Kill Yr Substack | Jason Cosper
I’ve been tired of Substack platforming white supremacists, Nazis, neo-confederates, and so many of the worst people on the internet for a long time now. So I made a browser extension for all of us.
Destacked: Why I Avoid Substack As Much as Possible - Jacky Alciné
From Substack LLC's attempt to capture the concept of a newsletter as a verb to their overt encouragement and support for Neo-Nazi content, don't expect me to post anything on that platform. I explain why.


You Should Probably Leave Substack
You should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how.
Substack Doesn't Want You to Leave - Aaron Ross Powell’s Blog
Substack's business model is unsustainable—unless they lock all their writers in.
Substack Doesn't Want You to Leave - Aaron Ross Powell
Substack's business model is unsustainable—unless they lock all their writers in.
This is a disappointing and reductive take by @prospect.org It's a mistake to think of Substack only when thinking of independently published journalism and analysis.
The American Prospect
At their best, Substacks combine a probing brand of journalism with deep scholarly knowledge and a willingness to express a point of view at a time when many legacy newspapers have become timid and cautious.
Substack tries to be too clever with its daringfireball.net/2026/05/what_is_a_dickover and even basic HTML and images. It means that a blog on Substack is unlikely to be indexed properly by the Wayback Machine. A real problem considering how much writing is on Substack.

AI as the new avatar of American capitalism
From the Platform Society to the AI Society: Towards Critical Studies of Generative AI

LLMs and performative productivity

Techno-capitalism, Crisis Epistemology, and Disaster Ableism: How (not) to Respond to Generative AI in Higher education (My presentation @ #PhiDisSocCh6)
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making — Ludicity
I work at Google DeepMind. This won't make me popular. But it's all public reporting: 2014: DeepMind reportedly sold to Google on conditions…
It's Hard Out Here: FOSTA and its Impacts on OnlyFans and Online Sex Work | In Media Res
Death to Substack? Yes, its time. No more excuses 🫵🏽 We've been working on migration tools for the last couple months. Promising a few of…
Substack Hostility (by 𝕮) — Semble

Former Substack creators say they’re earning more on new platforms that offer larger shares of subscription revenue
Why is Naomi Klein Funding Substack’s Hate Machine?

We're Leaving Substack for Beehiiv

Writers are fleeing the Substack Tax
werewolf muscle mommy 🏳️ (@wlfgxrl.bsky.social)
Shaqsquatch (@shaqsquatch.bsky.social)

Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to 'Block the Blue' paid checkmarks

Twitter ‘Blue’: Sex workers, censorship and the fight for online visibility - Index on Censorship
Twitter/X - Cautionary Tales (by Bee 🐝) — Semble
wint on Twitter / X
Bee 🐝 (@sweetbee.vip)
Bee 🐝 (@sweetbee.vip)

The Verification Ladder: A Framework for Evaluating Video When You Can’t Tell What’s Real