Nobody should be presenting Substack choosing to remove 5 Nazi publications from its platform as a win. Platformer alone says it’s reviewed dozens spreading those ideas, and really the Nazi stuff is just the tip of the iceberg.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/8/24030756/substack-nazi-newsletter-content-moderation
@parismarx
I get "the war is not won", but to say it's not "a" win is just weird: they bowed to pressure and actually removed users, that is concrete progress.
To outright deny this progress seems unproductive, what is your goal with that?
Are you thinking you can sustain the controversy after these bans and so wrangle much greater concessions from them? But will simply saying "wait, there is more!" really be enough to keep the story going?
@tobychev @parismarx
The old saying is give them an inch, and they will take a mile. Substack may now be doomed.