Molly WhiteMar 20, 2023
Reminiscing on when I pissed off venture capitalists with an offhand remark on Crypto Critics' Corner that VCs are not good for society with a new essay about the meltdown around Silicon Valley Bank: https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/the-venture-capitalists-dilemma
The venture capitalist's dilemma

The embarrassing investor meltdown surrounding Silicon Valley Bank should drive us to consider new models.

Molly White
Show threadMolly WhiteMar 20, 2023

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Show threadJeri DanskyMar 20, 2023
@molly0xfff If you were using a platform other than Substack, I'd have subscribed a long time ago. But I can't ethically subscribe to anything on Substack. ☹️
Show threadWoodrow DouglassMar 20, 2023
@jeridansky @molly0xfff why not? Where else are independent writers producing articles? Medium i suppose, maybe Patreon?
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@bigfishrunning For starters:

https://thehypothesis.substack.com/p/heres-why-substacks-scam-worked-so

https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/anti-vaxxers-qanon-influencers-and-white-nationalists-flocking-to-substack/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/27/anti-vaxxers-making-at-least-25m-a-year-from-publishing-on-substack

https://mashable.com/article/substack-covid-misinformation

https://mastodon.social/@jhpot/109604889214426745

https://mastodon.social/@ricmac/109596194828135932

https://me.dm/@anildash/109891943225094233

Here are alternatives: https://www.wired.com/story/best-substack-alternatives/

I'm OK with Patreon, too; I support about 9 efforts that way.

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Show threadJeri DanskyMar 20, 2023
@bigfishrunning Looking quickly at some newsletters I *am* subscribed to: One uses beehive, and three use MailChimp. I support them financially via whatever funding mechanism they've set up: Patreon, etc.