this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2026
-2 points (41.7% liked)

Mildly Interesting

27014 readers
327 users here now

This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.

This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?

Just post some stuff and don't spam.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] comador@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Fuck any supporter of substack.

substack.com can eat shit and die in the piss of its own existence for supporting pedophiles and nazis.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Care to elaborate on what they've done specifically? This is honestly the first criticism I've heard about the site

[–] comador@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Basically, Substack hosts newsletters that promote white nationalism, explicit antisemitism and pedophile rings. The CEO of Substack says he doesn't want to be the arbitrator of the truth and says Substack's "hands-off" moderation is sufficient. However, it also inadvertently provides a safe space for said groups.

sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/substacks-nazi-problem-wont-go-away-after-push-notification-apology/

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/substack-extremism-nazi-white-supremacy-newsletters/676156/

I hadn't considered this before, but it tracks