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Substack’s dubious practices aren’t as bad as their dubious politics. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-host

Substack’s dubious practices aren’t as bad as their dubious politics. 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...

jpttsn 5mo ago
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- lostlogin 5mo ago
  You don’t see the article?
  - supriyo-biswas 5mo ago
    It's kinda hilarious that on an article about said "dickovers", the page has one of these consuming 80% of the screen real estate: https://files.catbox.moe/ztjg15.png https://files.catbox.moe/ztjg15.png
    - lostlogin 5mo ago
      I don’t get one. Not sure if that’s a mobile safari or a blocker or what.
      - supriyo-biswas 5mo ago
        This is on Firefox/Linux, but I’ve also seen it on Chrome/Windows, and Safari/Mac.
        lozf 5mo ago
        uBlock-Origin settings | Filters | Cookie notices Works well for that subset of dickovers at least.
        DavideNL 5mo ago
        Consent-O-Matic works even better. uBlock Origin and others remove the banner / consent screens fine, but it breaks functionality sometimes... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46666283 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46666283
- tanseydavid 5mo ago
  >> Thanks for linking to a cookie banner Dickover. It is called a Dickover.
alsetmusic 5mo ago
Oh yay, the nazi content again. Don't let the Feb 2026 article date fool you, this has been talked about for years and they don't lift a finger. It's like how Meta isn't incentivized to block scams because they profit off of them to the tune of a billion dollars a year. However, I do appreciate white supremacist trash outing themselves in public. Get it on the record. Some of them try to hide, but: Patriot Front had a huge leak of data in 2022 (400GB). "Patriot Front Fascist Leak Exposes Nationwide Racist Campaigns"[0] You can download it at the following torrent address: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:2c87816e4c81990fb25bbca43dd8d578eaa55886&dn=patriotfront&tr=udp%3A%2F%2F9.rarbg.to%3A2920&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexodus.desync.com%3A6969 I'm seeding this on a permanent basis. I have gigabit uplink. Please leach and share. 0. https://unicornriot.ninja/2022/patriot-front-fascist-leak-exposes-nationwide-racist-campaigns/ https://unicornriot.ninja/2022/patriot-front-fascist-leak-ex...
- foxglacier 5mo ago
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nosioptar 5mo ago
At this point, one has to assume anyone still using substack has no problem with Nazis.
- dpkirchner 5mo ago
  I wish they'd all host on substack.com and not their own domains. It's always uncomfortable to go to a site from HN and see that nazi-enabling substack banner.
  - Timwi 5mo ago
    I'm out of the loop, what's going on with Substack and nazis?
    - dpkirchner 5mo ago
      They sent push notifications to their users promoting Nazi content, to users that did not sign up to receive Nazi content. And rather than fixing the problem -- that they host and embrace Nazi content -- they said they fixed the notification issue so "problem solved".

jpttsn 5mo ago

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lostlogin 5mo ago
You don’t see the article?
- supriyo-biswas 5mo ago
  It's kinda hilarious that on an article about said "dickovers", the page has one of these consuming 80% of the screen real estate: https://files.catbox.moe/ztjg15.png https://files.catbox.moe/ztjg15.png
  - lostlogin 5mo ago
    I don’t get one. Not sure if that’s a mobile safari or a blocker or what.
    - supriyo-biswas 5mo ago
      This is on Firefox/Linux, but I’ve also seen it on Chrome/Windows, and Safari/Mac.
      - lozf 5mo ago
        uBlock-Origin settings | Filters | Cookie notices Works well for that subset of dickovers at least.
        DavideNL 5mo ago
        Consent-O-Matic works even better. uBlock Origin and others remove the banner / consent screens fine, but it breaks functionality sometimes... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46666283 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46666283
tanseydavid 5mo ago
>> Thanks for linking to a cookie banner Dickover. It is called a Dickover.

alsetmusic 5mo ago

Oh yay, the nazi content again. Don't let the Feb 2026 article date fool you, this has been talked about for years and they don't lift a finger. It's like how Meta isn't incentivized to block scams because they profit off of them to the tune of a billion dollars a year. However, I do appreciate white supremacist trash outing themselves in public. Get it on the record. Some of them try to hide, but: Patriot Front had a huge leak of data in 2022 (400GB). "Patriot Front Fascist Leak Exposes Nationwide Racist Campaigns"[0] You can download it at the following torrent address: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:2c87816e4c81990fb25bbca43dd8d578eaa55886&dn=patriotfront&tr=udp%3A%2F%2F9.rarbg.to%3A2920&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexodus.desync.com%3A6969 I'm seeding this on a permanent basis. I have gigabit uplink. Please leach and share. 0. https://unicornriot.ninja/2022/patriot-front-fascist-leak-exposes-nationwide-racist-campaigns/ https://unicornriot.ninja/2022/patriot-front-fascist-leak-ex...

foxglacier 5mo ago
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nosioptar 5mo ago

At this point, one has to assume anyone still using substack has no problem with Nazis.

dpkirchner 5mo ago
I wish they'd all host on substack.com and not their own domains. It's always uncomfortable to go to a site from HN and see that nazi-enabling substack banner.
- Timwi 5mo ago
  I'm out of the loop, what's going on with Substack and nazis?
  - dpkirchner 5mo ago
    They sent push notifications to their users promoting Nazi content, to users that did not sign up to receive Nazi content. And rather than fixing the problem -- that they host and embrace Nazi content -- they said they fixed the notification issue so "problem solved".