This is the second time, I’ve denazified a dangerous link to a known fash website
At first I thought it was a mistake, but twice, is a trend. This is the best time to practice anti authoritarian interlacing. It won’t occur overnight, so take your time. But be extremely aware they want you dead, and cornered.
It’s nice that you/we have reclaimed Lemmy, but this was possible because its structure is anarchist. Substack is centralized closed-source software operated by a for-profit corporation in a nation with a fascist government. We have no leverage over them other than having the power to leave, so why not do that now rather than wait for them to get their hooks in us so they can be a tool of fascism? Or even just enshittify?
Those authors that left substack show that it is is possible. It’s only career suicide if we, their audience, choose to be scabs and break the consumer strike. If they are the only authors we can link to, that alone would cause their careers a lot of good. (even in an anarchist context, a popular author can more easily get sufficient help to stay safe from oppressors and to flourish as a person).
Also note that while substack is platforming Nazis, it deplatformed covid antivaxers. They do not have a principled stance of libertarian free speech, they have just chosen to support Nazis.
So why set ourselves up to be hurt in a year or two when fascists come for it?
I also think the authors that have left Substack have done something admirable, and I agree we should boost their work to encourage more people to follow suit.
I notice you don’t post. I encourage you to give it a try. Following the authors who have left Substack and posting their work in the appropriate communities would be a great introduction to sharing stories on the Fediverse.