Substack says it can’t moderate hate speech because it supports free speech. Yet the framing of free speech it uses was developed by the right precisely to protect and spread their bigoted views — even as they attack anything even marginally progressive as being too “woke.”
In Disconnect, I explain why this could be a problem for Notes that Substack’s leadership seems entirely unprepared for.
https://www.disconnect.blog/p/substack-is-wrong-about-moderation
@parismarx notes feels completely dead — I might as well just pull up the note taking app if I’m writing for myself :-/