The Wisdom of Silence in the Age of Online Writing

The peril and promise of Substack Notes and other social media

A week ago, Substack launched its new “Notes” feature, which you may have heard about, including from me. As the company’s first foray into social media-style interactions, Notes is a kind of Substackified rival to Twitter. I have been using it for several days now and rather enjoying it, since, as a writer with a newsletter on Substack, it enables me to share short ideas, quotes, links, etc., that wouldn’t add up to a full newsletter...