"As my dear friend Jeanna Kadlec wrote in her newsletter, 'We are all compromised, under capitalism. It is a brutal and cruel system that thrives on exploitation, and exploitation alone. And, unless you go into the woods or into a commune, there is no escaping it.'”

#Substack
/4

"As my dear friend Jeanna Kadlec wrote in her newsletter, 'We are all compromised, under capitalism. It is a brutal and cruel system that thrives on exploitation, and exploitation alone. And, unless you go into the woods or into a commune, there is no escaping it.'”

#Substack
/4

"Not everyone can stay; not everyone should. But the idea that there is a platform or a state or city where everything is good is like believing in Atlantis. Maybe it exists, but you’ll go broke never finding it. Even in blue states, a sizable minority of people voted for this authoritarian regime, and even on platforms you don’t like people are doing incredible work."

#Substack
/3

But:

"There is a lot about the 'just leave' discourse that I don’t like. Not everyone can just leave. ...

The other problem with the assumption that creators can simply switch platforms — as with all 'just leave' arguments — is that it operates on the assumption that there is one good place to go. When progressives abandon platforms and places, we abandon dialogue, we abandon conversations, and we also often abandon creators, authors, artists, friends, and neighbors."

#Substack
/2

Lyz Lenz explains why she is leaving Substack. She says that the site has "transitioned to more of a social media site" and "has become increasingly unfriendly to creators." "[I]ts algorithm prioritizes what has enshittified America — rage, Nazis, transphobia, and conspiracies." And because Substack is pushing users to access it by the app, many are not getting email notices of new feed from people to whom they've subscribed.

#Substack
/1

https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-i-am-leaving-141136238

"The 'Why I’m Leaving Substack' post is the new 'Goodbye to All That,'” writes Sarah Scrier for NiemanLab. Some top newsletter writers — including Anne Helen Petersen, Lyz Lenz, and Virginia Sole-Smith — have left Substack for Patreon. Email delivery issues, poor technical support and an overemphasis on social features were reasons for their departure. Both Petersen and Lenz also referenced Substack's platforming of Nazis and hate speech in their farewell notes. Here's more.

https://flip.it/L22UTT

#Media #News #Publishing #Substack #Patreon #Newsletters #LyzLenz #AnneHelenPetersen #VirginiaSoleSmith

"The 'Why I’m Leaving Substack' post is the new 'Goodbye to All That,'” writes Sarah Scrier for NiemanLab. Some top newsletter writers — including Anne Helen Petersen, Lyz Lenz, and Virginia Sole-Smith — have left Substack for Patreon. Email delivery issues, poor technical support and an overemphasis on social features were reasons for their departure. Both Petersen and Lenz also referenced Substack's platforming of Nazis and hate speech in their farewell notes. Here's more.

https://flip.it/L22UTT

#Media #News #Publishing #Substack #Patreon #Newsletters #LyzLenz #AnneHelenPetersen #VirginiaSoleSmith

new startup idea from Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz's a16z¹: a tool to let you control thousands of #socialmedia accounts that look "as human as possible"

¹ Owners of large stakes in #Substack, The Privatized Public Square (AKA “X” AKA “The Everything App”), and (soon) #TikTok

#DoubleSpeed #AI #grok #psyop #a16z #MarcAndreessen #SlugsOfA16z #uspol #disinformation #BenHorowitz #nerdreich #broligarchy #broligarchs #X #NetworkState

new startup idea from Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz's a16z¹: a tool to let you control thousands of #socialmedia accounts that look "as human as possible"

¹ Owners of large stakes in #Substack, The Privatized Public Square (AKA “X” AKA “The Everything App”), and (soon) #TikTok

#DoubleSpeed #AI #grok #psyop #a16z #MarcAndreessen #SlugsOfA16z #uspol #disinformation #BenHorowitz #nerdreich #broligarchy #broligarchs #X #NetworkState

There's services like nitter and pewtube, can someone make an "unstack" for allowing us to read posts from #Substack without giving the site traffic?

There's services like nitter and pewtube, can someone make an "unstack" for allowing us to read posts from #Substack without giving the site traffic?

If you are writing about the erosion of democracy, and you are STILL publishing at #substack, or still hanging out at #bluesky, either your writings are not that serious, and mostly grifting, or your naivete is critical level.

Do NOT use the nazi bar bulletin board to publish anything against nazis. Being at the nazi bar gives nazis a platform AND funding.

#TurdReich #USPol

If you are writing about the erosion of democracy, and you are STILL publishing at #substack, or still hanging out at #bluesky, either your writings are not that serious, and mostly grifting, or your naivete is critical level.

Do NOT use the nazi bar bulletin board to publish anything against nazis. Being at the nazi bar gives nazis a platform AND funding.

#TurdReich #USPol

Alternative a Substack

Siamo andati alla ricerca di alternative a Substack, il popolare servizio di newsletter. Ecco quali alternative abbiamo trovato!

https://www.lealternative.net/2021/07/07/alternative-a-substack/

Still relevant.

#Substack #AdviceAnimal #ScumbagSteve