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Substack promoted a Nazi blog again (www.usermag.co)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Substack sent a push alert encouraging users to subscribe to a Nazi newsletter that claimed Jewish people are a sickness and that we must eradicate minorities to build a “White homeland.”

This has been a problem for years: Substack has a Nazi problem - The Atlantic

Substack won’t commit to removing Nazi content - TechCrunch

I don’t think this can be ignored anymore. If you’re on Substack, please consider one of its many fine alternatives. Wired wrote about a few last year.

Plus, it’s quite easy to move a newsletter these days.

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[–] 26 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Substack just annoying as can be anyway, with the constant spammy pop-ups about subscribed to my newsletter and whatever the hell else. Absolutely atrocious blogging platform

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  • [+] -50 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Can't criticize unless an alternative is provided tho, can you?

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  • [–] 62 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You absolutely can and should regardless.

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  • [+] -17 points 1 year ago

    I almost fully agree Idk about 'should' just out of paranoia that I can imagine a case where criticizing without sufficient contrast or a consistent-enough background of otherness, could potentially have unintended consequences or surprisingly negative overall moral impacts Or maybe just paranoid idek

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago*

    Lol, I can absolutely call a website (or argument) awful or absolutely moronic without providing an alternative. Especially when we're talking about Nazi supporters (which substack objectively is and has been for years).

    As a wise man once said, I don't need to be a pilot to know a helicopter doesn't belong in a tree.

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