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Sir, you MUST have mistaken Naomis.

She was more than happy to do a gauzy promo for a known nazi sex pest in Maine. I don't think she needed that much incentive to hang with white supremacists.

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I know people on here who’ve set up on Ghost and found it pretty good (and less expensive). I think they have tools for migrating from Substack, too.

Ghost, Buttondown, and Beehiiv are the alternatives I see a lot. See also: leavesubstack.com

bingo

There are other options like Hive, and they even save people money. There is literally no excuse.

Okay I'll delete my substack, thanks for bringing this to my attention 🙏

I thought she was the good Naomi?

They're even throwing money at some of those right wingers, if they think they'll bring eyes.

Yup. It’s gross af.

There are plenty of non-nazi supporting alternative platforms @naomiaklein.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/karl...

It’s so disappointing. And yea I’m sure you’re right about fat stacks of cash.

Yeah, it's kind of a bummer when you'd like to throw a few dollars at an author you really admire, butya can't because theyre writing on the Nazi-supporting platform.

It's so confusing. I thought she was the halfway sensible one. I'll just have to take a 'Both Naomi's bad' approach. At least then I don't have to remember which is which.

Actually, there's bugger all point in my doing a poll as I have the reach of a gnat. One for you thought possibly @karlbode.com ?

yep!!

@naomiaklein.bsky.social Platner was strike one. *This* is strike two. We are rapidly losing the ability to trust you and your judgment.

Omg, I just saw the straight-up “identifying patterns” bit.

Reminds me of whe I see a Tesla in 2026 with a new temp tag, what an asshole. They know who they are supporting. There are alternatives. I never would have guessed how many people would embrace fascists and nazis in the 2020s with open arms.

ayup I just couldn't do it

Yeah, the network effect that Substack (theoretically) provides is pretty critical for the shift from curated news to news influencers. Another platform I like is MailerLite, which is essentially a much leaner version of Mailchimp. The most ridiculous platform to use for community engagement.

I agree -- outside of a few hiccups, it's definitely a nicer experience than trying to write on Substack. But I do get FOMO when it comes to discoverability. I feel like success there is more dependent on already having a large following elsewhere, and that their Mastodon instance doesn't cut it.

Charles and I are both on there and very happy with it

this bit exactly. the rapid iteration of twitter-like features to woo people over from x dot com really felt like a game-changer--but their game got changed to a substack walled garden where everyone's just notes-ing at each other and nobody's reading posts. their audience, not yours

They had a previous program years ago (Mike Tracey god a big payout), but IIRC they haven't been clear about what newer programs entail or if there's any contract non disparagement clauses

No! No!!

the conspiracist phrasing of her pitching patterns almost made me think this is the worse naomi

Let's remember that No Logo was published by a company owned by Rupert Murdoch. Compromise with evil is a normality for left-wing celebrities, not an unusual development.

Making bank!

I have always mistrusted her and I feel vindicated.

oh dear

Not only launching new work on Substack, but also referring prominently to that work as “my Substack.” Feels very Product Placement.

I found Ghost really like Fisher-Price level simple, with great support

If you can only imagine doing something the easy way then you shouldn't be doing it at all. There's plenty of writing out there, yours won't be missed.

And I suspect that's why a lot of others use it, despited the presence of True Evil™. On the other hand, True Evil™ is also everywhere, in all nooks/crannies of the internet.

Can we get more examples of what they’re doing to coddle the Nazi fvcks? I don’t think that people are going to necessarily just make a decision that I’m not gonna do Substack anymore because so and so said that they’re coddling Nazis. Can we compile the facts to show people why?

She misses the frisson of being confused with Naomi Wolf

When a pattern emerges, trust the pattern, not the words one espouses.

It’s a weird move from ‘The Good Naomi’