I love both Twitter and Substack

First posted to Twitter:

Last week Twitter blocked links to SubstackInc and for a few days we couldn’t post, like, or even view Substack content.

Things seem on their way back to normal now.

The ban was probably related to Notes, the new Twitter-like feature of Substack.

Notes was launched yesterday and is now available to all Substack users.

I’ve been testing Notes and I’m pleased with the result so far. I can post long notes and replies with images and links, and I can edit notes and replies via the web interface (not yet via the Substack app, which would be a nice feature to add). Notes has the essential features, and I’m sure new features will be added as time goes by.

My first Substack note: “I’ll start using Notes to see how it works and how I can best use it. Initially my Notes feed will overlap with my Twitter feed, but I guess a way to differentiate them will emerge. As Rumi said, as soon as you start walking, the Way appears.”

I was saddened by the war between Twitter and Substack, because Twitter and Substack are my favorite networks. I’m also on Facebook, Instagram and Linkedin, but I don’t use those much. I don’t plan to start using other conventional social networks, but I want to experiment with decentralized social networks, and I can’t wait to try bluesky.

My website turingchurch dot com runs on Substack. There I post writings, podcasts and videos related to my main interests, which are: highly imaginative metafysikal ideas that are compatible with science on the one hand, and with religion on the other hand, including theories of afterlife; and space philosophy, advocacy of spaceflight and human space expansion. The two are linked: when we are farther ahead on the sacred road to the stars, we’ll make all the promises of religion come true. But there’s a finite window of opportunity to become a multi-planetary humanity, so we’d better hurry the f# up.

I love Substack! I used to run turingchurch dot com on Medium, but I switched to Substack because I like it more. For example I love Substack’s minimalist design and business model.

I’m using Twitter a lot and I subscribed to Twitter Blue. Why? Because I want to be part of Elon Musk’s quest to make humanity multi-planetary. Elon is my Capt’n of Spaceship Earth, and I’ll follow him to hell, or at least to Mars.

But this doesn’t mean that I don’t call BS when Elon does BS. On the contrary, I think this is my duty as a loyal crew member of Spaceship Earth en route to Mars and to the stars. So I’m calling BS on the Substack ban, and I’m happy that it seems on its way to be over.

Picture from Substack.