For now I'm staying because my newsletter and those I follow are primarily nazi free. Now and then I, or the person I'm following, have to block some assholes but it's very rare (so far). I still feel I'm providing a service for people here on Substack that want a pleasant experience so I want to continue that as long as I can. I left Twitter because the nazi's were clogging up what I was trying to do there (talk about art and books) and it became not helpful to my or anyone else's mental health to spend most of the time dealing with nazi's instead of talking about art or books on Twitter. That nazi-saturated-air is not the situation here on Substack yet and hopefully it won't become that way. That's why I added my name on the Substackers against Nazi's letter - I hope this platform will remain more sensible than Twitter. 🤞🤞 So, I'm staying for now, watching to see how things go, reserving the option to leave if it gets tiresome.
It’s tricky. I don’t read anything on Substack besides this and chef author David Lebovitz, and I can read both elsewhere...which I might actually prefer.
Dear Anne, As a self-described Top Fan of yours, I will follow you anywhere. As to your Dilemmas, I have no idea what you should do. As your opening statement said, "it seems like there are nazis and fascist everywhere". Ain't it the truth. On the streets, on campuses, in grocery stores, in hospitals, blah, blah, blah. As I'm not familiar with the ins and outs of Substack, Threads, Mastodan and other platforms, I can't unravel this conundrum of yours. I wish I could be helpful in this matter.
If you decide to post from the Moon, I'll follow you there.
As my profile says, I'm only here for the pandas. I left twitter when you did. Even though I wasn't seeing hateful posts, I didn't want Elon Musk making money by showing me ads. I enjoy Mastodon, though I wish more of our friends would join us there. Is anyone on Threads? So far I only read a few things on Substack so I'm not seeing anything bad here. I hope it stays that way. We can't keep moving just because the crazy people move in, at least not if we can avoid it. I hope you can stay, just because I'm sure that moving again is a pain, but I'll follow you wherever you go.
People who give ultimata are essentially bullies, unless the ultimatum is extemely relevant to both of you. You can't turn your back on a whole platform because you have issues with some of the people that use it. It's easy enough to block the voices you don't want to hear. Would those people poke out their own eyes to prevent seeing something objectionable? Or deafen themselves to prevent hearing it? There are extreme right and extreme left sympathizers everywhere. They don't speak for the majority. If we let them do so, we're giving them power they shouldn't have.
I do not want any nazis either. I am here for you, Anne, Heather Cox Richardson, Joyce Vance, Status Kuo, etc. I know how to block people and have blocked people in some of the columns I read. Ever on guard and watchful.
For now I'm staying because my newsletter and those I follow are primarily nazi free. Now and then I, or the person I'm following, have to block some assholes but it's very rare (so far). I still feel I'm providing a service for people here on Substack that want a pleasant experience so I want to continue that as long as I can. I left Twitter because the nazi's were clogging up what I was trying to do there (talk about art and books) and it became not helpful to my or anyone else's mental health to spend most of the time dealing with nazi's instead of talking about art or books on Twitter. That nazi-saturated-air is not the situation here on Substack yet and hopefully it won't become that way. That's why I added my name on the Substackers against Nazi's letter - I hope this platform will remain more sensible than Twitter. 🤞🤞 So, I'm staying for now, watching to see how things go, reserving the option to leave if it gets tiresome.
It’s tricky. I don’t read anything on Substack besides this and chef author David Lebovitz, and I can read both elsewhere...which I might actually prefer.
I am staying because those I patronize (you, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and others). I worth it
Dear Anne, As a self-described Top Fan of yours, I will follow you anywhere. As to your Dilemmas, I have no idea what you should do. As your opening statement said, "it seems like there are nazis and fascist everywhere". Ain't it the truth. On the streets, on campuses, in grocery stores, in hospitals, blah, blah, blah. As I'm not familiar with the ins and outs of Substack, Threads, Mastodan and other platforms, I can't unravel this conundrum of yours. I wish I could be helpful in this matter.
If you decide to post from the Moon, I'll follow you there.
As my profile says, I'm only here for the pandas. I left twitter when you did. Even though I wasn't seeing hateful posts, I didn't want Elon Musk making money by showing me ads. I enjoy Mastodon, though I wish more of our friends would join us there. Is anyone on Threads? So far I only read a few things on Substack so I'm not seeing anything bad here. I hope it stays that way. We can't keep moving just because the crazy people move in, at least not if we can avoid it. I hope you can stay, just because I'm sure that moving again is a pain, but I'll follow you wherever you go.
I'm happy to just read and watch The Panda Chronicles.
People who give ultimata are essentially bullies, unless the ultimatum is extemely relevant to both of you. You can't turn your back on a whole platform because you have issues with some of the people that use it. It's easy enough to block the voices you don't want to hear. Would those people poke out their own eyes to prevent seeing something objectionable? Or deafen themselves to prevent hearing it? There are extreme right and extreme left sympathizers everywhere. They don't speak for the majority. If we let them do so, we're giving them power they shouldn't have.
I do not want any nazis either. I am here for you, Anne, Heather Cox Richardson, Joyce Vance, Status Kuo, etc. I know how to block people and have blocked people in some of the columns I read. Ever on guard and watchful.