Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoRevealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters— Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitismwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up1614arrow-down120
arrow-up1594arrow-down1external-linkRevealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters— Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitismwww.theguardian.comBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square62linkfedilink
minus-squareArtisian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down4·15 days ago… Don’t they take a cut of most subs?
minus-squareFmstrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down4·15 days agoYes, and that’s exactly why the article is important. They can either hide behind a “we are just a vehicle for posters” or they can refuse to host the content. They are choosing the former.
minus-squareToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·15 days agoMost subs aren’t comprised of almost exclusively hate speech.
minus-squaredeathbird@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoThey take a cut of all paid subs.
… Don’t they take a cut of most subs?
Yes, and that’s exactly why the article is important. They can either hide behind a “we are just a vehicle for posters” or they can refuse to host the content. They are choosing the former.
Most subs aren’t comprised of almost exclusively hate speech.
They take a cut of all paid subs.