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"Yay" Greenwald is (still) playing footsie down at the Nazi bar. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-n

by jeffbee 8mo ago

"Yay" Greenwald is (still) playing footsie down at the Nazi bar. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-s...

embedding-shape 8mo ago
> Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters If we're gonna judge authors for what platforms they're using, does that mean we're all bad guys here on HN too, since a lot of current misery is because of startups and technology companies who used to receive a lot praise here?
- zrail 8mo ago
  Yes.
  - nvr219 8mo ago
    Suffering from success.
- lqstuart 8mo ago
  It's always fun reminding people that the internet was invented by the US military
  - embedding-shape 8mo ago
    So was the programming compiler, not sure what that's supposed to tell us. Programming languages are violent?
    - deleted 8mo ago
      [deleted]
  - Ylpertnodi 8mo ago
    [flagged]
  - kstrauser 8mo ago
    And Tor was a US Navy project. What’s your point?
- Applejinx 8mo ago
  They couldn't possibly make all that money from just Nazis: I'm given to understand they're doing really well these days. I had the impression that Substack became heavily co-opted by anti-Nazis and have done nothing to defend the feelings of the Nazis they're also happy to host. Not sure what the balance is currently, but again: they couldn't possibly be making all that money from just Nazis, and I think that's instructive.
alejohausner 8mo ago
Rumble is indeed a free for all, with lots of angry kooks. But it’s also a place where reasonable dissenting voices have found a way to get their ideas heard. It’s a mixed bag.
- embedding-shape 8mo ago
  As it should be. If it's not a mixed bag, you're in an echo-chamber. That's why I hang out here on HN with my fellow crazies who can separate ideas, thoughts and knowledge from the person.
  - SV_BubbleTime 8mo ago
    Well… let’s be fair… outside of tech specific posts, this place is Reddit/r/poltics maybe the lite version. This is an echo chamber on at least a dozen major topics.
  - stackghost 8mo ago
    HN is one massive echo chamber. Sorry to be the one to point it out to you. Why do you think HN has such a bad reputation for being smug corporate bootlickers? The elitism and groupthink here is fucking wild.
    - embedding-shape 8mo ago
      Every places have echos of echo-chambers, but some are worse than others. At least on HN you can choose to see stuff heavily downvoted, in many other places moderators just remove posts as they see fit. You'll get more different point of views here than on many other places, but I'd be happy to hear what places you consider less of an echo-chamber than HN.
      - aydyn 8mo ago
        Wait a second, I instantly recognized your post as self-deprecating humor and not glazing and had a light chuckle. You mean that: >That's why I hang out here on HN with my fellow crazies who can separate ideas, thoughts and knowledge from the person. Is unironically what you think and posted in earnest? Thats WILD.

by jeffbee 8mo ago

embedding-shape 8mo ago

> Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters If we're gonna judge authors for what platforms they're using, does that mean we're all bad guys here on HN too, since a lot of current misery is because of startups and technology companies who used to receive a lot praise here?

zrail 8mo ago
Yes.
- nvr219 8mo ago
  Suffering from success.
lqstuart 8mo ago
It's always fun reminding people that the internet was invented by the US military
- embedding-shape 8mo ago
  So was the programming compiler, not sure what that's supposed to tell us. Programming languages are violent?
  - deleted 8mo ago
    [deleted]
- Ylpertnodi 8mo ago
  [flagged]
- kstrauser 8mo ago
  And Tor was a US Navy project. What’s your point?
Applejinx 8mo ago
They couldn't possibly make all that money from just Nazis: I'm given to understand they're doing really well these days. I had the impression that Substack became heavily co-opted by anti-Nazis and have done nothing to defend the feelings of the Nazis they're also happy to host. Not sure what the balance is currently, but again: they couldn't possibly be making all that money from just Nazis, and I think that's instructive.

alejohausner 8mo ago

Rumble is indeed a free for all, with lots of angry kooks. But it’s also a place where reasonable dissenting voices have found a way to get their ideas heard. It’s a mixed bag.

embedding-shape 8mo ago
As it should be. If it's not a mixed bag, you're in an echo-chamber. That's why I hang out here on HN with my fellow crazies who can separate ideas, thoughts and knowledge from the person.
- SV_BubbleTime 8mo ago
  Well… let’s be fair… outside of tech specific posts, this place is Reddit/r/poltics maybe the lite version. This is an echo chamber on at least a dozen major topics.
- stackghost 8mo ago
  HN is one massive echo chamber. Sorry to be the one to point it out to you. Why do you think HN has such a bad reputation for being smug corporate bootlickers? The elitism and groupthink here is fucking wild.
  - embedding-shape 8mo ago
    Every places have echos of echo-chambers, but some are worse than others. At least on HN you can choose to see stuff heavily downvoted, in many other places moderators just remove posts as they see fit. You'll get more different point of views here than on many other places, but I'd be happy to hear what places you consider less of an echo-chamber than HN.
    - aydyn 8mo ago
      Wait a second, I instantly recognized your post as self-deprecating humor and not glazing and had a light chuckle. You mean that: >That's why I hang out here on HN with my fellow crazies who can separate ideas, thoughts and knowledge from the person. Is unironically what you think and posted in earnest? Thats WILD.