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I thought it was very well-written! And I'm so happy to be on Substack. I blogged in the glory days of blogging, and Substack reminds me of them. So I totally agree that the best thing about it is the connections we make!

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The reader and the inbox remind me of the best product Google ever abandoned, the Google Reader with a bit of promotion mixed in. Thanks again.

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Oh man, I loved the Google Reader so much! I've never found anything as useful since they ditched it.

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I am a retired engineer & tech guy. Google Reader and Google Desktop were the killer apps of all time! I think in the next year or so Google will become a bit more like Apple and start putting things behind a paywall at least on iOS. I wish they would bring those two products back as nothing has been able to fill the gap and it has probably been over five years now!!!

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This is a wonderful post. I am leaving it open so I can come back and read it more carefully, but you are great at research and distilling facts. Good stuff!

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What a kind comment. This was from my early days of writing when I wasn't quite sure what to write about. I got guidance from the leader of a creative writing group I had joined to write about stuff you know something about and that you feel strongly about. I have ALREADY joined TUMBLR and think the prompts are great! Far and away the best thing about Substack IMO is the people you might meet in the comments!

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