<![CDATA[A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack.]]>A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott .

We have long known that it platforms and profits from Nazi publications. And now: influencers with multiple accusations of serious crimes... so much so that there is a dedicated Wikipedia page about them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_affairs_of_the_Tate_brothers

No problem for though! They happily take a 10% cut from all paid subscriptions.

There are many great alternatives to SS: Ghost, Buttondown, beehiiv, Patreon... no more excuses

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/1f2f1c13-0172-4f0c-9325-f00684bbe408/a-routine-reminder-that-it-s-always-a-good-idea-to-boycott-substack.RSS for NodeThu, 30 Apr 2026 20:58:32 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2026 09:58:26 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:04:14 GMT]]>@benroyce

Is substack not a tool friend?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116358070907186116/statuses/116462652929627670https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116358070907186116/statuses/116462652929627670Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:04:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:02:34 GMT]]>@Synthyx

You win! Using a tool that is the same kind of tool someone else uses is exactly the same thing as hanging out with them in a bar. Damn have I have been schooled

😂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116462646369780714https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116462646369780714Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:02:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:58:26 GMT]]>@benroyce
What I said would also go to your little "logic 101 win then"

I use xmpp, I'm not a Nazi, Nazis use xmpp, I am using the same software and advocating for others to use it. Public mucs have Nazis because its encrypted and they are scared.

When you add your own rules to how something works you really start to break down your own argument....

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116358070907186116/statuses/116462630123102568https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116358070907186116/statuses/116462630123102568Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:58:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:55:45 GMT]]>@Synthyx

I brush my teeth. Nazis brush their teeth. Therefore I am Nazi

Logic 101 fail

I hang out where Nazis hang out. Therefore I'm a Nazi or I shoild get the fuck out

Logic 101 win

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116462619576531400https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116462619576531400Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:55:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:52:35 GMT]]>@benroyce

Because 1 bad actor is using something...it's bad now?

Nazis use encrypted communications, let's boycott those too then. No more matrix, xmpp, signal, etc because the Nazis use them!!!

You can't hate a platform because of the people mate, ignore the oddballs and use the platform for what it's meant for

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116358070907186116/statuses/116462607099098005https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116358070907186116/statuses/116462607099098005Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:52:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:49:58 GMT]]>@Synthyx

well yes, the saying goes that if you go in a bar and there are nazis there, it's a nazi bar

do you know why that's a well known saying?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116462596841045961https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116462596841045961Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:49:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:48:00 GMT]]>@Synthyx

so you replied to elena's post, about substack, which platforms nazis, to make a comment that has nothing to do with what you replied to?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116462589102597525https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116462589102597525Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:48:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:46:17 GMT]]>@benroyce

Another thing to mention

Why do you all see 1 bad actor and instantly call something a Nazi bar? Some people there are just tryna make some cash no?

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If you actually read what I said you would know that I was referencing how everyone on this platform calls everything Nazi or Fascist....lol

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116358070907186116/statuses/116462571028677509https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116358070907186116/statuses/116462571028677509Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:43:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:41:35 GMT]]>@Synthyx @_elena

i deeply apologize. you are totally right

you winningly reply guyed about people complaining about nazis- which, as we all know, complaining about nazis is the *real* problem

not at all is the problem, like, you know, the actual bona fide nazis on substack?

😂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116462563849791936https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116462563849791936Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:41:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:41:11 GMT]]>@_elena

we're policing our own platform, demanding tptb unNazi
don't take away the income of many excellent journalists and progressive voices because you think we can't manage our own Nazis

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/libramoon/statuses/116462562250833462https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/libramoon/statuses/116462562250833462Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:41:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:33:52 GMT]]>@benroyce @_elena

Think you missed my point comrade

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116358070907186116/statuses/116462533488917105https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116358070907186116/statuses/116462533488917105Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:33:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:26:49 GMT]]>@WTL yes, and is there a track record of running not for profit then changing model later on? Like with OpenAI? Meaning there needs to be more mechanisms shown from the beginning for added assurity when committing to a new platform.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://theforkiverse.com/ap/users/116072724227781013/statuses/116462505779722946https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://theforkiverse.com/ap/users/116072724227781013/statuses/116462505779722946Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:26:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:47:10 GMT]]>@Torithom Off the top of my head, I'd say for-profit, VC backed social media will always chase all the money, so will take anyone as customers, no matter how distastefully fascist they are.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/WTL/statuses/116462349884617764https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/WTL/statuses/116462349884617764Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:47:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:49:23 GMT]]>@WTL Or we address the structure that leads to so many platforms turning sour

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://theforkiverse.com/ap/users/116072724227781013/statuses/116461886741095225https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://theforkiverse.com/ap/users/116072724227781013/statuses/116461886741095225Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:49:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:47:35 GMT]]>@_elena @Torithom @camless I suspect there is a small business model here; $50 to handle it for the folks for whom this feels too complicated (easy for *us*, but not them).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/WTL/statuses/116461643735598192https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/WTL/statuses/116461643735598192Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:47:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:28:49 GMT]]>@_elena
Thank you!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/users/danneau/statuses/116461569917943890https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/users/danneau/statuses/116461569917943890Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:28:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:01:34 GMT]]>@_elena Another alternate is the worker collective that is comradery: https://www.comradery.co/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://disabled.social/users/Aaidanbird/statuses/116461462804968395https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://disabled.social/users/Aaidanbird/statuses/116461462804968395Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:01:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:52:15 GMT]]>@fazalmajid Great, let them. But they can shut up about how antifascist they are unless they want to choke on their own hypocrisy. @msmamet @_elena

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://apobangpo.space/users/dnkboston/statuses/116461426119722357https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://apobangpo.space/users/dnkboston/statuses/116461426119722357Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:52:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:49:27 GMT]]>@benroyce You are more generous than I am. The writers on Substack who made a name for themselves as antifascists should know better. Period. I have no use for people like that. Put your money where your mouth is.

It's disappointing, because there's a lot of people I've had to write off, but the eighth grader in me learning about propaganda during the Holocaust just *can't*.

@Curmudgeon @_elena

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://apobangpo.space/users/dnkboston/statuses/116461415122501847https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://apobangpo.space/users/dnkboston/statuses/116461415122501847Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:49:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:44:08 GMT]]>@jaypeach53 I was thinking generic troll, but why not both? @jwildeboer @codebuzz @_elena

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://apobangpo.space/users/dnkboston/statuses/116461394262714272https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://apobangpo.space/users/dnkboston/statuses/116461394262714272Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:44:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:42:53 GMT]]>@_elena Same! @jwildeboer

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://apobangpo.space/users/dnkboston/statuses/116461389341909620https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://apobangpo.space/users/dnkboston/statuses/116461389341909620Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:42:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:16:37 GMT]]>@jcharlesh

Not just hosted - but actively promoted

🔗: https://archive.is/2025.07.31-054239/https://www.usermag.co/p/substack-sent-a-push-alert-promoting-nazi-white-supremacist-blog “Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116461286001650465https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116461286001650465Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:16:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:07:09 GMT]]>@veronica absolutely.

And the Substack folks (management / power users / journalists) have been very good at getting « Substack » to replace « newsletters » … "she published on her Substack" has become so normalized (like Xerox for photocopy).

We can all do more… gently educating people about the reality behind the hype / surface

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