- Grassy Knowles
- Apr 4, 2003
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"The original Terminator was a gritty fucking AMAZING piece of sci-fi. Gritty fucking rock-hard MURDER!"
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Planning to start my newsletter soon. Here's what I've learned about the different hosting platforms:
Substack
Pros:
- slick looking
- free, but takes 10% of your income from paid subscriptions. so a pretty good deal if you aren't planning to monetise it
- has comments, likes and other social features
Cons:
- kind of has a notoriety for platforming antivaxxers, transphobes, etc and has had some people demonstratively leave the platform in disgust
- no variety design-wise; every substack looks the same
- if your newsletter blows up and makes you tons of money, 10% is more expensive than a flat fee
Buttondown
Pros:
- cute minimalist design
- you can use CSS and HTML to style it how you want
Cons:
- no social features
- you need to have a basic knowledge of CSS and HTML
- $9 monthly fee
At the moment I'm torn between Buttondown and Substack. Substack would be cheaper, and it would be nice to have comments available. I don't know if it's wrong to, in some nebulous way, "support" a platform that platforms hate speech. I would prefer not to share a platform with Graham Linehan! But is it actually any different from posting on Twitter or Facebook?
Do you think monetizing a presence on twitter or facebook is morally neutral? How about Truth Social, Parler, or Gab?
Do you think publicly using a product in the way its intended is somehow not support?
What is the benefit of public comments on a newsletter?
Will the people you are targeting as readers be willing to use substack? (Rephrased, are you okay not having transgender people in your audience? Because that’s a likely outcome if not now whenever Substack edges further toward libertarian ideals.)
Maybe you’ve already decided, but it feels like you’re avoiding answering some questions for the sake of convenience.
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