(I understand that it seems customary that billing gets paused, on the other hand, it would not have been my default belief that people I subscribe to don't get days off and vacations etc. It's curious that this has grown as a "thing" that people generally do here in substack related subscriptions. How did it happen that we deny people these small amounts of money because they take a short break? I don't know. I support the people who are writing as people, and, thus, it seems sad that those being supported treat the support as if it's a work-product payment transaction/exchange)
I don’t think it is a common practice. I suspect I’m one of the few people who do it routinely. Most people don’t even know there’s a pause function (which I was the one to originally ask for and which the substack team built).
I prefer this pattern of expectations since I don’t view writing as a “job” and don’t expect “paid vacations” from it. That would feel oppressive to me. But I think for a lot or people that works better and they write it into their about pages that they take x weeks off a year etc.
hmm, I suppose neither did I think it was a job, and, I'm not sure what my expectations are. I suppose I mostly think, as I said, that I am supporting the person's work by not only reading it but also by giving them some token, money. Therefore, I support you and what you do regardless of some particular outputs. The vacation or pause is meaningless: exactly as you said, it's not a job, you owe something close to nothing to us, your readers. We decide at each period whether we are still supporting your endeavors, beyond immediate expectations of returns, value, etc. My support is not conditional upon your producing posts every week or month.
That’s a generous attitude, thanks. I personally think I do owe readers something, but the nature of it has changed since I stopped the paywalling. Now I think paid subscribers are paying me to create for the public commons rather than a special group. You’re subsidizing the output for everybody. But either way, I think it makes sense to charge only when I’m actually writing, since breaks are not vacations so much as prioritizing other work like consulting.
Part of sept I assume you mean?
Yes, thanks, fixed
(I understand that it seems customary that billing gets paused, on the other hand, it would not have been my default belief that people I subscribe to don't get days off and vacations etc. It's curious that this has grown as a "thing" that people generally do here in substack related subscriptions. How did it happen that we deny people these small amounts of money because they take a short break? I don't know. I support the people who are writing as people, and, thus, it seems sad that those being supported treat the support as if it's a work-product payment transaction/exchange)
I don’t think it is a common practice. I suspect I’m one of the few people who do it routinely. Most people don’t even know there’s a pause function (which I was the one to originally ask for and which the substack team built).
I prefer this pattern of expectations since I don’t view writing as a “job” and don’t expect “paid vacations” from it. That would feel oppressive to me. But I think for a lot or people that works better and they write it into their about pages that they take x weeks off a year etc.
hmm, I suppose neither did I think it was a job, and, I'm not sure what my expectations are. I suppose I mostly think, as I said, that I am supporting the person's work by not only reading it but also by giving them some token, money. Therefore, I support you and what you do regardless of some particular outputs. The vacation or pause is meaningless: exactly as you said, it's not a job, you owe something close to nothing to us, your readers. We decide at each period whether we are still supporting your endeavors, beyond immediate expectations of returns, value, etc. My support is not conditional upon your producing posts every week or month.
That’s a generous attitude, thanks. I personally think I do owe readers something, but the nature of it has changed since I stopped the paywalling. Now I think paid subscribers are paying me to create for the public commons rather than a special group. You’re subsidizing the output for everybody. But either way, I think it makes sense to charge only when I’m actually writing, since breaks are not vacations so much as prioritizing other work like consulting.