Substack’s new ‘Reply Rules’ feature lets creators control how people respond

Substack announced on Wednesday a new feature called “Reply Rules,” designed to give creators greater control over how their audiences are able to respond.

Currently, Reply Rules are available for all English-language publications.

As Substack puts it, “Since its founding, Substack has sought to create the best possible conditions for cultures of many varieties to flourish online. Achieving this often involves difficult trade-offs, but alongside our core model—where we only earn when writers, artists, journalists, musicians, and others earn—we’ve managed to carve out a unique path relative to other platforms.”

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