On Substack’s Nazi Problem, and Ours
Happy New Year! We are off to a depressing start with a reflection on how to navigate the moral quandaries of social media extremism and tech bro idiocy – and a plea to my readers to stick with me through it all.
New piece:
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https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/on-substacks-nazi-problem-and-ours
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I think it's strange that here you point to the odious politics of Musk while offering nothing on the leadership of substack, despite earlier making the case that substack leadership is actively embracing Nazis... maybe McKenzie is only defending Nazis now but will go full Musk later, or maybe he will keep his personal politics out of the business forever; in any case the difference between substack and twitter certainly looks to be more about the mechanics of the service sold rather than inclinations of the man at the top.