This gets at why I've been kind of waiting for Substack to step (or fall) over a line. So while the Nazi dustup makes for a great comm case study, in my own mind I can't separate it out from the larger context of the company's techie structure and culture.
To me the most important question is what do left-of-center Substackers do next? To…
This gets at why I've been kind of waiting for Substack to step (or fall) over a line. So while the Nazi dustup makes for a great comm case study, in my own mind I can't separate it out from the larger context of the company's techie structure and culture.
To me the most important question is what do left-of-center Substackers do next? To date we've been more focused on critiquing Substack than stepping back and looking at the larger question of how can we build small-scale publishing capacity in ways that better align with our democratic values?
For example, should there be a mass, coordinated exit from Substack? If so, what are the best choices for where to land given our specific publishing needs? There have been some side conversations about these questions but they have lacked depth.
This gets at why I've been kind of waiting for Substack to step (or fall) over a line. So while the Nazi dustup makes for a great comm case study, in my own mind I can't separate it out from the larger context of the company's techie structure and culture.
To me the most important question is what do left-of-center Substackers do next? To date we've been more focused on critiquing Substack than stepping back and looking at the larger question of how can we build small-scale publishing capacity in ways that better align with our democratic values?
For example, should there be a mass, coordinated exit from Substack? If so, what are the best choices for where to land given our specific publishing needs? There have been some side conversations about these questions but they have lacked depth.