From what I’ve seen, it seems like those yelling loudly the most about how there’s nothing wrong with Substack are those who have the biggest monetary interest in there being nothing wrong with Substack.

And among the company’s owners, it’s pretty clear at this point that the real reason they’re resisting doing content moderation is because it would be very expensive for them to do properly.

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair