Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 hours 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-square47fedilinkarrow-up1446arrow-down116cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1430arrow-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 · 21 hours agomessage-square47fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareArtisian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·17 hours ago… Don’t they take a cut of most subs?
minus-squareFmstrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·11 hours 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-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-248 minutes ago Yes, and that’s exactly why the article is important. Explaining to us how subscriptions work like we’re idiots is important? Or was that common knowledge a revelation for you?
minus-squareToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·15 hours agoMost subs aren’t comprised of almost exclusively hate speech.
… 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.
Explaining to us how subscriptions work like we’re idiots is important? Or was that common knowledge a revelation for you?
Most subs aren’t comprised of almost exclusively hate speech.