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Substack openly hosts unambiguous medical misinformation that can result in harm. It's reasonable to not want to support that, indirectly or otherwise.
by deminature 3y ago
Substack openly hosts unambiguous medical misinformation that can result in harm. It's reasonable to not want to support that, indirectly or otherwise.
- shitlord 3y ago[flagged]
- ericjmorey 3y agoHow is that relevant to selfhosting the software that Ghost provides under an MIT license?
- shitlord 3y agoIt's not, and maybe my comment was unclear. My comment was about the Ghost managed hosting service and its competitors. It's just a little strange that Substack is blamed for allowing medical misinformation on a thread praising its competitor, when that competitor also allows medical misinformation. All I'm saying is that when judging the policies of these companies, we should apply a consistent standard.
- nickthegreek 3y agoThere is a consistant standard from Molly and others who have left (like Casey Newton) It has to do with social tools. Substack puts out a weekly email digest and has a notes platform where your articles can be next to the nazi articles by substacks algo. Ghost doesnt push social and isnt interested in getting into that space.
- bsder 3y agoThere is a big different between simply hosting websites and actively pushing them to drive engagement and ad views. Substack is actively promoting many of these questionable people in order to drive engagement.