More than 200 Substack authors asked the platform to explain why it’s “platforming and monetizing Nazis,” and now they have an answer straight from co-founder Hamish McKenzie:

I just want to make it clear that we don’t like Nazis either—we wish no-one held those views. But some people do hold those and other extreme views. Given that, we don’t think that censorship (including through demonetizing publications) makes the problem go away—in fact, it makes it worse.

While McKenzie offers no evidence to back these ideas, this tracks with the company’s previous stance on taking a hands-off approach to moderation. In April, Substack CEO Chris Best appeared on the Decoder podcast and refused to answer moderation questions. “We’re not going to get into specific ‘would you or won’t you’ content moderation questions” over the issue of overt racism being published on the platform, Best said. McKenzie followed up later with a similar statement to the one today, saying “we don’t like or condone bigotry in any form.”

  • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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    -311 months ago

    I like to accuse people of blocking me because I don’t understand how Lemmy works.

    • @TrickDacy
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      011 months ago

      Right? Me too. When replies disappear from my inbox that’s when I know: “I am just a weird idiot”. In addition to the refrain in my brain: I like to have people imagine sexual bodily fluids oozing from the devil’s bunghole with rotting meat and maggots. Due to this, I also confirm that I am definitely cool and popular with all the other Internet hipsters"

      • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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        011 months ago

        I wanted to be a mall cop but after failing both the physical and psychological screening I decided to tell other people how they should use social media.

        It’s all about making the world a better place, you know?

        • @TrickDacy
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          011 months ago

          That’s awesome bro! Shit flowing from cunts!!

            • @TrickDacy
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              -111 months ago

              But with like moldy jizz stained rags that came from a demon’s pussy fart. See how quirky I am??

              • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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                011 months ago

                Meh, it’s kind of derivative to be honest.

                You can do better.