Snosrapkungfu (They/them)Mar 1
Myk

RE: https://mastodon.au/@Greg_Ray/116151173171456500

Substack is now doing age verification, and using Persona, the same company Discord was gonna use.

Check out @writefreely for a better, open source alternative.
https://writefreely.org/
#substack #blog #writing #writefreely

Mar 1 at 3:45amWeb
Show threadxyhhx Mar 1

@notsle well you'd hope the whole platforming nazis thing would've been enough for people to leave but i'll take this too

@writefreely is good tho bless them

also ghost.io seems to be popular and iirc supports migrating from substack (tho i might be thinking of wordpress?)

Show threadPrincess Serena Star ✨Mar 1
@writefreely @notsle ...why?
like, who is posting NSFW/18+ to Substack??
Show threadFluffy Kitty CatMar 1
@Starcross @writefreely @notsle anything LGBT or anti genocide is being censored, and that's the whole point if this
Show threadTiTiNoNero Mar 1

@Starcross @writefreely @notsle

Because that's how state  surveillance works: they do not need a reason, they just enforce.

Show threadDon Hawkins - W7DAHMar 1
@notsle @Yogiomm @writefreely Substack also had a February data breach of 700k subscribers data being exposed
Show threadMastodon MigrationMar 1

@notsle @writefreely

Ghost is also a much better Fediverse connected option which may suit some substackers better due to integrated subscription features.

https://docs.ghost.org/migration/substack

Migrating from Substack - Ghost Developer Docs

Migrate from Substack and import your content to Ghost with this guide

Ghost Developer Docs
Show threadTinyrabbit ✅Mar 1
@notsle @writefreely "instantly after 7 days" 🤔 Sounds contradictory. Is it instantly or after 7 days? (Rhetorical question; we all know it's never)
Show threadOblomovMar 1

@notsle @writefreely also Ghost and even WordPress. Check

https://leavesubstack.com/

for a list of alternatives

You Should Probably Leave Substack

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

How to Leave Substack.
Show threadRycochetMar 1
@notsle @writefreely I, for one, am shocked that a company that platforms and promotes nazi blogs as a means for the scumbags behind them to fundraise, woild use a company run by far right financier, Peter Thiel, to implement a policy favoured by the far right as a means to censor queer content.
Show threadDaniel AuerMar 1
@notsle @writefreely Why does everyone use Persona? Age verification is not trivial, but technically it has not been a major challenge for many years. Accordingly, there are many companies offering solutions for this. Some of them are in the EU and must comply with strict EU data protection regulations. I am a software developer and have integrated such solutions myself.
Show threadAndiiMar 1
@notsle @writefreely
I'm just not doing it. I hope their algorithm 'notices' that there are people just ceasing to engage at that point. I don't want to interact with stuff that requires age verification anyway.
Show threadMikeWasMar 1
@notsle @writefreely This popped up full screen in my Masto feed and almost gave me a heart attack. It took me a minute to figure out what it was for.
Show threadfabiánMar 2

@notsle @writefreely

I read a few days ago also about Persona, this time with LinkedIn (enshitify all the things?): https://mastodon.social/@Ivovanwilligen/116110881126241280