Reiner Fuellmich also concluded that institutions are so corrupt that they needed to be discarded and that parallel institutions need to be created by we, the People. Please think of him as he is battling the corrupt judicial system in Germany.
I think your work is so vital. Especially now. I'm happy to do one off donations. It's the monthly payment I baulk at. Sometimes it's hard to cancel them. And just a few begin to add up quickly. As an author myself I understand you should be paid for your work. As already mentioned David Icke has a weekly dot connector where you watch for 30 minutes and subscribers go to Iconic for the rest of the show. Can your Substack bring in money other ways?
I find that things happen when I try to pay with Kofi which forced me recently to cancel a bank account. Where, as with some, there is a bank account, I donate. The person who I do that with has already got probably three years worth of subs in a few weeks..
Where the person writes a book I buy it.
Meryl I do hope that you continue to write and make it available but if you do not/cannot i will understand and look for my info elsewhere.
The problem with paywalls is only those with extra money can afford to know the truth, and that will never “save the world”, since so many are below poverty levels now. And as most podcasters are specific to certain areas and there are layers and layers of information to be learned, must one pay 20 different sites to understand what all is going on in this new world catastrophe?
Sorry but no disposable income means no disposable income. We hate being reminded daily that we are second class citizens because we are poor. Makis has yet again posted a piece of critical information for people with cancer behind a paywall. He does it all the time, specifically targeting critical information for cancer, and what can be more evil than that? Last time 2nd Smartest Guy reprinted the entire article on his substack (no idea if he had permission) so I am waiting to see if he does it again today. It is the behaviour of these men that puts us on a very short leash for all paywall stuff. There is deep hurt and betrayal being triggered.
Meryl – I appreciate your work and am willing to make occasional small donations (as I have in the past using the ‘Kofi’ system) - but I will not commit to fixed-sum future payments. Let me explain a couple of reasons why. This will be long winded - but I think it important for you to understand what I have come to believe is the psychology that drives the disincentives that come into play when many people make ‘buying’ decisions (for any internet product). Note that I said ‘disincentives’.
Firstly – as background - I didn’t know that Substack existed until about 2021 - after the man-made Covid injectables crisis had got under way and I finally realised that there was something terribly wrong with my previous understanding of medical ‘reality’. I can’t remember what led me to your Substack in the first place – if was probably a referral from some other Substack author.
I am now on the ‘mailing list’ of many Substack authors, nearly all of which relate in some way to the Covid issue, ‘free speech’, government overreach, etc. Of these I have only committed to pay for a few, and I intend to stop the payments for these within a year. I decided to pay for these in the first place because of spur-of-the-moment decisions – the result of reading a really good article on them. But that has created a problem – I am now overwhelmed with information - and overcommitted – so I intend to cancel out before the renewal date comes up. Having said that, after some investigation I have found the inner workings of the Substack subscription payment system to be obscure, and sometimes contradictory, so I have yet to work out how to cancel the existing subscription payments.
A second problem is that the Substack system has opened the tap on a firehose of information - much more than I can possibly consume. The biggest limitation on consuming information from internet sources is that there are only 24 hours in a day, so the information stream needs to be throttled back to a trickle, otherwise it will take over one’s life. This is very different to how people consumed ‘The News’ thirty years ago – before the internet era. (Of course, I now realise that even back then it was actually ‘Fake News’ that I was consuming, which the corporate media still insists on pumping out). I don’t think many Substack authors fully understand how this time-availability limitation applies to their ‘customers’.
However - for me - the biggest inhibitor for signing up for to a paid subscription (for anything) is the ‘Automatic Renewal’ system which the vendors (of whatever) require - or if they don’t require it - they hide any available one-off ‘single-purchase’ subscription payment system. As far as I am concerned, although ‘Automatic Renewal’ payment systems may be ‘smart business practices’ for corporate businesses and credit card providers, I think that they are the Kiss of Death to a vendor who is trying to sell a product - especially if the prospective customer is already vacillating about making the purchase anyway. (I am an old person; I don’t want to leave a financial mess for my children to unravel when the time comes).
I don’t know what the answer is for you to increase your revenue flow, apart from relying on expanding your non-paying subscriber base in the hope of converting enough to payers in the course of time – or boosting donations.
PS: I had a quick look at your ‘Under the Wire’ AVN website and the interviews. It looks great – but I was not previously aware that it existed. I suggest that you provide a short note & link to it in your every Substack post. James Corbett (‘The Corbett Report’) uses his Substack page mainly to provide a referral link to his website where the real articles reside. I think he does this as a backup in anticipation of Substack one day being taken over by those who do not like the competition that alternative media offers – that is, he is avoiding putting all his eggs in one basket.
As you say, there is so much information out there now and so many interviews, but everybody is unique and brings something different and special to the table - as you do with your wealth of knowledge and experience and your passion for the subject!
So yes, would love to hear more interviews from you. I remember a great interview you did with Del Bigtree!
Love to you Meryl 💜crazy clown world 💜love watching every thing you do especially when we did a story re my son Joshua also my life story would be extremely weird as well 💜Thank you 🌟💜
I love your work, Meryl, and value it. And I really, really do understand that we all need to find ways to replace the income that we would make if we were not saving the world.
BUT democracy dies behind a paywall. How about a pledge of support that would be automatically sent from your pledgees so that you do not have a paywall and you do get paid? I would be happy to support your work, not just your interviews, that way.
I think that is what all of us should do, actually.
Thanks for your efforts here Meryl, and everyone with some bravery. Would be good if we could be as loving we are brave 🙏 and never stop trying
Reiner Fuellmich also concluded that institutions are so corrupt that they needed to be discarded and that parallel institutions need to be created by we, the People. Please think of him as he is battling the corrupt judicial system in Germany.
Just a thought…some other substacks have a by donation charge, which seems to work really well ….im looking forward to your upcoming interviews 🌺
I think your work is so vital. Especially now. I'm happy to do one off donations. It's the monthly payment I baulk at. Sometimes it's hard to cancel them. And just a few begin to add up quickly. As an author myself I understand you should be paid for your work. As already mentioned David Icke has a weekly dot connector where you watch for 30 minutes and subscribers go to Iconic for the rest of the show. Can your Substack bring in money other ways?
I love what you do.
I like to chat with others.
I find that things happen when I try to pay with Kofi which forced me recently to cancel a bank account. Where, as with some, there is a bank account, I donate. The person who I do that with has already got probably three years worth of subs in a few weeks..
Where the person writes a book I buy it.
Meryl I do hope that you continue to write and make it available but if you do not/cannot i will understand and look for my info elsewhere.
I wish you all the best. You are great.
The problem with paywalls is only those with extra money can afford to know the truth, and that will never “save the world”, since so many are below poverty levels now. And as most podcasters are specific to certain areas and there are layers and layers of information to be learned, must one pay 20 different sites to understand what all is going on in this new world catastrophe?
Sorry but no disposable income means no disposable income. We hate being reminded daily that we are second class citizens because we are poor. Makis has yet again posted a piece of critical information for people with cancer behind a paywall. He does it all the time, specifically targeting critical information for cancer, and what can be more evil than that? Last time 2nd Smartest Guy reprinted the entire article on his substack (no idea if he had permission) so I am waiting to see if he does it again today. It is the behaviour of these men that puts us on a very short leash for all paywall stuff. There is deep hurt and betrayal being triggered.
Meryl – I appreciate your work and am willing to make occasional small donations (as I have in the past using the ‘Kofi’ system) - but I will not commit to fixed-sum future payments. Let me explain a couple of reasons why. This will be long winded - but I think it important for you to understand what I have come to believe is the psychology that drives the disincentives that come into play when many people make ‘buying’ decisions (for any internet product). Note that I said ‘disincentives’.
Firstly – as background - I didn’t know that Substack existed until about 2021 - after the man-made Covid injectables crisis had got under way and I finally realised that there was something terribly wrong with my previous understanding of medical ‘reality’. I can’t remember what led me to your Substack in the first place – if was probably a referral from some other Substack author.
I am now on the ‘mailing list’ of many Substack authors, nearly all of which relate in some way to the Covid issue, ‘free speech’, government overreach, etc. Of these I have only committed to pay for a few, and I intend to stop the payments for these within a year. I decided to pay for these in the first place because of spur-of-the-moment decisions – the result of reading a really good article on them. But that has created a problem – I am now overwhelmed with information - and overcommitted – so I intend to cancel out before the renewal date comes up. Having said that, after some investigation I have found the inner workings of the Substack subscription payment system to be obscure, and sometimes contradictory, so I have yet to work out how to cancel the existing subscription payments.
A second problem is that the Substack system has opened the tap on a firehose of information - much more than I can possibly consume. The biggest limitation on consuming information from internet sources is that there are only 24 hours in a day, so the information stream needs to be throttled back to a trickle, otherwise it will take over one’s life. This is very different to how people consumed ‘The News’ thirty years ago – before the internet era. (Of course, I now realise that even back then it was actually ‘Fake News’ that I was consuming, which the corporate media still insists on pumping out). I don’t think many Substack authors fully understand how this time-availability limitation applies to their ‘customers’.
However - for me - the biggest inhibitor for signing up for to a paid subscription (for anything) is the ‘Automatic Renewal’ system which the vendors (of whatever) require - or if they don’t require it - they hide any available one-off ‘single-purchase’ subscription payment system. As far as I am concerned, although ‘Automatic Renewal’ payment systems may be ‘smart business practices’ for corporate businesses and credit card providers, I think that they are the Kiss of Death to a vendor who is trying to sell a product - especially if the prospective customer is already vacillating about making the purchase anyway. (I am an old person; I don’t want to leave a financial mess for my children to unravel when the time comes).
I don’t know what the answer is for you to increase your revenue flow, apart from relying on expanding your non-paying subscriber base in the hope of converting enough to payers in the course of time – or boosting donations.
PS: I had a quick look at your ‘Under the Wire’ AVN website and the interviews. It looks great – but I was not previously aware that it existed. I suggest that you provide a short note & link to it in your every Substack post. James Corbett (‘The Corbett Report’) uses his Substack page mainly to provide a referral link to his website where the real articles reside. I think he does this as a backup in anticipation of Substack one day being taken over by those who do not like the competition that alternative media offers – that is, he is avoiding putting all his eggs in one basket.
I hope this information is of use to you.
As you say, there is so much information out there now and so many interviews, but everybody is unique and brings something different and special to the table - as you do with your wealth of knowledge and experience and your passion for the subject!
So yes, would love to hear more interviews from you. I remember a great interview you did with Del Bigtree!
All I want to know is the truth and I honestly beleive that you do everything to deliver it.
Thank you for providing all this essential information so that I may decide. All kudos to You Meryl.
Love to you Meryl 💜crazy clown world 💜love watching every thing you do especially when we did a story re my son Joshua also my life story would be extremely weird as well 💜Thank you 🌟💜
David Icke puts up his Dot Connector videos first half free and have to subscribe to watch second half. This works well I think.
I love your work, Meryl, and value it. And I really, really do understand that we all need to find ways to replace the income that we would make if we were not saving the world.
BUT democracy dies behind a paywall. How about a pledge of support that would be automatically sent from your pledgees so that you do not have a paywall and you do get paid? I would be happy to support your work, not just your interviews, that way.
I think that is what all of us should do, actually.
Can't afford to pay