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Ellipsus@ellipsus· 20d

Reading through the comments of the Substack release post, it’s very clear: writers don’t want this. They see the ‘partnership’ for what it is: another attempt to shove AI down our throats.

Alex Garcia writes: "No no no! Please don't use this, folks! I hate that you're doing this, Substack. Pangram is AI. So you're basically telling us to use AI to make sure we're not reading AI. This is terrible.

The other thing is that you're not taking into account what authors want. Me, for instance, I do NOT consent to having my writing put through Pangram. With this new tool you're introducing, anyone can just dump my stuff in there with a click, without even realizing that I don't want that to be done. WTF?

Also worth noting that while Pangram's false-positive rates is indeed low (though I'd argue that even one mistake in ten thousand is one too many--what if you're that one?), its false-negative rate is much higher, as you can see in this article:

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/pangram-ai-detection-accuracy/687381/

What that means is that you're much more likely to see AI generated text marked as human-written. Is that what you want?

But I guess this move makes sense considering how Substack seems to be embracing AI in general from the rest of the article. I'm very disappointed.

The Nazi crap was bad enough, but I'm sad to say that for me, this is the last straw. I'd rather pull out than have my writing put randomly through an AI detector."

Ellipsus@ellipsus· 20d

We’ve said it once and we’ll say it again: judging style for “AI-tells” is not a reliable way of adducing human vs. AI-generated work, especially given the grave consequences of getting it wrong (e.g. loss of trust, deplatforming).

Amy Jo writes: 'I write all my stuff. And I've run some work through Pangram. It almost always flags something as AI. My "How I Work" statement will say "I wrote this with my own brainpower and if Pangram says otherwise it's full of s**t."'

Ellipsus@ellipsus· 20d

Despite Pangram’s insistence to the contrary, there are dozens if not hundreds of studies that indicate AI verifiers turn out false positives and negatives all the time. (See: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...) Substackers are running their own work through Pangram to prove it.

Nikki Beem writes "I just tested two essays I wrote, one academic and one more personal, but both 100% me, and both were flagged as 100% AI. When I looked up typical “signs” of AI-generated writing, it listed some of the things I do, and looking deeper, it turns out I was trained to write for the same kind of publications and texts that train AI. So am I writing like AI or is AI writing like me? I now need to completely overhaul how I communicate so that my writing is not flagged as AI, and so I am not discredited as a writer with my own thoughts, opinions, and manner of storytelling? I do appreciate reading stories that feel genuinely human, and come from human minds, but I’m not sure this how we will guarantee that outcome."

Ellipsus@ellipsus· 20d

Style is what makes your voice unique, original, and all your own (read: AI could never)! Every week, we’ll share some Writing Insights from the canon’s finest. This is #howIwriteWednesday. Every writer has their own quirks, flourishes, and... fixations. ahem D.H Lawrence 👀 (mommy issues much?)

A screenshot of Lawrence's Sons and Lovers in Ellipsus. The word "Mother" is used 570 times.

Ellipsus@ellipsus· 22d

Have you written much lately? Why or why not? ✍️

Characters: How do your characters calm themselves down? How are their approaches different?

Ellipsus@ellipsus· 26d

Grifters generating metric f*cktons of slop and bogus biographies about people without consent is absurd, wrong, and, unfortunately, predictable. (See our article all the way back from 2024! ellipsus.com/blog/the-dis...) 🧵👇 (🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/t...)

Still from NYT article:

"Two business school professors, curious about A.I. books and whether anyone actually likes them, gathered data about 10 million books published on Amazon over the last five years. They found that the number of e-books published per month had tripled since the release of ChatGPT, to more than 300,000 at the end of last year, from around 100,000 in 2022. (Amazon said that its internal metrics did not show that level of growth, but would not share its figures.)"

Ellipsus@ellipsus· 28d

Reply with your thoughts 🤔 (Artwork by Liza Sivakova)

Reflection: If you're facing writer's block or burnout, how do you overcome it?

Ellipsus@ellipsus· 28d

Custom Themes take personalization to the next level 😍 Themes carry over to the Reader, so you can create the perfect ambience for your audience. You can even use them as backgrounds for your snippets! Try Ellipsus Plus free for one week (no payment info required) ➡️ ellipsus.com/pricing

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jul 13

On Mondays we write... ✍️

Dialogue: "I wanted to do something special for you."

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jul 9

Another smol but mighty update this week: You can now change the email address associated with your account directly from your Settings page. Just enter the new address via Change email under Account details. Done n' done!

An image of a user account page, showing off the 'change email feature'.

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jul 9

Collapsible headers are free for all, and work in the editor and Reader links, so you can use it while writing, outlining, and editing; or to help your readers stay focused on one section at a time. Free for all, woohoo! Oh, and one more thing...

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jul 9

Turn them on in your Editor settings ('Toggle headings'), then click / tap the arrow beside any H1–H4 header to tuck that section away, safe and sound. When you create a new header, just hit Enter, and it’ll become collapsible too.

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jul 9

A new option for anyone with a veeeeery long doc or complicated outline - Collapsible headers! 🎉🎉

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jul 6

A prompt to kick off the week ✍️

Scenario

You're locked up, again... but are they trying to keep you in, or something else out?

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 30

More gorgeous prompts to round out Pride 🌈 (We hope you've been writing...or whatever else makes you happy during this special month.) Full list of prompts on the blog: ellipsus.com/blog/writing...

Imagine your character in the future. What’s different about them? What’s the same? What have they learned by living a queer life?

What does your character want to change about themselves or their social environment? Write a scene where these desires shift, intensify, or transform.

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 30

Whew, we’ve been busy! Hot on the heels of list view for everyone, we’ve added four new Writing Insights for Ellipsus Plus! Take a closer look at your docs with...👇

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 25

Try it out with our handy toggle, located in the sorting menu (top-right in dashboard). Free for all! (because who doesn’t love a list? 😌)

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 25

Ahhhh, a long-awaited improvement (especially for those of us with a thousand WIPs on the dash... you know who you are...) Get on top of your docs with LIST VIEW!

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 25

How better to spread the 🏳️‍🌈gay agenda🏳️‍🌈 than with pride-themed writing prompts? Check out our full list of prompts (with categories) over on the blog: ellipsus.com/blog/writing... Happy writing!

Picture your character in a space of safety. What do they learn about themselves, the world, or other people?

One character finally allows another to care for them. Why is accepting care difficult? What finally breaks through their defenses?

Write a scene where your character receives recognition from someone important to them.

Your character encounters something that makes them recognize themselves—a story, an image, a conversation, a person, etc.—giving shape to something they couldn’t name. How does it change them?

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 24

Here’s a collection of writing prompts for Pride that we hope help you deepen your queer stories and characters. Go explore some queer themes and possibilities, and reflect on what it means to be queer… in all our messy and magnificent multiplicities! Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈

Write about a character becoming more fully themself. What part of them has been waiting to emerge? Is it a sudden revelation or gradual; or a choice they must make again and again?

Revisit a scene where your character makes an important choice. Can you build up the stakes of this decision? What’s the cost of making the wrong decision?

Flesh out what it means for your character to live authentically. What does it share with, and differ from, from the other lives around them?

What (or who) does safety, refuge, or comfort look like to your character(s)?

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 23

The “Advanced” modal is for nitty-gritty design. Here you can customize the details to a granular degree, as well as modify auto-calculated colors.

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 23

The “Simple” modal foregrounds the main components of the dashboard and editor—the core building blocks of your writing space.

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 23

Our custom theme builder features TWO design modals, so you can get as granular or as global as you want.👇

An image of the Ellipsus theme builder. "Design your space with images, GIFs, and gradients. Export, import, and share with friends. The sky's the limit."

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 18

📣 Important PSA 📣 Sharing custom themes is quick and easy! Simply export your CSS file, and send it forward… Thank you for your attention to this matter 🫡

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 17

Tip 💡Did you know you can add up to 5 colors in the gradient picker? 🌈🌈 Learn more about how to build gradient themes that pop: www.figma.com/resource-lib...

A photo of the Ellipsus gradient picker.

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 17

Custom themes allow you to create your writing space from scratch. Upload images or GIFs, and play around with gradients. Here's some design tips to get you started.👇 (Try out Plus free for 7 days, no payment info required: ellipsus.com/plus)

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 10

Emboss Emboss is our AI-free proof-of-work layer for human writing. Instead of relying on unreliable “AI-powered” “verifiers”, share your writing journey, with authorship metrics that inspire trust. Or, show how your work evolved with snapshots of your version history. Fully opt-in.

An image of the writing journey showing the “Story behind this work” in the Ellipsus reader. “Share the human process behind your work with writing metrics and human authorship badges.” An Emboss badge reads: "Support Human Writers."

Public version history in the reader, with the Emboss watermark in background. “Share selected snapshots from your version history to show how your story took shape.”

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 10

Customizable Snippets 🔖 We all love snippets! Now you can give your words an extra personal touch. Customize your snippets with media backgrounds (GIFs, images), fonts, text colors, and custom themes—you can even add byline credits for authors and characters!

A collection of customizable snippets and the update snippets modal.

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 10

Writing Insights 📝🧐 See insights into your writing process and spot patterns faster across ten AI-free metrics—like vocabulary diversity, sentence length, sentence rhythm, word frequency, and more. Writing insights are opt-in only, and run on local data, so your text never leaves the editor.

Ellipsus@ellipsus· Jun 10

Custom themes 🎨🌁 Make your writing space feel like home with custom themes! Use any colors, gradients, images, or .gifs you love. Share with friends and readers. The choices are infinite.