Please Let Us Know How We Are Doing
Seeking constructive feedback on how to stop bleeding our paid subscribers.
Dear Substack Subscribers,
For the last five months, we have been steadily bleeding paid subscribers. Especially notable are the “initiated unsubscribes” (as distinct from simply letting the subscription lapse). Given that paid subscriptions only cost $5.00 per month, this suggests that we have irritated or alienated these readers.
Dr. McCullough has worked hard to maintain his medical practice in the face of an enormous, concerted effort by various institutions to terminate it. Nevertheless, Substack remains an important source of income, and my primary source of income. Since we established the McCullough Foundation in 2022, we have worked for the Foundation on a volunteer basis. With the exception of an occasional shout-out to a Wellness Company product such as Spike Detox, we have avoided advertising that could clutter our posts.
And so, we would be extremely grateful if you would LET US KNOW HOW WE’RE DOING.
1). To what topics would you like to see us devote more of our investigative scholarship?
2). If you perceive deficiencies in our reporting, what are they?
3). What other constructive criticism would you kindly share with us?
Don’t worry about hurting my feelings. I have a very thick skin. I once walked around Telluride, Colorado wearing this outfit to experience what it is like to be laughed at by everyone on the street.
I greatly look forward to reading your constructive feedback in the comments. Many thanks and best regards.
John Leake
I think there are SO many good, deserving substacks out there that people try to support as many as possible and often it gets too expensive to maintain all of them. It's possible people think Dr McCullough is doing ok, so they move on to support somebody they might be wanting to support for some time. IMO it's not about quality, it's about the new model of media which is more expensive than mainstream media if you're doing it right.
Thank you for asking, John. Dr. McCullough has been such a welcome voice of sanity in the medical field that I was happy to subscribe early in the scamdemic, and I continue to value his contributions. I also very much appreciate your posts as well, John. Sometimes I whole-heartedly agree with your perspective, and sometimes I disagree. Your thoughtful way of presenting your case stimulates my curiosity and moves me to evaluate my own way of looking at things. Your historical, literary and Viennese flourishes are a plus!