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News Summary: Authors Equity to Publish Substack Founder’s Memoir; Patreon CEO Attacks AI Fair Use Claims https://selfpublishingadvice.org/substack-founders-memoir/ #HamishMcKenzie #AuthorsEquity #creatorrights #wordpress.com #AIfairuse #JackConte #substack #Patreon #News
*The* Paul BrownFeb 8

> “I just want to make it clear that we don’t like Nazis either – we wish no one held those views,” [ #HamishMcKenzie, founder of #Substack ] wrote. “But some people do hold those and other extreme views. Given that, we don’t think that censorship (including through demonetising publications) makes the problem go away – in fact, it makes it worse."

So you offer Nazis your platform and make money off of people spreading #racism and #hatred to (consults notes) improve things?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters

Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters

Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

The Guardian
StrypeyJun 14, 2025

"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

The 11 Tech Mafias Ruling Silicon Valley

mikweeDec 22, 2023
I 100% support #HamishMcKenzie’s decision to allow #neo-Nazi views on #Substack.

#HamishMcKenzie
Show threadStefan DembowskiDec 22, 2023

@Green_Footballs
I know someone who said the nazi excuse nearly verbatim.

I told him:
Say that again but substitute the "N" word for the "P" word that is someone "attracted" to kids.

Oddly, after the outraged explosion (where I told him "THAT'S HOW WE FEEL WHEN YOU SAY WHAT YOU DID."), he no longer talks to me.🤔
Go figure.

People like Hamish McKenzie have a line, but it's after he accepts and amplifies white supremacy, genocide, hatred in general.
#Substack #HamishMcKenzie

skuaDec 21, 2023

@JessTheUnstill @ksawatsky

Well done #HamishMckenzie of #Substack!
Hamish wins the Crappy #NaziEnabler Award for 22 Dec 2023.
Every Crappy Award comes with tinea, dandruff and bad breath for the recipient.

Hamish, are you as #ShamelessAsDonaldTrump?

Show threadStrypeySep 23, 2023

"We’ve all been jury-rigging a toolkit out of misshapen spare parts: email marketing software for newsletters; ad metrics to measure influence; meme propagators for distribution. It’s like trying to build a car with a hula-hoop for the steering wheel. The results—a failing media business; brains scrambled by social media; public discourse that has become a shouting match—are hardly a surprise."

#HamishMcKenzie, 2023

https://on.substack.com/p/internet-for-writers

#writing #writers #authors

Making the internet work for writers 

(Not the other way around)

On Substack
StrypeySep 23, 2023

"The internet has never really taken writers seriously."

#HamishMcKenzie, 2023

https://on.substack.com/p/internet-for-writers

#writing #writers #authors

Making the internet work for writers 

(Not the other way around)

On Substack
Show threadStrypeyMar 25, 2022

"When we started Substack, we focused first on building a product that worked for one person and one person only ... This was a critical phase in Substack’s development because it made us feel the writer’s pain at every point of the publishing process and gave us direct, real-time feedback from someone whose livelihood depended on us being competent. It helped us figure out what Substack would be."

- #HamishMcKenzie, 2020

#AgileDevelopment

StrypeyMar 25, 2022

"A new kind of commercial media can not only survive but actually thrive. To get there the world just has to realize that advertising is not going to be part of that future."

- #HamishMcKenzie, Substack co-founder, 2022

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018834604/how-substack-is-changing-the-media-game

#RNZ #TheDetail #Substack #media

How Substack is changing the media game

With traditional media on the decline, could new publishing platforms like Substack be the key to keeping talented writers in gainful employment?

RNZ