Now anybody with a Substack account can publish content
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Anybody with a Substack account can now publish posts on Substack’s web and mobile app, the company announced on Thursday, turning the newsletter platform into even more of a social network. (Currently, users publishing posts on their profile from mobile can only do so via the Substack iOS app, though support for Android is coming soon.)
Substack members can publish content, get paid and free subscribers, and accumulate pledges from their Substack profile without needing to create a publication. Creating a publication, however, allows them to take advantage of more advanced features like a website, multiple admins, and sections. If they do choose to start a new one, Substack says, they can import any subscribers they may have...