It's a little convoluted to get to, but worth it. In early 2025, Substack added Genealogy as a subcategory of History. Here's how to use to find relevant posts—and interested readers—in Genealogy.
Thank you!! Arghhhh, my brain steadfastly refuses to accept Substack's double menu items: two Settings, two Dashboards, etc. I had to go through it like it was my first day of kindergarten.
Oh, I know. Once I cracked that, it was a huge discovery. Just remember YOU are not your PUBLICATION. If you think about it that way, it’s not so hard to figure out why where are separate configurations… I just wish they weren’t both called “settings.”
I still think their UI is fundamentally challenged by the words they give things. I mean… what does “Chat” with one person have to do with the outbound messages a publication shares with their subscribers. Thats… also called chat? Makes no sense.
I try to keep that in mind but my brain says, "No, NO, it says SETTINGS!" I also am having an extraordinarily difficult time trying to Recommend. I click Add and when I put in the precise @ or name of publication, it brings up the same two completely unrelated publications. Either it's a glitch or Substack has gotten into the gin.
Okay.... "gotten into the gin," I have to think the engineers will love hearing that one. 🍸🥴 Reaching out in a DM to see if I can duplicate what you're seeing.
Thank you!! Arghhhh, my brain steadfastly refuses to accept Substack's double menu items: two Settings, two Dashboards, etc. I had to go through it like it was my first day of kindergarten.
Oh, I know. Once I cracked that, it was a huge discovery. Just remember YOU are not your PUBLICATION. If you think about it that way, it’s not so hard to figure out why where are separate configurations… I just wish they weren’t both called “settings.”
I still think their UI is fundamentally challenged by the words they give things. I mean… what does “Chat” with one person have to do with the outbound messages a publication shares with their subscribers. Thats… also called chat? Makes no sense.
Hang in there.
I try to keep that in mind but my brain says, "No, NO, it says SETTINGS!" I also am having an extraordinarily difficult time trying to Recommend. I click Add and when I put in the precise @ or name of publication, it brings up the same two completely unrelated publications. Either it's a glitch or Substack has gotten into the gin.
Okay.... "gotten into the gin," I have to think the engineers will love hearing that one. 🍸🥴 Reaching out in a DM to see if I can duplicate what you're seeing.
Thank you so much for this.
Very helpful - thank you.
Oh, I'm so glad that was useful.
Thank you for very easy steps to follow. Done!
Huzzah! Thank you
Thank you for this incredible documentation — and I appreciate the shadows around your screen shots! Nice touch!
Barbara, Thanks so much for this info.