... that it's just email-oriented, as Substack has a social media vibe to it (however, I do believe it's easier to grow on Substack thanks to this). Comment from Karthik Tatikonda(@karthik_tatikonda): We've used Mailerlite, Convertkit, and substack I feel convertkit

... Which platform for "open" newsletter curation do you use? Which platform would you defend? Name its pros, you maybe convince people to make a switch. Comment from Ilya Reznik(@mlepath): I have started on convertkit. The growth was reasonable, but had to be driven from other sources (mostly my YT channel). The open rate was 80%. I moved to substack, same audience, same everything, open rate went to 60%. Not sure why. What I like about substack today ... ... medium-term play. At some number of subscribers I will migrate it again to a paid platform. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): Me probably too. Thanks for sharing this. Do you want to go back to Convertkit