A routine reminder that it's always a good idea to boycott #Substack.

[bruiserzinha@ursal.zone]

@Torithom

@hamishcampbell self host

#dotcons

[sayonaraminasan@urusai.social]

@_elena someone much wiser than myself once said https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/116456782686227334

[pheonix@hachyderm.io]

@_elena I didn't know substack platforms human traffickers, misogynists and xenophobes.

[clintruin@mastodon.social]

@Trixiemaina @_elena
Enjoy your "go to app".
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters

[veronica@explains.social]

@_elena I've noticed a lot of folks have no idea what "Substack" is. They see a newsletter. It has information they agree with. They sign up. They don't think about it beyond that.

Basically, if we want to take a bite out of the SS, I think we need to educate folks on what the uniform looks like.

IMO that has to go hand-in-hand with reaching out to writers in our lives and encouraging them to look at alternatives.

[trixiemaina@mstdn.social]

@clintruin @_elena ok

[vanzick@mastodon.social]

@_elena I believe there’s space for anyone in the world to express their ideas, in Tate’s case the space inside a rubbish bin. Any respectable platform would never accept to profit from his disgusting and harmful propaganda, but then again Substack is not a respectable one.

[hub@cosocial.ca]

@_elena @pheonix and literal nazi with swastica on their page.

[geraldew@fosstodon.org]

@veronica @_elena I also suspect those writers have no idea how many of us see that their content is on Substack and simply don't go there.

Admittedly, I also have no idea how many of us are doing that - i.e. not reading them.

[woe2you@beige.party]

@codebuzz @_elena @jwildeboer One user and all the neo-Nazis. Remember them? The ones Substack refuses to remove?

[cppguy@infosec.space]

@codebuzz

We have only one planet, but there are lots of blogging sites. That's where your comparison breaks down.

And we cannot treat Nazism as an equal and valid viewpoint. We must reject it, and reject it hard.

@_elena @jwildeboer

[xenodium@indieweb.social]

@_elena here’s an alternative built by me https://lmno.lol my https://xenodium.com blog runs off that.

[fatboy@fosstodon.org]

@_elena Substack? More like subshit

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@Curmudgeon @_elena

"Rick Wilson, HCR, Joyce Vance"

We convince them to move

"That's what we call free speech"

Speech intended to limit the freedoms of those who are women, nonwhite, trans, gay, nonChristian, people with disabilities, etc is not free speech

How do you define speech against freedom as free speech?

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@Synthyx @_elena

the topic here is substack which platforms actual literal nazis. the swastika prominently shown. this whole "you use that word too much" is a weird hill to die on when dealing with genuine nazis my friend

[sassinake@mastodon.social]

@_elena

@rbreich

[scottytrees@mastodon.social]

@_elena real shame so many journalists still use substack, but you do you. i'm purging myself of most news stuff. it's just too depressing and too stupid and it isn't helping my mental health at all

[noodlemaz@mstdn.games]

@codebuzz @_elena @jwildeboer it's not about one user, 'just saying' - JAQing off, more like. Don't do this.
He's an example. Even if it were just him, why would you want to share a platform with a rapist?

[crazyeddie@mastodon.social]

@cubeExplorer @_elena Liberalism has to defend itself but I think part of that is that it does have to allow, if not tolerate, deliberately divisive and even hateful speech.

Group think is bad.

I think Popper called out the line pretty well: when they advocate that we don't discuss differences but instead raise fist or sword. That's when...well...you do, and you get it done.

[lancejz@mastodon.social]

@_elena today I learned 'Substack' is a thing, I'm boycotting it as of now.