted. My articles used to be opened by 43 to 50 percent of my subscribers. Now my Open Rate is about 31 to 34 percent. The bottom line is my articles aren't being read by as many people as they used to be (or my growth rate has fallen off a cliff).

There are many possible explanations for this and maybe I'm just being paranoid ... or maybe "someone" is targetting "Contrarian" Substack authors.

P.S. I've also had issues with the "like" button and have heard other reports of this ... and I'm getting a lot more "disputes" and having to pay $15 dispute fees. (I haven't won a dispute either).

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