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Anne Kadet's avatar

So funny that the majority in both cases said it really does not matter. Good to know!

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Mike Engle's avatar

I like a post a day, and I like regularity in its publishing. Morning noon or night I don’t care at all, nor weekday vs weekend. If it’s multiple posts a day, that’s where I start to lose things

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Adam Cederblom's avatar

Really, as soon as you posted the BOMP story, you went straight to the top of my to-read pile. Or perhaps I should say that everybody else got bomped. Whenever you post, I’ll be here.

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Brian Helfrich's avatar

I've set my email software to automatically sort most emails into distinct folders. A new email in the folder makes the folder name go BOLD

So it's easy to consume immediately or after getting a Manhattan.

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Joe M's avatar

Just keep writing. I’ll keep reading.

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Bob Andrews's avatar

I clicked on Weekday and mornings but TBH I usually just check IC as part of my morning coffee routine and if there is something new posted I read it or throw the url on my bookmark bar as a reminder to read it later.

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David K. Tarr's avatar

Whenever is convenient for you is good for me! I thoroughly enjoy your content whenever I see it.

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Jo Zwiep's avatar

This is how I feel as well. That's something I like about the posts being emailed; I can read them whenever I get the chance and leave them "unread" if necessary so I know I haven't gotten to one yet.

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Tom Krish's avatar

I prefer Substack newsletters (all of them, not just yours) to be published on weekday mornings, because the comment section is more livelier. Fun to check in throughout the day.

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jabster's avatar

The biggest challenge is that EVERYTHING is paywalled. I can't get enough of a free sample to see if I like your Substack enough to pay for it.

The Substacks that I am paying for (about 5 of them) put about 1/3 or 1/4 of their content in front of their paywall, and that's how I got to liking them.

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Paul Lukas's avatar

The first month of IC content was not paywalled and remains freely available to all in the archive. Enjoy!

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Jeff Bramhall's avatar

I only read IC through the substack app, so publishing schedule doesn’t matter to me much. I’m genuinely enjoying the ride.

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PTW's avatar

I got used to reading UW daily on the train during my commute. I have found though I am reading IC more in the evening as I wind down. I also catch up on the weekends as I scroll through the app.

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Sean R.'s avatar

I'm in the "It doesn't matter to me" camp. I read the posts when I have a chance and the email doesn't really bother me. As far as I'm concerned, keep doing what you're doing.

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Frank Seitz's avatar

I enjoy the email letting me know that I have a new IC to read but I always go to Substack to read it at my leisure.

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Marianna Busching's avatar

Someone mentioned that time zones are funny, and since I just returned to Baltimore from Oregon, boy, do I agree! So although I checked "weekdays," it really doesn't matter to me. I'll get around to looking at them and enjoy them.

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Groovymarlin's avatar

Honestly, I kind of enjoy the "surprise!" aspect of not being sure when a post will land. If I don't have time to read it at that moment, I save it in my inbox until I do.

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Ed Zelaski's avatar

Just chiming in that I like the surprise part of it as well. It's always nice to see that notification that there's something new, no matter how long or how short.

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William F. Yurasko's avatar

I also like the "surprise" aspect.

I'm still regularly checking your <em>past project</em> at regular intervals, so it's nice to have something more spontaneous.

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Adam Gerard's avatar

I came here to add a comment and realized this is 100% how I feel as well. Always a nice surprise in my Inbox, and an email I always take time to read whether it's right then or later.

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Brian Eickholt's avatar

It is kind of you to ask. I have started to use the emails as a notification to check the Substack app because the images may or may not show properly in the email but the article in the Substack app does not have that issue.

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