Last Friday I promised that I’d publish my NFT post on Monday (today).
Monday, Tuesday, what’s the difference?
But honestly, I’m a little embarrassed. 😳 I think it’s usually better to get a post right than to finish it fast. Still, a promise is a promise.
I suppose humiliation is humbling. It’s not so bad once in a while. Live and learn…
And so, here are my questions for you:
Have you had any embarrassing situation relating to your newsletter (that you feel you can mention)? How did you handle it?
Boy did I! E. Jean suggested I take one of the essays I had written and expand it and use it for my newsletter. So I copied pasted a piece of it and then formulated a new edition to my newsletter, and I edited it and published. What I didn't know is there was a kink on the link and it did a whole bunch of editing and repasting and splicing of sentences throughout my newsletter so much that when I went back to read it, parts didn't make sense. It's as if I was drunk when I wrote it or something. Plus, the misery of it all as I thought it was one of my best pieces. To this day I don't know how or why it happened. Then, I posted a "sorry" to my readers. The very few readers which I have. ugh.
I feel that the Substack text editor is generally good but does weird things sometimes. I wonder whether I've published any posts that the text editor messed up without my realizing it. It sounds like this may have happened to you.
Yes, E. Jean said that it has happened to her, too. I'm sorry it happened to the both of you. And, not sorry in a way as I thought, as usual, I'm the only one things like that happen to. Funny, because many people throughout my life have comment on how lucky I am. I never saw any of it. lol
When I first started with Substack I was playing around with the paid subscription feature, even to the point of signing up with Stripe, and then I decided I needed more subscribers before I went that route. I forgot about it until I got notification that someone had paid for a year's subscription! It was a friend, thank goodness, so I sent her the money back through PayPal out of my own pocket, and then I wrote to Substack to tell them about my mistake and ask them how I could cancel paid subscriptions. I told themI had paid her back and they said I didn't need to do that. They would have taken care of it at their end when I cancelled it.
They were kind enough to send me her refund instead of sending it to her, which I thought was very nice of them. They are the best! But it was embarrassing all around!
I have been thinking a lot about this situation lately. The title of my platform i chose because of who I am. But as this goes down down the river, I suspect readers are reluctant to share or comment because they fear the twit-mob. So i have decided to rebrand a bit, and would love to hear any kind of feedback...
Boy did I! E. Jean suggested I take one of the essays I had written and expand it and use it for my newsletter. So I copied pasted a piece of it and then formulated a new edition to my newsletter, and I edited it and published. What I didn't know is there was a kink on the link and it did a whole bunch of editing and repasting and splicing of sentences throughout my newsletter so much that when I went back to read it, parts didn't make sense. It's as if I was drunk when I wrote it or something. Plus, the misery of it all as I thought it was one of my best pieces. To this day I don't know how or why it happened. Then, I posted a "sorry" to my readers. The very few readers which I have. ugh.
I feel that the Substack text editor is generally good but does weird things sometimes. I wonder whether I've published any posts that the text editor messed up without my realizing it. It sounds like this may have happened to you.
Yes, E. Jean said that it has happened to her, too. I'm sorry it happened to the both of you. And, not sorry in a way as I thought, as usual, I'm the only one things like that happen to. Funny, because many people throughout my life have comment on how lucky I am. I never saw any of it. lol
When I first started with Substack I was playing around with the paid subscription feature, even to the point of signing up with Stripe, and then I decided I needed more subscribers before I went that route. I forgot about it until I got notification that someone had paid for a year's subscription! It was a friend, thank goodness, so I sent her the money back through PayPal out of my own pocket, and then I wrote to Substack to tell them about my mistake and ask them how I could cancel paid subscriptions. I told themI had paid her back and they said I didn't need to do that. They would have taken care of it at their end when I cancelled it.
They were kind enough to send me her refund instead of sending it to her, which I thought was very nice of them. They are the best! But it was embarrassing all around!
All's well that ends well, I suppose (even if there's embarrassment along the way).
So Dude,
I have been thinking a lot about this situation lately. The title of my platform i chose because of who I am. But as this goes down down the river, I suspect readers are reluctant to share or comment because they fear the twit-mob. So i have decided to rebrand a bit, and would love to hear any kind of feedback...
Life is what happens while you making other plans ;) Everything will be OK, no need to be embarrased - we all are only people.