Thanks for asking. I have communicated my displeasure about their position directly to Substack. I've also researched Substack alternatives in case I decide I need to split (thankfully, it looks like I can take my content, subsciber lists and any reader subscriptions with me, with no interference to any subscriber's experience. Believe me, this is not something I had wanted to spend time on in recent weeks, having just got here. I hope it doesn't have to come to that.)

For now, I'm monitoring how they're handling things given continued pressure.

And for those who don't know, the slightly short version is that the Atlantic published an article late last year saying that there are Nazi/white-supremacist substacks on the platform and questioned why this was being allowed. Many writers then implored Substack management to take action. Some other writers said, no, less moderation makes for better speech. Management then weighed in saying they disliked Nazis, wished people didn't hold those views but didn't believe in kicking people off unless they violate an incitement to violence part of this platform's prohibited speech rules. Disturbingly, they didn't even say: We don't want Nazis here; you're not welcome. Since then, some Substack writers have left or threatened to leave, some have reported readers cancelling subs, and management appears to have quietly blocked at least one of the substacks the Atlantic highlighted. Casey Newton, whose excellent substack Platformer has been all over this, has said that he's gone to management and may go to Stripe, Substack's payment processor, about this all possibly violating company policies. I'm following that closely.

For what it's worth, Substack takes a 10% cut of paid subs.