Rxan Smith

Rxan Smith

Substack Revolution: My First 150 Days in the Trenches: A Mini-Manifesto for the Real Ones

How I Rediscovered the Internet as a Wild, Unfettered Beast Before the Algorithms Turned It into a Circus of Rage Monkeys

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Rxan Smith
Jan 30, 2026
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Listen up, you beautiful bastards – this is a must-read for my current followers and subscribers, and an absolute mind-fuck mystery tour for anyone stumbling in fresh. I’m asking a favor right out the gate, and I promise I’ll earn it by the end of this ramble. It’ll take you less than 10 minutes if you read like a normal human; if you’re one of those speed-freaks who devours words like Hunter Thompson scarfed mescaline, you’ll be done in five.

Stick with me, and I’ll peel back the layers: who the hell I am, why I’m squatting on Substack like a digital squatter with a typewriter, what I love about this madhouse platform. Then we’ll dive into what my publication is really about – the raw, uncomfortable guts of it. After that, I’ll paint you a picture of the people here, these intellectual outlaws, and the explosive potential of Substack to ignite something real.

Finally, in full leadership mode – I’ll rally the troops: why we gotta keep pushing, keep the energy surging, because this ain’t…

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