Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 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-square55fedilinkarrow-up1548arrow-down117
arrow-up1531arrow-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 · 23 hours agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareArtisian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down2·20 hours ago… Don’t they take a cut of most subs?
minus-squaredeathbird@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThey take a cut of all paid subs.
minus-squareFmstrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down4·14 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-up2arrow-down3·edit-24 hours 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-up9arrow-down1·18 hours agoMost subs aren’t comprised of almost exclusively hate speech.
… Don’t they take a cut of most subs?
They take a cut of all paid 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.