Poll- where do you want to get updates?

Real quick- there's not a lot to talk about on the game dev side of things this week, so I'll wait until next week for that.

TL;DR
Major platforms are unreliable. I want a long-term home for my community. Somewhere I can make release announcements and general updates that I think all players would wanna see. My regular blog-style posts will still live here for fans that want to be more informed about the dev process.

I'm not gonna do salesy stuff with this. Y'all already support me beyond all my expectations <3

My question: What would be the most convenient place for this? Like, somewhere you'd actually see the announcements? My instinct is just a basic-ass email list. I've seen peeps use Telegram channels or similar, but don't know if that's something anyone really likes using. Please vote or comment to help me decide ;-;


Optional reading
Everything past this point in the post is optional. I'm gonna talk about the what/why, but it's not necessary information for voting in the poll.

What I'm going to post
So it's two main things- announcements of exciting releases, and general updates.

Announcements are for actual releases, project reveals, etc. I figure this is the main info everyone would wanna hear about.

General updates are a condensed version of what gets talked about here. So, a month's worth of progress might get summarized into a gif. If you don't read the weekly posts here, these would act as a sneak peak of upcoming features. I'll only post these when there's something substantial that I think all players would want to know about.

I'll be active on social media once I start posting playable builds, but that's just for reaching new players and won't be the central place to hear about new stuff.

Read before you comment:
I'm gonna talk about censorship. No political nonsense in the comments. This topic is wrapped up in culture wars, but this post isn't about that. No ranting, no instigating. I'll delete any comments that seem even vaguely tribal/political.

Why platforms are unreliable
If you're here on my Substar, you're probably aware of the unstable situation for NSFW creators on Patreon. Though if you're curious, I talk about it in the Patreon version of this post.

Substar is better for NSFW creators since it actively resist censorship, but there are other issues that make it potentially unstable. Its stance on censorship draws all forms of extreme content creators here, putting it in a perpetually vulnerable position with payment platforms and outside funding. Platforms like this historically don't survive in the long run without caving to outside pressure.

Substar also has a history of slow/unstable management. If something goes wrong with my account here, I can't be sure if/when the problem will be fixed.

Why not a more social option?
I want a direct and stable link to fans. But I'm not really a "host" or community manager. I want to be able to talk to people, but am not interested in having a town hall-style community like the old Discord server. I just want a way to let people know "hey there's a new public build" or "yooo I just paired up with this cool artist", etc.

Since my content is kink, and is set to become far more queer-inclusive, it's hard to rely on the usual channels long-term.

Alternatives I'm not gonna use
Social media.
Major social media platforms are subject to sudden bouts of NSFW censorship (see Tumblr), volatile management decisions that make it hard to stay connected (see Twitter), or just straight up dislike NSFW content. Creators and followers are at the mercy of whatever the platform decides that day.

Discord.
Same problems as other social media.
edit: peeps are pointing out that Discord can be used as an announcements-only platform. I'm not super opposed to the idea.

Mastodon/fediverse options.
Niche social media platforms on the fediverse are neat, but are simply too far out of the way of ordinary users to be convenient.

...and yep, I think that covers it!

<3