Mike Masnick ✅Apr 14, 2023

I had some thoughts about @nilay_patel's interview with Substack's Chris Best.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/14/substack-ceo-chris-best-doesnt-realize-hes-just-become-the-nazi-bar/

Substack CEO Chris Best Doesn’t Realize He’s Just Become The Nazi Bar

I get it. I totally get it. Every tech dude comes along and has this thought: “hey, we’ll be the free speech social media site. We won’t do any moderation beyond what’s required.” Even Twitter init…

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Show threadDarrel PlantApr 14, 2023

@mmasnick @nilay_patel

The line I liked was "And literally, we launched this thing one day ago. We’re going to have to figure a lot of this stuff out."

They spent some time putting this together and thinking about its marketing, processes, etc. so Substack Notes didn't just spring out of Best's head like Athena overnight without any time to FIGURE A LOT OF THIS STUFF OUT. My guess is that what they figured out was they were going to deliberately ignore it.

Show threadPeter Butler
@darrelplant @mmasnick @nilay_patel I caught that too, and it was very telling. You should figure out the answer to that question *before* you launch
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Show threadDarrel PlantApr 14, 2023

@peterbutler @mmasnick @nilay_patel

All the work even software companies put into product development and these guys are more than happy to either lie about not bothering to plan or they're admitting they have the strategic acumen of Twitter-era Elon.