Good News On The Comments Front

Substack isn’t the easiest platform to figure out. I had originally set it to send all comments to my email inbox—not for moderation, which isn’t an option, but simply because that setting allowed me to efficiently become aware of and respond to all comments (if called for), no matter the thread that they appeared on. A few weeks ago that all stopped, and I couldn’t figure out how to fix it. The settings page was set to as I wanted, but didn’t seem to be working. I was reduced to scanning the comments after each post—a slow and uncertain process.

Last night I was able to reset the original system—for the time being. It required fiddling with settings on two separate pages. Don’t ask me to explain that, but the result is a good thing. I do like to feel in touch with commenters and had been concerned that I was missing comments. Hopefully this will last.