I've given #SubStack the benefit of the doubt for a bunch of reasons, many of them explained at the end of this piece;

https://disintermedia.substack.com/p/hey-activists-dont-be-a-mailchump

But more recent developments make it harder and harder to keep doing that, especially stuff like this;

"Top finance and business experts discuss what’s to come in 2025, live in the Substack app"

https://on.substack.com/p/the-future-of-finance-substacks-market

(1/2)

I don’t understand #Substack and I’m out of energy to figure it out. I don’t want to be on any more platforms. I’m down to #Medium and #Mastodon. That’s enough.

It's not working yet (and I have many other complaints) but the latest updates from #threads, #ghost and #wordpress combined seems to mean that you can leave #substack for your own site and have your writing directly followed by hundreds of millions. of course they'd have to first enable federation :(

[FYI - I get an error trying to do that so far @johnonolan]

"Hamish McKenzie, a former Lead Writer at Tesla, co-founded Substack, a platform that allows independent writers to publish subscription-based newsletters. With $82.4 million raised from Y Combinator, Substack has become a significant player in digital publishing, enabling writers to monetize their content directly."

https://www.everythingstartups.com/article/the-11-tech-mafias-ruling-silicon-valley

McKenzie is described on that site as part of the Tesla mafia. Hmmmmm ...

#Tesla#SubStack#YCombinator #HamishMcKenzie

Be prepared. Winter is coming.

Check list for disinformation media warriors...

- Get the hell off #X. If you are still on X, stop here, because you are not really a serious disinformation warrior.
- Get the hell off #Threads, #Instagram and #Facebook.
- Get the hell off #Substack. Good options are #Ghost and #Beehive.
- If you need to be on #Bluesky because all the cool kids are there, at least create an "insurance" #Mastodon account and reflect your thoughts here.
- Create a Mastodon account.