The Substack UI seems a bit roundabout, especially from the app. If I want to check stats on a not-so-recent post, it seems like I need to open the post first, but this has been inflating my post views. Is there a way to hide your own post views from the post stats? I want to get a more accurate reflection of how many people are reading my posts.
I had to complete a multi-part work test for the second round of a job application. One of them involved a technical tracker that I was very proud of. My friends and I are spreadsheet nerds, so I showed it to a couple. In doing so, I noticed a small, cosmetic error, where one row was shifted upwards by a couple of rows (this is a gantt chart, so it was literally a misplaced colored row--no numbers or substantial content of the spreadsheet). I instinctively fixed the mistake. Literally just thought, "oh, let me take care of that" and corrected the alignment. Afterwards, I realized that this was a big mistake because I had already submitted the link to the hiring team.
I went into the version history of the document and tried to delete the current version, hoping it would revert to the original submission. NOPE. I deleted the entire version history, and now only the most recent version exists.
I emailed the hiring manager explaining the situation. Of course, I got an OOO response, so they won't see it for a week. There's a chance the process will move forward without anyone reading my email. Even if they read it on time, they might choose to disqualify me over my mistake. It's completely understandable if that happens, but fuck. I've been fighting to get a job for well over a year now, and my task work was pretty good in my opinion. Would be a shame if I destroyed my chances over this, especially because the mistake I fixed did not stand out much or affect the core idea behind my tracker. The other two tasks show that I didn't touch those after submission, but I don't know how much weight they'd give to that given the circumstances.
tl;dr: I submitted a work test for a job vacancy on google sheets, instinctively edited a mistake post-submission, and accidentally wiped the edit history in trying to revert to the original version.
When I created my substack, I didn't know that the handle I chose would also become my subdomain. I would like my subdomain to match the name of my publication, rather than my handle. However, the subdomain I want is already taken by somebody else, who seems to be pretty inactive.
I was thinking of messaging them to ask if they'd be willing to change their subdomain so I can claim the one they currently have. Is this possible, or does substack keep a user's old subdomain linked to their new subdomain to avoid dead links?