Why I Stopped Using AI to Write My Newsletter
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used ai for 6 months for my newsletter. engagement dropped 30%. went back to writing myself. heres why
the main thing ive noticed is role prompting works way better than people give it credit for
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lmao yes this. substack specifically has vague wording in their terms about third party integrations. read it before you paste anything sensitive
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interesting. 30% drop is significant but was your cadence the same? sometimes switching workflow changes publish frequency and that alone tanks open rates
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what worked for me was using ai only for the outline and transition sentences, then writing every actual point myself. keeps structure tight without losing the voice
role prompting is underrated but i think the bigger issue is ai flattens your voice. newsletters live or die on personality and gpt just... sands everything smooth