I have seen a lot of responses to this, but I think what is missing from the conversation is that within this post a founder of substack is encouraging folks to utilize his app to cultivate deeper human connections and make space to hold the nuances of each other’s lived realities. But what about all of the substack writers (mostly writers of color) that are posting in countries that are unable to monetize their writing? They’re encouraged to use the app, encouraged to write and engage on the app, encouraged to add their lived realities to the conversation to grow our paradigms, but only their (mostly) white peers can financially profit off of the app?

I agree with the overall message of please remember we are all engaging with fellow humans that are existing in these tumultuous times, but the message is also use my app that I (and mostly white writers) financially benefit from.

If every publisher on this app was able to monetize their writing as they saw fit, I’d think his point would have landed better. But that just may be me?