Hi Deborah, Yes, I share your frustration. Thank you for showing us how to do this. I haven't disabled any notifications, though there are several writers I subscribe to whose email notifications I no longer receive. I may just make that manual list. Have a great weekend. 🙏
Simone, I don’t think any of it makes sense - as the control over everything shifts constantly. I forgot I do have a few that I have email notifications set for and, I too, am not getting any notifications. The manual list is where it’s at I think. The future might depend on it..
Have a beautiful weekend friend. Sending you much love. oxox
Katy! it's absolutely crazy 🤪 Just when I'm thinking I'm helping I discover it's all a crapshoot (don't like that word but it's applicable). Discovering, as I'm writing this -- Substack Follies has conflated a "no email notification -- with an "unsubscribe" 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🙃
We chase the workarounds. I'm an app-only reader too but the folly makers have removed me from my community (who I subscribe to) and I from them -- in terms of us seeing each other here. They only feed me new people and I rarely see my subscription's new posts 🥸🤪
Thank you Lee :) I added at the end (in a P.S.S.) (and other people here are talking about it today) that there has been a glitch going on that Substack might have fixed finally? If you signup and subscribe to a publication “and choose not to receive email notifications” — the system automatically “unsubscribes you!” Which kinda answers why so many friends say they’ve been unsubscribed to publications they like. They can’t figure out why they were unsubscribed to a publication they just subscribed to! Ridiculous!
Yep. I get you. My brother Paul the bass player/carpenter I introduced to you in cyberspace, made me a book looooong ago when we were still living with mom as teens. It was a couple of slabs of wood sanded and sealed and some blank paper bolted in between. He gave these unique books out to his family so we could write or draw whatever we wanted. The first one I received I called, "How To Live Without A Fairy Godmother". (decoupaged from paper letters and cartoon characters with Modpodge)
I wrote my heart out in that book and so did my sibs, friends and relatives .
I think it's always going to be a struggle to keep going in the face of progress, which we all know is sometimes just a veneer for control. So yes. I still have that wooden book made by my middle bro, Paul. The written word will be forever!!
WOW! That book — those wonderful gifts — wound amazing! I think this is a story Jenni? A picture to go along with it.
And the title of your first one — too funny! But we need that Fairy Godmother!! pleeeease :)
I’m telling you — manual writing skills are where it’s at! It’s probably going to be the only way to battle the continual cyber wars if we want to leave anything behind of value for our family.
Last year, I disabled my email notifications and found after doing do was when I was unsubscribed from many of my favorite Substack newsletters. I didn’t do this manual for each subscription like your suggestion Deborah so it massively disrupted my account. Suddenly, this past month, my email notifications mysteriously turned back on. Now I’m inundated with not only new notifications but also all the backlogged ones from the last year. My inbox has become unusable for anything other than Substack! I considered creating a separate email just for Substack, but another subscriber advised against it, mentioning potential issues, so I’ve left it as is. I’ve been deleting emails like crazy! Same time, my subscription numbers have been going backwards instead of forward.
This morning, I had to dig through my husband’s email trash for a few emails he accidentally deleted—none related to Substack. He keeps his inbox super organized and only subscribes to about five or six newsletters, including yours. Interestingly, he has received just one email from your publication in the last three months, despite having notifications turned on. Substack really needs to fix these glitches!
Charlotte, I hope anyone reading this can see your comment!! It's not us complaining - it's us saying -- please hang in there with us -- there are options -- but it's a bit of a mess that we have no conrol over. I can't imagine how inundated you've been. I have seen nothing but subscription numbers going down too - (which I always tell myself I'm finding my people) - but what if someone has been purposely removed? That's just ridiculous. Because of what some subsribers and friends have said to me -- you as well -- I began to watch stats. I was telling someone that I noticed the numbers go down within about 3 minutes of publishing a new piece. Leading me to think two things: I'm not for that person (oh well) or there is an auto delete algorithm from when I hit the publish button (lol) -- I can believe both are true! Oh well - I hope Substack works out their problems soon. But something tells me A.I. is on the loose and here to stay. And that's crazy about your husband not getting anything but one email from me? It really proves something is very wrong. Unless it's going to spam -- which shouldn't happen either.
Hi Deborah, Yes, I share your frustration. Thank you for showing us how to do this. I haven't disabled any notifications, though there are several writers I subscribe to whose email notifications I no longer receive. I may just make that manual list. Have a great weekend. 🙏
Simone, I don’t think any of it makes sense - as the control over everything shifts constantly. I forgot I do have a few that I have email notifications set for and, I too, am not getting any notifications. The manual list is where it’s at I think. The future might depend on it..
Have a beautiful weekend friend. Sending you much love. oxox
Thank you Deborah 🙏🏼. You have a wonderful weekend too, l am packing for a Winter escape to Vietnam 🇻🇳 😊
Oh wow Simone! That’s a beautiful country I hear! I hope you have a lovely escape! I can send some 100 F temps over if you like?
Sending you much love. oxox
Sending you much love back. Yes, l fly out tonight for some tropical warmth 💜.
Oh perfect! Safe travels! Can’t wait to see some pics! oxoxox
😊
It is all so confusing! I'm happy to join you in the clover field!
Please! let’s go! lol.
Thank you for trying, at least. I read Substack in the app and do NOT want the emails!
It should be a wake-up call for anyone happy with a future ruled by algorithms; they do not care what *we* want.
Katy! it's absolutely crazy 🤪 Just when I'm thinking I'm helping I discover it's all a crapshoot (don't like that word but it's applicable). Discovering, as I'm writing this -- Substack Follies has conflated a "no email notification -- with an "unsubscribe" 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🙃
We chase the workarounds. I'm an app-only reader too but the folly makers have removed me from my community (who I subscribe to) and I from them -- in terms of us seeing each other here. They only feed me new people and I rarely see my subscription's new posts 🥸🤪
Have a great weekend 😘
I don't mind having you in ny inbox. Its weird though sometimes the writers I subscribe to end up in junk mail
Thank you Lee :) I added at the end (in a P.S.S.) (and other people here are talking about it today) that there has been a glitch going on that Substack might have fixed finally? If you signup and subscribe to a publication “and choose not to receive email notifications” — the system automatically “unsubscribes you!” Which kinda answers why so many friends say they’ve been unsubscribed to publications they like. They can’t figure out why they were unsubscribed to a publication they just subscribed to! Ridiculous!
Have a great weekend. ox
Yep. I get you. My brother Paul the bass player/carpenter I introduced to you in cyberspace, made me a book looooong ago when we were still living with mom as teens. It was a couple of slabs of wood sanded and sealed and some blank paper bolted in between. He gave these unique books out to his family so we could write or draw whatever we wanted. The first one I received I called, "How To Live Without A Fairy Godmother". (decoupaged from paper letters and cartoon characters with Modpodge)
I wrote my heart out in that book and so did my sibs, friends and relatives .
I think it's always going to be a struggle to keep going in the face of progress, which we all know is sometimes just a veneer for control. So yes. I still have that wooden book made by my middle bro, Paul. The written word will be forever!!
WOW! That book — those wonderful gifts — wound amazing! I think this is a story Jenni? A picture to go along with it.
And the title of your first one — too funny! But we need that Fairy Godmother!! pleeeease :)
I’m telling you — manual writing skills are where it’s at! It’s probably going to be the only way to battle the continual cyber wars if we want to leave anything behind of value for our family.
Have an awesome weekend. ox
Love you, my friend. I must dig that wooden book out ! Manual writing skills, and other skills that mustn't be forgotten.
You must!! Write about it!! I’d love to see it :) ox
I might yet. :)
Last year, I disabled my email notifications and found after doing do was when I was unsubscribed from many of my favorite Substack newsletters. I didn’t do this manual for each subscription like your suggestion Deborah so it massively disrupted my account. Suddenly, this past month, my email notifications mysteriously turned back on. Now I’m inundated with not only new notifications but also all the backlogged ones from the last year. My inbox has become unusable for anything other than Substack! I considered creating a separate email just for Substack, but another subscriber advised against it, mentioning potential issues, so I’ve left it as is. I’ve been deleting emails like crazy! Same time, my subscription numbers have been going backwards instead of forward.
This morning, I had to dig through my husband’s email trash for a few emails he accidentally deleted—none related to Substack. He keeps his inbox super organized and only subscribes to about five or six newsletters, including yours. Interestingly, he has received just one email from your publication in the last three months, despite having notifications turned on. Substack really needs to fix these glitches!
Charlotte, I hope anyone reading this can see your comment!! It's not us complaining - it's us saying -- please hang in there with us -- there are options -- but it's a bit of a mess that we have no conrol over. I can't imagine how inundated you've been. I have seen nothing but subscription numbers going down too - (which I always tell myself I'm finding my people) - but what if someone has been purposely removed? That's just ridiculous. Because of what some subsribers and friends have said to me -- you as well -- I began to watch stats. I was telling someone that I noticed the numbers go down within about 3 minutes of publishing a new piece. Leading me to think two things: I'm not for that person (oh well) or there is an auto delete algorithm from when I hit the publish button (lol) -- I can believe both are true! Oh well - I hope Substack works out their problems soon. But something tells me A.I. is on the loose and here to stay. And that's crazy about your husband not getting anything but one email from me? It really proves something is very wrong. Unless it's going to spam -- which shouldn't happen either.