> To expand on this - because if the barrier to publishing is zero, then the "reputation" of the publisher is also zero.
That's fine. I don't read eg Astral Codex Ten because I think the reputation of Substack is great. The blog can stand entirely on its own reputation (and the reputation of its author), no need for the publisher to rent out their reputation.
That's fine. I don't read eg Astral Codex Ten because I think the reputation of Substack is great. The blog can stand entirely on its own reputation (and the reputation of its author), no need for the publisher to rent out their reputation.
See also Gwern.net for a similar example.
No need for any voting.