Substack finally stops playing footsie and starts going steady with media clowns, has-beens, and White Pride enthusiasts as The Substack Election pundits for the 2024 US Presidential election
There's many ideas as to what is going on with Substack. I think it's a temporary deal.
As soon as Substack started to need, funding, or take out new loans, it began its death spiral.
The are no tech investment firms that are *not* going to influence their borrowers'. That's not by accident/chance, it's by design.
Substack will exist, so long as the reader base, and clicks stay below a certain threshold. Once it passes that point, censorship will follow. Hell, is probably part of the loan agreement.
I have skim read for now, i’ll return, but as to your point on the glowing intros, i wholeheartedly agree..... i posted this on one of those glowing intros to some WaPo/CNN vampire....
Thank you for raising these points. This kind of stuff has been worrying me too. Maybe it's time to start hedging bets. Any idea about good alternatives? Locals maybe?
I came back. Great piece. Pretty much says it all. It looks like a money play to me. I’d be ok with that in truth if it wasn’t wrapped up in “we’re going to dissect this election for you.... over to our chief biologist, Matlor Yglorenzias, who has their scalpel ready” type bullshit.
What are they trying to prove? I thought the company was a big success. If persons like it, then the platform will grow naturally. I just do not understand where the problem is. Why can't they just be happy? They have a few million customers. I'd be happy. You guys (Substack) are making a living, aren't you? I don't like all the churn, myself. There isn't anything to change. The world is fine. Businessmen are these useless wack-ass people. They are useful idiots at best. So put up you damn website, let me publish on it and go find a hobby. Despite ESG or whatever, the fact is business people never have an social conscience at all. I don't care what their business strategy is. I just want to publish. So it works for me. I have 24 subscribers (free). Woo-hoo. I am fine. If you want to read me, fine. S-stack has plenty of more fashionable more commercial folks to pay them. They are making a good living. Sorry I dont get it.
As a South African, Substack doesn't offer me a system for payment, so I can't collect my donations (few but needed as I, as an activist, have no income). That Substack doesn't provide payment options is further worrying considering websites and journalists that have been demonetised by neocon-loving companies.
There's many ideas as to what is going on with Substack. I think it's a temporary deal.
As soon as Substack started to need, funding, or take out new loans, it began its death spiral.
The are no tech investment firms that are *not* going to influence their borrowers'. That's not by accident/chance, it's by design.
Substack will exist, so long as the reader base, and clicks stay below a certain threshold. Once it passes that point, censorship will follow. Hell, is probably part of the loan agreement.
I have skim read for now, i’ll return, but as to your point on the glowing intros, i wholeheartedly agree..... i posted this on one of those glowing intros to some WaPo/CNN vampire....
https://substack.com/@crapp/note/c-39732880?r=b9soy&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
"I welcome all odious and miscreant and degenerate and uncouth voice on this platform."
I feel seen. It's nice.
Thank you for raising these points. This kind of stuff has been worrying me too. Maybe it's time to start hedging bets. Any idea about good alternatives? Locals maybe?
I came back. Great piece. Pretty much says it all. It looks like a money play to me. I’d be ok with that in truth if it wasn’t wrapped up in “we’re going to dissect this election for you.... over to our chief biologist, Matlor Yglorenzias, who has their scalpel ready” type bullshit.
It makes me want to listen to Leadbelly.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2MkfTYPmLlA
And just for the pure snarl....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IZFYTp8bZ00
What are they trying to prove? I thought the company was a big success. If persons like it, then the platform will grow naturally. I just do not understand where the problem is. Why can't they just be happy? They have a few million customers. I'd be happy. You guys (Substack) are making a living, aren't you? I don't like all the churn, myself. There isn't anything to change. The world is fine. Businessmen are these useless wack-ass people. They are useful idiots at best. So put up you damn website, let me publish on it and go find a hobby. Despite ESG or whatever, the fact is business people never have an social conscience at all. I don't care what their business strategy is. I just want to publish. So it works for me. I have 24 subscribers (free). Woo-hoo. I am fine. If you want to read me, fine. S-stack has plenty of more fashionable more commercial folks to pay them. They are making a good living. Sorry I dont get it.
As a South African, Substack doesn't offer me a system for payment, so I can't collect my donations (few but needed as I, as an activist, have no income). That Substack doesn't provide payment options is further worrying considering websites and journalists that have been demonetised by neocon-loving companies.
What about a quality search tool? There is plenty of quality info here but, in my limited experience, not obvious to reliably find.