Just circling back here - I launched custom domain support today. For a one-time fee of $50, you can unlock custom domains permanently for your blog. Thanks!
1. I originally registered https://papyrus.dev, with the original idea being a newsletter aimed at developers. I pivoted to be more broader, and with that, changed the TLD to .so. I haven't gotten around to setting up mail on the new TLD yet, so still using the old one for everything.
2. I'm not sure yet. One of the selling points is no third-party trackers, so I'm not sure how readers will feel if some of their blogs started tracking them.
3. Thanks for the feedback, and I appreciate the mockup! Agreed that section can be clearer - I've added this to the backlog.
Yes, I've been meaning to do this - I haven't prioritized it yet because we have not had enough quality blogs on the platform to showcase, but after all the HN traffic I think this will change :)
This is something I'm actively working on. I've already begun to implement functionality to import subscribers from Substack (you can test it out in the /settings/blog page).
After I finish Substack, I'll begin adding support for importing posts/subscribers from other platforms.
Yes, there's a chance I can recover this. Can you shoot me an email ([email protected]) with the email you signed up with, and the name of the post you were working on? Happy to look into this.