Orion Ussner kidder

Periodic reminder: #Substack profits off Nazi pages bc they don't want to be "in the censorship business," but they also won't host adult content, so they ARE in the "censorship business." They just think Nazis are better than pornographers.

This is why I will never give Substack a single shiny nickel.

May 25 at 5:47pmWeb
Show threadTanekRune2d ago

@OrionKidder
Personally, I would rather have no traffic to my work than give any money to Substack either. Anyone posting from Substack can be assured I'm not your audience by your own choice.

The path to Hell is currently paved with convenience and savings.

Show threadOrion Ussner kidder2d ago
@TanekRune There's also good evidence from people on Substack that they've already started the enshittification process. The traffic is potentially illusory, the money isn't funnelled to creators, etc. It's the same old playbook, and people should get out now.
Show threadReal Quack2d ago

@OrionKidder

Also why I don't subscribe to any content. I'll follow links, sometimes.

A. Nother. Reason. to not subscribe to any is that when you try to subscribe to one, they try to force-feed you several using the FritoLay approach.

I don't think I could warp in a sufficiency of NO to express my view on Substack.

Show threadLi ~ Crystal System2d ago

@OrionKidder @raphaelmorgan no no you see artistic expression with sexy themes is arbitarily deemed "not speech" so censoring that is "not censorship" but saying to murder minorities in mass *is* somehow.

the same is true with anything the government declares a "classified" and anything a corpetation declared a "trade secret" or used as part of a DRM scheme or has "copyrighted" or saying to murder the president of the united states,

Show threadMightyPirate™ 🏴‍☠️2d ago
@OrionKidder @LockEx Nazis make more clicks
Show threadColman Reilly22h ago
@iThreepwood @OrionKidder @LockEx Nazis don’t upset the US financial regulatory authorities.
Show threadCassandrich2d ago
@OrionKidder It's far worse than that. They actively courted nazis and gave them 6 figure bonuses to join the platform. Substack is an explicitly nazi platform.
Show threadCassandrich1d ago
@OrionKidder In fact I think it'd be fair to call Substack a "nazi incubator".
Show threadsomebody else2d ago
@OrionKidder thanks for this reminder. i did forget and just made an account yesterday, i'm deleting it
Show threadDaniel Quinn1d ago
@OrionKidder it's likely that they would allow pornographic content if Visa & MasterCard would allow it. More often than not, we ascribe puritanical motives to companies compelled by a payments duopoly with its own puritanical rules.
Show threadOrion Ussner kidder1d ago
@danielquinn I wouldn't be surprised if that's a factor, but the interview with the founder that I listened to didn't bring it up. He said something to the effect of "of course we don't carry adult content." And he's allowed! If he doesn't want pornography to be part of the brand, he can choose exclude it. But it reveals that he can in fact exclude whatever he wants, and if the definition of "adult content" is clear enough to base a policy on it then they could do the same with Nazis, surely.