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Build a membership programme that connects with your community - and fund your best creative work yet. 🎨 https://steady.page

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Steady @steady.page · Jul 31

Thinking about switching away from Substack?

Check out Steady. Our newsletter tool is 100% free, you can import addresses from other services and dedicated account management (no matter the revenue).

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Steady — One ecosystem for those who create

Giving independent media makers everything they need to build and manage a thriving membership community.

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Frau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · 6d

Sie haben Post.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 10d

Is Trump Winning? Is He Losing?
(And are those maybe the wrong questions to ask?)

Kimmel uncanceled, Comey indicted, a terrifying “domestic terrorism” directive, and troops to Portland: Where does America stand in the struggle against encroaching authoritarianism?

Some thoughts from my new piece:

Is Trump Winning? Is He Losing?

Kimmel uncanceled, a terrifying “domestic terrorism” directive, and troops to Portland: Where does America stand in the struggle against encroaching authoritarianism?

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Steady @steady.page · 10d

Hey Mark,

unfortunately we don't have a ready import function.
It's new to us that we have people from substack moving over. I've forwarded the request to our product team.
In the meantime manual import would be needed.
Thanks for your understanding!

Let me know if you need any assistance. :-)

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Steady @steady.page · 14d

Good news! :-)
bsky.app/profile/thom...

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 15d

Historian Thomas Zimmer has left academia, Substack, and the US; now he’s launching his new career as an indie writer with a newsletter about “the ongoing struggle over how much democracy, and for whom, there should be in America”. Recommended! [steady.page]

Onward. Forward. Steady.

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 14d

ICYMI yesterday: I need your help

I re-launched my newsletter at a new platform called “Steady” – and most importantly, I officially started my new life as a full-time independent writer.

I am extremely excited this moment has finally come. And I am utterly terrified.

Onward. Forward. Steady.

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

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Steady @steady.page · 15d

Shoot us a DM if you run into any problems or questions. :-)

Steady @steady.page · 15d

I hear you loud and clear. These are all topics that we monitor closely. Currently it's not viable for us to change course so drastically, as we're a super small team and prioritize improving the existing product.
Have you checked out @ghost.org as an open source option?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15d

Thomas saw what was happening here in 🇺🇸 earlier & more clearly than almost anyone. It is sad that 🇺🇸 & academia have lost him but great that his voice has found its new home 👇🧵

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 15d

Some major personal news:

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

On why I left academia, why I left America, and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:

Onward. Forward. Steady:

Onward. Forward. Steady.

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 15d

By the way, we are dealing with some technical glitches. Growing pains.

If you subscribed on Substack, no worries: We are transferring you over to @steady.page, and if you haven’t yet received this launch post, you’ll be getting it very soon!

No one gets left behind.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 15d

Re-launch day for Democracy Americana – and the official start of my new life as a full-time writer.

I know there is more important stuff going on than the latest personal news. But I want to be maximally transparent about why I left academia, left the U.S., left Substack - and need your support:

Onward. Forward. Steady.

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

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Steady @steady.page · 15d

The platform code itself is closed source. We know we're not perfect as a platform, but our relationships to content creators are personal and long term.

Let us know if you have any questions. :-)

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Steady @steady.page · 15d

Hey @autistevaudleau.bsky.social

we are based in Berlin, Germany and follow the GDPR regulations.
E-mails collected through us are exportable and we assist in migration on/off platform through direct account management.
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Steady @steady.page · 15d

Dear @thomaszimmer.bsky.social
we wish you a warm welcome to Steady.

Your work is extremely important and we are more than happy to be on this journey together with you.

Onwards and upwards!

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 15d

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

I wrote about why I left academia, why I left America, why I left Substack - and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:

Some major personal news:

steady.page/en/democracy...

Onward. Forward. Steady.

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

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Steady @steady.page · 16d

@chbettges.bsky.social @ring2.bsky.social Gute Neuigkeiten! Wir testen eine überarbeitete Discover Seite gerade intern und hoffen die zeitnah ausrollen zu können. :-)

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Steady @steady.page · 16d

Die Newsletter werden als HTML verschickt, können aber nicht frei designed werden, damit eine korrekte Anzeige in möglichst vielen Mailprogrammen sichergestellt wird. :-)

Steady @steady.page · 17d

Am wichtigsten ist deine langfristige Unabhängigkeit als medienschaffende Person. :-)

Vielleicht ist die Lösung, dass du deine autarke Plattform behältst und Steady zum Beispiel nur zur Monetarisierung oder als Paywall einbindest?

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Marcel R. Bülles 📚💍🌋🎉 @thetolkienist.com · 19d

Meet tollkühn Tolkienists on @steady.page & Patreon: Radio Rivendell

The one web radio to rock'n'rule them all 😀

Meet Tolkienists with Steady and other crowdfunding: Radio Rivendell

Another small project I would love to share: sharing the love for people who do wonderful things for Tolkien fans on Steady and Patreon. This time - Radio Rivendell.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · Sep 5

If you understand German and like podcasts that tell good stories, you should check out “Was bisher geschah” – a well-researched and wonderfully entertaining history podcast co-hosted by a friend of mine.

They created something great and they deserve to get the support they need to keep going.

Verrückte Geschichte @drguidoknapp.bsky.social · Sep 3

Danke, danke, danke!!! Link zum Supporter-Abo: steady.page/de/wbg/about

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Steady @steady.page · Sep 4

Congratulations on the amazingly successful Steady launch of "Was bisher Geschah" a German history podcast.
Great job @drguidoknapp.bsky.social & team! The project has managed to gain a thousand members in just one day!
Support them here: steady.page/en/wbg/about

Steady @steady.page · Aug 11

Hey Rislandr,

thanks for the impulse!
We're currently switching the payment processors in the background to achieve exactly that + make everything more flexible so we can offer a broader set of features.

I can't promise a release date, but it's our highest priority dev project now. :-)

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Steady @steady.page · Aug 8

Ghost 🤝 Steady

Steady @steady.page · Aug 1

If anyone decides to go for WordPress over Substack, you can embed Steady to keep a membership program running. :-)

Steady @steady.page · Aug 1

Thanks for the recommendation!
We love old-fashioned independent blogs like yours @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu and offer our paywall as an integration into any website.
Plus, you can always export your newsletter addresses to lower the lock-in effects as much as possible. :-)

Steady @steady.page · Aug 1

Couldn't agree more! That's why you can embed Steady into your own self-hosted WordPress installation - which is something we regularly recommend to media makers to stay/become as independent as possible!