Ben WerdmullerFeb 7
This isn’t new news as such, but people keep being surprised by it, so it’s worth repeating. Substack hosts, profits from, and promotes explicitly Nazi content, and if you are adding value to that network, you are helping them to do so. 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
Show threadDeb Nam-Krane

@ben I don't have a fricking clue why people who claim to be all in for democracy and antifascism *choose* to put their information on Substack. I also don't understand why people need it proven--repeatedly--that Substack is a Nazi platform that has gotten *more* Nazi accounts since it was publicized that they hosted them. But here we are!

Good luck with the monetization, kids. (Spoiler: the scam has an expiration date, like all of the others.)

Feb 7 at 5:43pmWeb
Show threadfan boy 🪭Feb 7
@ben @dnkboston
One person who is an independent reporter didn't know anything about this, when I left a comment saying I was going to need to unsubscribe.
Show threadDeb Nam-KraneFeb 7
@notyourfanboy That's incredible to me. It's pretty well-publicized, and isn't a journalist supposed to be up on the latest news? @ben
Show threadJordi (Tubal Hippy)Feb 7

@dnkboston @notyourfanboy @ben

If they can get away with feigning ignorance to save face, they will.

Show threadDeb Nam-KraneFeb 7
@Jorsh Ding ding ding ding ding @notyourfanboy @ben
Show threadfan boy 🪭Feb 7

@ben @dnkboston
Let me rephrase that.

A journalist, who I'm sure doesn't make a living at it, who covers injustice in prisons in their State, who posts once or twice a month to their substack account hadn't heard about the platform hosting Nazis.

Show threadDeb Nam-KraneFeb 7

@notyourfanboy But still.

I always assume people should know what I do because I'm really not *that* well-informed. Nothing I know is a secret, I have no access to insider information on anything. So if I know about it, a journalist should, too. I feel comfortable saying that.

@ben