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willy_klast Tuesday at 6:48 PM4 repliesview on HN

I don’t know anything about the specific situation you’re referencing. That being said, getting mad at an organization, one that is built to be a “platform” for people to share their words, for not going out of its way to police which people share which words, seems to me to be unproductive at best, if not actively close minded and tribalistic.


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rsingelyesterday at 6:45 AM

Substack has gone out of its way to platform the right and has been very proud to work with folks like Andrew Tate, Graham Linehan, and anti-vaxxers whose disinfo helped kill tens of thousands of Americans.

https://counterhate.com/blog/substack-generates-at-least-2-5...

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monknomolast Tuesday at 9:25 PM

What about for going out of their way to find and pay despicable people for their words?

pluto_modadiclast Tuesday at 7:25 PM

oh it's more than the org. IIRC, it's also the founder.

incompatibleyesterday at 12:13 AM

Sure, tolerate Nazis, give them a place to share their words, let them be part of the mainstream, let them take part in elections, play their dirty tricks and form paramilitaries and win control of government. It's a shame that that leads to certain groups, like Jews, LGBTQ, non-whites, or immigrants getting exterminated, but that's just the price you have to pay for free speech.

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