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Substack & Twitter (lemmy.world)
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If you're on Substack or Twitter... why?

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[–] 16 points 2 months ago (7 children)

I haven't used substack, but I've never heard any negative discourse about it either. A lot of Nazis on there I guess?

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  • [–] 22 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Substack faced further criticism in November 2023 for allowing its platform to be used by white nationalists, Nazis, and antisemites.[61] In an open letter, more than 100 Substack creators threatened to leave the platform[62] and implored Substack's leadership to stop giving bigotry a platform.[63] In response, Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie said the company would continue to allow the publication of extremist views because attempting to censor them would make the problem worse.[11][64]

    From their Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substack

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    I'm curious too, is this about the owners or the writers?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    The CEO did an interview on The Verge with Nilay Patel and refused to say that he would take Nazi content off the platform, taking an 'absolute free-speech, nothing is censored' approach.

    The common sentiment is that refusing to take down Nazi content makes one complicit and supportive of Nazis.

    But I have no idea how many nazis post on Substack.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago*

    The common sentiment is that refusing to take down Nazi content makes one complicit and supportive of Nazis.

    No tolerance for intolerance is a principle which he seems to be whiffing on. Or maybe it's as simple as significantly more profit for him by turning a blind eye.

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    • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    https://leavesubstack.com/

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    [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Suppose I've heard a lot of talk trashing Substack, but what alternatives exist?

    As a non-user who doesn't do much of anything in that space, seems like they're one of the few ways to distribute newsletters and such to emails en masse.

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    • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Do you mean x.com? Because someone registered the expired Twitter name and is building Twitter.now as a replacement for What the old Twitter became.

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    • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    I've just heard of Substack, what's wrong with it?

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 months ago

    Substack has a Nazi problem

    The newsletter-hosting site Substack advertises itself as the last, best hope for civility on the internet—and aspires to a bigger role in politics in 2024. But just beneath the surface, the platform has become a home and propagator of white supremacy and anti-Semitism. Substack has not only been hosting writers who post overtly Nazi rhetoric on the platform; it profits from many of them.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    The CEO did an interview on The Verge with Nilay Patel and refused to say that he would take Nazi content off the platform, taking an 'absolute free-speech, nothing is censored' approach.

    The common sentiment is that refusing to take down Nazi content makes one complicit and supportive of Nazis.

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