top | item 34058548 Ask HN: Why hasn't Substack or Medium pivoted to becoming Twitter 2.0? 5 points| dfern | 3 years ago | reply 2 comments order hn newest [+] [-] PaulHoule|3 years ago|reply Both of those businesses have better business models already.For an author like Bari Weiss, the Substack model is so profitable that she started her own Substack clone. Medium users already pay for a $5 a month subscription. [+] [-] smt88|3 years ago|reply Why would anyone want to be Twitter? Everyone hates the company and it's never been reliably profitable.
[+] [-] PaulHoule|3 years ago|reply Both of those businesses have better business models already.For an author like Bari Weiss, the Substack model is so profitable that she started her own Substack clone. Medium users already pay for a $5 a month subscription.
[+] [-] smt88|3 years ago|reply Why would anyone want to be Twitter? Everyone hates the company and it's never been reliably profitable.
[+] [-] PaulHoule|3 years ago|reply
For an author like Bari Weiss, the Substack model is so profitable that she started her own Substack clone. Medium users already pay for a $5 a month subscription.
[+] [-] smt88|3 years ago|reply