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If you have hald an hour Sunday night, I am doing a Zoomie thing with some Medium people. I want to have a quick group discussion about Substack, but I am clueless about it. Would you want to join us and answer 5 minutes of questions or talk about it for a few minutes. You could even drop by for 10 minutes total if you want.

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Hey, Great. I direct messaged you.

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...amazing and thoughtful work putting this together...so much to read and enjoy here...any of you funny folks ever want to collab some please reach out and hit me with a cream pie...

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Nice idea. I publish humor notes, typically in the form of cartoons, but don't publish them in posts (although I might start including a collection of notes in posts). My Substack includes but isn't exclusively humor. Which is a long way of asking if this qualifies for what you are putting together?

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I am attempting to remain a curator without slipping into gatekeeping.

So, the only question to consider is: are you a humor stack? If you can say yes, then submit.

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Thanks. Gatekeeping is so often decried by people who, in their own way, are gatekeepers. Anytime someone in anyway censors, blocks, mutes (whatever) someone else, aren’t they gatekeeping? But sometimes you just have to do it.

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Thanks, Kate, for assembling - this makes it easy to find the “Best of Substack.”

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Just sent in an application for my Substack - lots of cartoons (that I've created).

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I'd like to get my stack added, but can't figure out how to DM you.

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Thanks for doing this. I'm trying to fill out the form but wondering what you mean by a "pub logo". My stack doesn't have a logo and I don't see how to add one.

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Sep 17Liked by Kate Brennan

As someone who has put together lists like this before I know how much work it takes--so thank you so much for doing this to the community!!! I'm submitting mine while regretting having named it with a W...I forgot about alphabetized lists and am now having flashbacks to being last on the list at school 😆.

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Thank you for saying this. Yes. It is a great deal of labor.

We'll just call your stack AAAAAA Wilding Out. For alphabet's sake.

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It really is! I’ve gone cross-eyed doing lists like these on Medium.

A triple-A rating would’ve sufficed but I appreciate the ring of a sextuple-A rating.

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I've been wandering in the Substack desert for months-- this is the Promised Land

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Thanks for adding me to the list, Kate! And I'm glad you recommended Bev Potter. Just indulged in her piece on Cybertrucks. Hilarious.

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Uh, thanks for including me, Kate! I'm honored to be on this distinguished list!

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What exactly are the criteria, anyway?

(Pretty sure I don't qualify but rodents are curious)

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The criteria is simple

For the rats in the back

Do you consider yourself

A humor stack?

If so, submit via the google form on the desktop homepage navigation bar.

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Thanks, noted.

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Hoping to be included in an update. It would mean a lot!

Thanks!!

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No one keeps baby on a shelf

All you have to do is add yourself:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFvjJMhAsASgVICZ-UruHXnbs0S-7VFedNfE9lfyUCJYDooA/viewform

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Like I mentioned last week, I don’t have a Google account. :( is there another way?

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Or can someone add me if possible?

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Yes, you should be able to do it without a Google account. And as I said, please direct message me to get the info.

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It makes me sign in with an account when I click on link. Let me figure out the dm here lol

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Great job! But surely you also want Alex Dobrenko’s Both Are True?

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Thank you. Yes, these stacks are simply compiled from whoever submits on the homepage. If they submit, I’ll definitely add them.

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You're the best, Kate! What a great job you've done! Thank you so much for letting me be a part of it!

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This is such a great idea!

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