Whether or not Substack ever had a significant Nazi problem is now a moot point.
It undoubtedly has a Nazi image problem – and that’s not going to easy to shift.
Platformer leaving Substack for Ghost over the “platforming Nazis” issue.
That’ll be a substantial hit for Substack.
This is an insanely long, but very detailed and compelling, telling of the Substack story — and how the platform got into its current mess.
Recommended.
My annual look at the most popular posts on my journalism site, One Man & His Blog.
The clearest trend is the real sense of uncertainty surrounding social media right now. If it’s confusing for users, think how challenging it is for professionals…
It would be better if journalists did not gravitate to a Facebook-owned Twitter clone.
Amen.
One of the (very) small ironies of the “Substackers against Nazis” ruckus is that I’ve ended up spending way more time on Substack than usual, just to track what’s happening.
My inability to remember which is the correct spelling – whether or wether – means I accidentally write about castrated rams rather more than anyone outside Farmers Weekly should ever do so.
Substack launched Notes to steal attention from Twitter.
It succeeded. Right now, I bet they’re regretting that.
This was very interesting to write. It does feel like some models of society and lifepaths have reached their natural end — and are now running on human inertia.
Opportunity lies in spotting what’s dead, and figuring out what should replace it.