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To the author of this substack:

It is extremely poor form to leave comments on other people's articles advertising your product when it is clear that you have not 1) read the article, 2) read any of the content by the author, 3) interacted with the author in manner, 4) subscribed to the author, 5) recognize the community the author is building as anything other than potential customers (this pisses me off the most! These are PEOPLE. NOT $$$ for you to extract). I'm all about collaborating with other creators and supporting one another, but I will not stand for advertisements being dropped into my content without any context—while also attacking my work. Your post basically read "Hey commentors, you're wrong! I'm right, come buy my shit instead!"

Briefly reviewing your substack, it's unfortunate you approached it this way as I would likely have supported your work had you

1) read and understood my content and how I am trying to help people

2) interacted with my content in a meaningful and substantive way to help my community

3) contacted me with a request to collaborate

I suggest you reevaluate all the work you've done on yourself recently and recognize that you're only feeding your ego in a new way now. Given this behavior, it is likely your work will be more damaging than helpful to others.

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