@caseynewton Did they ever change their stance on the conspiracy / anti-vaxxer people they were revealed to be profiting from two years ago? I feel like Substack have been saying exactly what they stand for, for quite some time now. Not sure how many strikes one considers them to be entitled to before they’re out…

« This type of content is “so bad no one else will host it,” said Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit that focuses on combating misinformation and has researched Substack. By splitting subscription profits with creators, the group estimates, Substack generates at least $2.5 million a year in revenue from just five anti-vaccine leaders who have amassed tens of thousands of subscribers, each paying $50 a year.

Substack declined to comment, but shortly after The Washington Post made inquiries, CEO Chris Best and his two co-founders published a blog post saying that putting up with “the presence of writers with whom we strongly disagree” was a “necessary precondition for creating more trust in the information ecosystem as a whole.” »

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/27/substack-misinformation-anti-vaccine/