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What’s wrong with Substack?

petralithic 1y ago
They might be referring to Substack having a very open policy of having writers of any political (and other) affiliation on the platform, but I don't necessarily see it as a drawback to be so neutral.
- brendoelfrendo 1y ago
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  - th0ma5 1y ago
    This. Sorry you're getting down votes at this moment for speaking the truth, but there really is no excuse for anti society anti intellectual illiberalism from the world's literal biggest losers.
- danpalmer 1y ago
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- dyauspitr 1y ago
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  - petralithic 1y ago
    If you want free speech, you'll have to have people who have views you don't like, otherwise they might silence you too.
    - brendoelfrendo 1y ago
      Oh, you're so close. The fascists are parasites: they only tolerate liberalism insofar as it allows them to spread their ideas. They desperately want to--and will--silence their opponents as soon as they wield power. They view tolerance as a weakness, and the social contract as a game to be played only until it can be rewritten. I do not dispute that Nazis can, legally, say what they say. I don't even necessarily think it's bad that their speech is protected. But their speech should have consequences, and platform owners can and should tell them to fuck off.
      - petralithic 1y ago
        > But their speech should have consequences, and platform owners can and should tell them to fuck off. Sure, some platforms do, and some don't, like Substack, that is their prerogative and if people don't like it they can choose not to read them. But we cannot force them to do anything, nor should we.
    - pohl 1y ago
      That would include people with views about Substack too, though, right?
      - petralithic 1y ago
        Of course, why wouldn't it?
    - dyauspitr 1y ago
      Not views that espouse violence.
pryce 1y ago
Might be the allegations such as those made by David Farrier this August[1] > Then, last month, Substack sent out a push notification to some users of the Substack app encouraging them to subscribe to a Nazi newsletter. Like, full-Nazi stuff. Not subtle: followed by a screenshot of a Substack profile full of swastikas describing itself as news for the "National Socialist and White Nationalist Community" [1] https://www.webworm.co/webwormisleavingsubstack/ https://www.webworm.co/webwormisleavingsubstack/

They might be referring to Substack having a very open policy of having writers of any political (and other) affiliation on the platform, but I don't necessarily see it as a drawback to be so neutral.

brendoelfrendo 1y ago
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- th0ma5 1y ago
  This. Sorry you're getting down votes at this moment for speaking the truth, but there really is no excuse for anti society anti intellectual illiberalism from the world's literal biggest losers.
danpalmer 1y ago
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dyauspitr 1y ago
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- petralithic 1y ago
  If you want free speech, you'll have to have people who have views you don't like, otherwise they might silence you too.
  - brendoelfrendo 1y ago
    Oh, you're so close. The fascists are parasites: they only tolerate liberalism insofar as it allows them to spread their ideas. They desperately want to--and will--silence their opponents as soon as they wield power. They view tolerance as a weakness, and the social contract as a game to be played only until it can be rewritten. I do not dispute that Nazis can, legally, say what they say. I don't even necessarily think it's bad that their speech is protected. But their speech should have consequences, and platform owners can and should tell them to fuck off.
    - petralithic 1y ago
      > But their speech should have consequences, and platform owners can and should tell them to fuck off. Sure, some platforms do, and some don't, like Substack, that is their prerogative and if people don't like it they can choose not to read them. But we cannot force them to do anything, nor should we.
  - pohl 1y ago
    That would include people with views about Substack too, though, right?
    - petralithic 1y ago
      Of course, why wouldn't it?
  - dyauspitr 1y ago
    Not views that espouse violence.

pryce 1y ago

Might be the allegations such as those made by David Farrier this August[1] > Then, last month, Substack sent out a push notification to some users of the Substack app encouraging them to subscribe to a Nazi newsletter. Like, full-Nazi stuff. Not subtle: followed by a screenshot of a Substack profile full of swastikas describing itself as news for the "National Socialist and White Nationalist Community" [1] https://www.webworm.co/webwormisleavingsubstack/ https://www.webworm.co/webwormisleavingsubstack/