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Apr 12Liked by Etymology Nerd

If The Etymology Nerd has 1,000 fans, I am one of them.

If The Etymology Nerd has 100 fans, I am one of them.

If The Etymology Nerd has 10 fans, I am one of them.

If The Etymology Nerd has 0 fans, I am dead.

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Apr 12Liked by Etymology Nerd

really enjoy all your content!! i downloaded this app for you, substack user The Etymology Nerd🫶🫶

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Apr 12Liked by Etymology Nerd

your videos have been a big factor in me choosing linguistics as my future uni major - thank you for sharing your expertise!!

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omg same!!

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would you ever consider youtube/podcasts? super excited for this new format nonetheless:)

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I might also do youtube at some point!

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bro this is great, it's like etymology nerd but etymologier

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i love all of your videos with my entire heart so i literally downloaded this app just for you and to hear more. excited for your future writings :3 !!!

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STOKED for this!!

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hell yeah william!

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So happy to see you and other creators moving to longer form content and away from the content factory of Instagram 🧁 hope you have every success creating here and feel good doing it!

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I'm so excited and happy that some of my favourite creators are using substack now. Finally we will get to read your long form content. Because of you I got interested in words their history and pronunciation. Love from India ❤❤

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Love your content man, you make learning fun again and so engaging. thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. glad to be here and read from you!!!

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you ate this one up

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It's always a delight to see your videos pop up on my ig homepage so I'm glad to see you here as well! 🩷

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i really enjoy your content on instagram and tiktok!!! looking forward for more not-so bite-sized explanations✨

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Exactly! I've seen this happening throughout a lot of content so thanks for letting me get a free rant in I guess lmao.

Unfortunately I've noticed this throughout ye olde youtube up into the new and "improved" youtube. It just feels more attention grabbing and you have to perfectly encapsulate a viewers attention or else they'll just click off or run amok.

A good example is geometry dash content (which is a video game fyi) the content used to be highlights and new bests then the completion of the level that the content creator is playing. But unfortunately now its really specific highlights that will keep the viewer engaged and less likely to click off before the completion.

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i really enjoy your content!! it‘s so interesting to learn more about linguistics, and knowing that you‘ll write here and provide content too is like a dream come true🥹

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Love your videos! Linguistics has always been an interest of mine. Excited to read the non-algorithm-friendly stuff *rubs little racoon hands*

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