A Quick Question — Help Me Think This Through
a poll
Most Substack advice says pick a lane and stay in it. I’ve been ignoring that.
I run two threads here.
The main one is what I started this for — the church, its intersection with culture, lessons from a lifetime of church planting and missional practice.
The second is “4 Things in the Life…” — a weekly personal journal. Music, poetry, family, whatever is on my mind. It’s more personal, occasionally overlaps with the first thread, but mostly just wanders where it wants to. (If you aren’t sure what the 4 Things postings are, see the one just before this one)
I enjoy writing both. But I wonder if the algorithm doesn’t know what to do with me — and whether that’s limiting how many people find the writing I started Substack for in the first place.
So I’m asking you directly — what should I do with “4 Things”?
I am not married to any particular approach. I just want to make the site as readable and discoverable as possible.
Thanks in advance!
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I like lists . . . and insight into what you're up to. :-)
Now that I think of it. The 4 things could be folded into your normal stuff and maybe tagged so folks could retrieve it if they wanted to? I dunno. I have similar questions. I'm doing a similar thing with my photography and often wonder if the separate lanes help or hurt readership. Then I also think, "nobody wants to read the thoughts of an old fart who still believes in Jesus, the church, and justice anyway!" Regardless, I read most of your stuff.