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Writers are not "fleeing Substack" that's just legacy media trying to insinuate ways to hurt Substack's revenue by creating a false perception of "hm maybe I sh

by michalu 5mo ago

Writers are not "fleeing Substack" that's just legacy media trying to insinuate ways to hurt Substack's revenue by creating a false perception of "hm maybe I should consider switching" in classic divide and conquer. A quick google search "substack site:theverge.com" will reveal that theverge hasn't written a single positive article about substack. Most posts are implying you should avoid substack. The whole article is based on "this one guy switched to ghost" type of evidence ... no data, no stats.

richardatlarge 5mo ago
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean your wrong
multjoy 5mo ago
There are plenty fleeing Substack, and at considerable cost when a Substack subscriber decides to chargeback because they're no longer writing on Substack. I am regretting letting my schlubstack.com domain expire now.
bad_username 5mo ago
This is correct. Substack was one of the first "mainstreamish" platforms to go "against the grain" and try to be neutral with respect to the topics and ideas it platformed. Notably, it allowed deviations from the "party line" on the issues of the pandemic. As became evident with the SPLC story, there are powerful organizations whose goal is not to forget such things and organize persistent media punishment campaigns against the dissenters. This can well be a manifestation of that.
- angoragoats 5mo ago
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  - holbrad 5mo ago
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    - danielmeskin 5mo ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
      - bad_username 5mo ago
        So if you are intolerant (to the intolerant), then by definition you have to be intolerant to yourself, don't you.
        angoragoats 5mo ago
        That’s the whole point and the reason it’s a paradox.
    - angoragoats 5mo ago
      Keep advocating for Nazism. It’s a great look.
  - metalcrow 5mo ago
    > They are not neutral by any means Are you familiar with what "neutral" means? If you have objections to them it's worth your time to have them be correct.
    - angoragoats 5mo ago
      > Are you familiar with what "neutral" means? Yes.
xnx 5mo ago
You can look back through the past 100 theverge.com posts on HN and you won't find anything insightful or even actual reporting (i.e. adding new facts that aren't reported by other sources): https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=theverge.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=theverge.com

by michalu 5mo ago

richardatlarge 5mo ago

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean your wrong

multjoy 5mo ago

There are plenty fleeing Substack, and at considerable cost when a Substack subscriber decides to chargeback because they're no longer writing on Substack. I am regretting letting my schlubstack.com domain expire now.

bad_username 5mo ago

This is correct. Substack was one of the first "mainstreamish" platforms to go "against the grain" and try to be neutral with respect to the topics and ideas it platformed. Notably, it allowed deviations from the "party line" on the issues of the pandemic. As became evident with the SPLC story, there are powerful organizations whose goal is not to forget such things and organize persistent media punishment campaigns against the dissenters. This can well be a manifestation of that.

angoragoats 5mo ago
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- holbrad 5mo ago
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  - danielmeskin 5mo ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
    - bad_username 5mo ago
      So if you are intolerant (to the intolerant), then by definition you have to be intolerant to yourself, don't you.
      - angoragoats 5mo ago
        That’s the whole point and the reason it’s a paradox.
  - angoragoats 5mo ago
    Keep advocating for Nazism. It’s a great look.
- metalcrow 5mo ago
  > They are not neutral by any means Are you familiar with what "neutral" means? If you have objections to them it's worth your time to have them be correct.
  - angoragoats 5mo ago
    > Are you familiar with what "neutral" means? Yes.

xnx 5mo ago

You can look back through the past 100 theverge.com posts on HN and you won't find anything insightful or even actual reporting (i.e. adding new facts that aren't reported by other sources): https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=theverge.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=theverge.com