I just found out that I have a Substack account. 😎
A while back, I got a free subscription to some e-mails sent by Robert Reich; and after a time, I updated to a paid subscription, not because I wanted to use any new features, but because I wanted to support Reich’s work. The credit card I used at the time needed to be replaced because of some fraud; and this morning, I got an e-mail message saying that the card had been refused and I needed to update my payment details. OK, that makes sense.
I didn’t recall ever signing in to the account before (although I must have to do the paid upgrade); and it took me a while to remember what I had used as a user ID and password. After finally logging in and figuring out how to navigate through all the settings, I changed the card info…I hope. We’ll see whether I did everything correctly.
While I was in there, I added this blog’s URL as my “website”; and I think I figured out how to get a permalink to a particular one of Reich’s posts. I’ll probably try to use that shortly.
Just so you know, Freethoughtblogs is social media.
I’m not sure I would even read it much unless I had an account and could post comments.
A like minded community of mostly talented and educated people is a big draw.
… an e-mail message saying that the card had been refused and I needed to update my payment details.
Are you 100% sure that wasn’t a scam?
I get such messages approximately daily; they’ve crowded out all the Nigerian princes from my inbox.
Yeah, I know; but I wanted to keep the post’s title short.
Yes. The link in the e-mail message really did go to Substack without any URL redirection, and the credit card that they had was indeed the one that was no longer valid. I know what to look for, and there were no red flags.