I agree that it’s a matter of personal choice to stay or leave a platform that allows hateful content, and that neither choice deserves derision. I think on Substack, the proportion of hate content is small compared to helpful, good-hearted content. My experience is no doubt colored by content I have liked and commented on, so the algorithm doesn’t highlight anything I would object to. If you suddenly decided to leave Substack, I would probably intend to follow you, but knowing how lazy I am, I probably wouldn’t do it. That was exactly how I reacted to the writer/author Tom Fox when he left Substack. I enjoyed his newsletter very much and made note of where he went (tom-cox.com). Sorry to say, I just never think to go look for him there. I think writers have to be wherever they can find their people, their audience. I wouldn’t fault any writer who couldn’t stand sharing a platform with despicable people, though.
I agree that it’s a matter of personal choice to stay or leave a platform that allows hateful content, and that neither choice deserves derision. I think on Substack, the proportion of hate content is small compared to helpful, good-hearted content. My experience is no doubt colored by content I have liked and commented on, so the algorithm doesn’t highlight anything I would object to. If you suddenly decided to leave Substack, I would probably intend to follow you, but knowing how lazy I am, I probably wouldn’t do it. That was exactly how I reacted to the writer/author Tom Fox when he left Substack. I enjoyed his newsletter very much and made note of where he went (tom-cox.com). Sorry to say, I just never think to go look for him there. I think writers have to be wherever they can find their people, their audience. I wouldn’t fault any writer who couldn’t stand sharing a platform with despicable people, though.