Fedi.TipsFeb 9

Substack hosts swastika-laden Nazi accounts promoting white supremacism (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters). If you're currently using Substack, you might want to switch to a more ethical alternative like Ghost.

Ghost is a Fediverse-compatible blog and newsletter platform, it runs on free open software and you can host it yourself or use a paid hosting service. More info:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/ghost-blogs-and-newsletters-on-the-fediverse

The journalist @molly0xfff wrote on moving from Substack to Ghost:

➡️ https://www.citationneeded.news/substack-to-self-hosted-ghost

#Substack

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 threadhaui ☭ 🇵🇸
@yogthos i always think of you when I read this since you have a substack. Are you considering leaving or do you have reasons not to switch? I dont assume its technical knowledge. 😉
Feb 9 at 6:11pmWeb
Show threadYogthosFeb 10

@haui This is basically true for every for profit run publishing platform. Just look how quickly bluesky started accommodating nazis.

However, substack also hosts Jason Hickel, Gabriel Rockhill, Chris Hedges, Aaron Maté, Caitlin Johnstone, Jonathan Cook, Ben Norton, Kit Klarenberg, etc.

From The Guardian’s perspective, the real problem is that they and their peers can no longer control the narrative as well as they used to.

I think the value of the platform is its reach.

Show threadhaui ☭ 🇵🇸Feb 10
@yogthos
Thanks for the insight. I'll check out the folks you mentioned as well. :)