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Totally concur with your approach on chat (who needs another!) and special promotions! As a reader, I hate to be continually regaled with this stuff. Happy holidays.

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Dec 5, 2022Liked by Nikhil Rajagopalan

really appreciate these state of the newsletters, Nikhil! love the insight 🙏

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Dec 1, 2022Liked by Nikhil Rajagopalan

I cannot foresee any situation where a chat feature on substack will be useful. Baffling.

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Nov 30, 2022Liked by Nikhil Rajagopalan

I invite you to be featured in my monthly Keep it 100 micro-interview, Nikhil! I’m booked through April 2023. Let me know if you’re up for the 100-word challenge next May.

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New subscriber here! Looking forward to your newsletters and even though I just started my Substack journey, I really like the idea of taking a break from sending out a newsletter for the holidays as the month comes to a close.

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+1 on not using the chat feature. I figured people were hearing from me enough as it is!

There are a couple of newsletters that (IMO) use it well- for example one covers WI politics and did a chat during the midterm elections. But for music writers like us? I think Discussion threads cover that well enough.

P.S. Enjoy your time off!! 😀

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Nov 30, 2022Liked by Nikhil Rajagopalan

Another great update, Nikhil, I'm publishing my update tomorrow. You're always one step ahead. ;)

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