For the last few years, The Lunduke Journal has existed on numerous sites across the Internet — Substack, Locals, Patreon, YouTube, and more.
Each service has provided unique features… strengths that made it worth the extra hassle of administering and running services spread across the vastness of the Net. Sure, it may take extra time to keep everything running (and keep accounts in sync), but it’s been worth it.
Until now.
Two things have changed:
The Lunduke Journal has grown significantly. There are now simply too many subscribers to reasonably administer across multiple sites. Administration is now taking significant time away from writing and recording.
Multiple services — namely Substack and Locals — have added numerous new features which have made it possible to run the entirety of The Lunduke Journal from a single service.
Clearly the time is right. The Lunduke Journal needs to consolidate onto a single platform. It simply must happen.
Which platform to consolidate onto was not a simple choice to make. Over the recent days, I have had multiple conversations with large portions of The Lunduke Journal community… in addition to representatives from multiple services.
And, after an amazing conversation with the CEO of Locals, the best option for us became as clear as day:
The Lunduke Journal is moving, exclusively, to Locals.
This will surely come as a disappointment to the many subscribers on Substack — but it is absolutely the right move for The Lunduke Journal. And I am extremely confident that the Substack subscribers who make the move to Lunduke.Locals.com will be happy with the results.
In addition to all of the same content currently available on Substack (PDF magazines and books, exclusive videos and podcasts), Locals also provides some pretty unique features, including:
A vastly superior set of community features (providing a place for community members to create their own discussions).
Live video streaming.
An events calendar.
In addition, I am working directly with the Locals team to bring some specific enhancements which will directly benefit The Lunduke Journal in some fantastic ways. After my discussions with the Locals team, I am incredibly optimistic about the future of Locals as a platform for The Lunduke Journal.
The Substack to Locals process
Beginning today, all new content from The Lunduke Journal — every article, podcast, video and more — will be published to Lunduke.Locals.com.
For a short while, that same content will continue to be published on Lunduke.Substack.com as well. However, before long, no new content will appear on Substack… you’ll want to make sure you have an account over on Lunduke.Locals.com as soon as possible.
I am going to make the process of moving from Substack to Locals as simple and painless as possible. (Truth be told, even if it were a little painful it would still be worth it… but might as well make it easy, right?)
If you are a Free Subscriber on Substack:
Go to Lunduke.Locals.com and create an account (if you don’t already have one).
Choose whatever type of subscription you like (free, monthly, or annual).
I highly recommend the annual. It’s cheaper than the monthly and gives you full access to absolutely everything (the community, live streams, books, videos, exclusive articles… the works). But at least grab the free subscription so you don’t miss out.
If you are a Standard Monthly Subscriber on Substack:
Go to Lunduke.Locals.com and create an account (if you don’t already have one).
Choose whatever type of subscription you like (monthly or annual).
Cancel your paid subscription on Lunduke.Substack.com by following these instructions.
If you are an Annual Subscriber on Substack:
Go to Lunduke.Locals.com and create a free account (if you don’t already have one).
Email [email protected] with your Locals and Substack account emails. I can then give your account full access.
Cancel your paid subscription on Lunduke.Substack.com by following these instructions.
If you are a Founding Member or Lifetime Subscriber on Substack:
Go to Lunduke.Locals.com and create a free account (if you don’t already have one).
Email [email protected] with your Locals and Substack account emails. I can then give your account full access.
Simple, right?
Once you are all set up head to Lunduke.Locals.com/content for a categorized, searchable index of every PDF book, monthly magazine, video, and podcast ever produced by The Lunduke Journal.
If you encounter any difficulty — or have any questions — don’t hesitate to email Lunduke at [email protected].
For the Substack users: give Locals a chance
Change can be hard.
And I certainly understand the hesitancy of creating yet another account on yet another online service.
But this is worth it. Seriously.
Ask any of the community members over on Lunduke.Locals.com. They’ll tell you what a truly magical place it has become.
A nerdy community with absolutely no trolls and no politics. Nerdy Nirvana.
Give it a shot. If you truly are hesitant… try it for a month. If you hate it… bail. But, I’m telling you right now, you’re gonna like it.
See you all on Locals.
-Lunduke
