First Hassan, now Klippenstein. Real bummer to see a new wave of leftists not merely sticking by Substack, but hitching their wagons to it from the start.
Looking at it more positively, even if the campaign against Substack didn't kill them, or even render their name irredeemably toxic on the left, it created space for competitors and interrupted the consolidation of Substack's brand as a synonym for all blogs.
@Klaxun@misc If you’re comfortable with a VC-backed platform, Beehiiv. If you want something run by a small team, Buttondown. If you want to run it yourself or want a nonprofit in charge, Ghost.
@misc Sssubsstack wasss and reamainss a ssseductive monetisssed ssspace for a sssertain kind of ssssmart man who tendsss not to put alt texsst on their imagesss.
More seriously, I think your positive light is the right one. Much like with say solar as an alternative growing in the shadow of oil, switching isn't first materially hurting oil, though that's nice when it works out, it's one of many necessary sustaining investments in growing something better until those things materially hurt oil.
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