DanieleFeb 10
Quinn Norton
yeaaah... Substack is a bad idea. Look into Outpost or Ghost, and stop supporting literal Nazis. 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
Feb 7 at 7:14pmWeb
Show threadEric MatthesFeb 7

@quinn Absolutely, and if anyone thinks this is new you can find the same kind of reporting from 2023:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/substack-extremism-nazi-white-supremacy-newsletters/676156/

Substack Has a Nazi Problem

The newsletter platform’s lax content moderation creates an opening for white nationalists eager to get their message out.

The Atlantic
Show threadDeadly HeadshotFeb 7
@quinn
Hang on, isn't that old news? There have been news reports talking about Substack making money hosting Nazis for at least the past 2 years! Are people starting to notice now?
Show threadgullevek ☢️ 🇯🇵Feb 7
@dheadshot @quinn I think because the US is turning into Nazi Germany 2.0 they realize substack is still there. And still find a lot interesting things there. And it’s sad. Perhaps most people who use don’t even realize
Show threadalways tiredFeb 8

@dheadshot @quinn

They don't only make money from hosting Nazis. They directly pay some of those for their content.

Show threadDeadly HeadshotFeb 8
@project1enigma
After taking a fee from subscriptions. Both things are true.
@quinn
Show threadalways tiredFeb 8

@dheadshot @quinn

Yes.

But somehow I find directly paying fash writers yet worse than taking a cut from subscriptions. That's why I added this.

Show threadDeadly HeadshotFeb 8
@project1enigma
True
@quinn
Show threadQuinn NortonFeb 9

@dheadshot it is, and I've been talking about it for years. But, you know, it bears repeating. And people are getting more sensitive about Nazi and Nazi adjacent shit these days. But it always bears repeating.

As does mentioning Outpost and Ghost, because it better to come with alternatives than merely condemn the shit.

Show threadOblomovFeb 7
@quinn oh good somebody already added that link to https://leavesubstack.com/
You Should Probably Leave Substack

You should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how.

How to Leave Substack.
Show threadgaryFeb 7
@quinn or cut them all out and self host - it is a lot to ask
Show threadQuinn NortonFeb 10
@gary_alderson there are decent alternatives that do the same things and don't require self hosting! that's really important for non-nerds. i mean, here on the nerd network maybe not, but for the normies 😂
Show threadgaryFeb 10
@quinn oh no i don't disagree - you snailed it
Show threaddecapitaeFeb 7
@quinn Do not suffer nazis
Show threadWorikFeb 7

@quinn Yes.

I am intersections in what their boundaries are, they are briefly mentioned at the bottom of the article: explicit calls to violence

I assume legality would be a boundary, so no CSAM? I am guessing

I do not want to start imagining what sort of horrible things would meet their "standards", I started to, yuk.

I am sympathetic to "free speech " and "safe Harbour " arguments, but IMO they apply to ISPs (and mail carriers) not platforms

Show threadMagnus AhltorpFeb 8
@quinn
Show threadQuinn NortonFeb 8
@ahltorp 😬
Show threadaura-deprecatedFeb 8

@quinn revealed? this goes back farrrrr https://doyles.substack.com/p/in-queers-we-trust-all-others-pay

people will still use substack for the convenience and reach, just like they did (and sometimes do) with twitter :/

In Queers We Trust. All Others Pay Cash.

A note about being... here.

Hamish McKenzie Killed Someone
Show threadQuinn NortonFeb 8
@aurelia hey now. take it up with the guardian!