Why is Naomi Klein Funding Substack’s Hate Machine? 0 ▲ The Fine Print* 1 hour ago · 6 min read1119 words · Culture · hide · 0 comments I've already explored how Substack executives are generally terrible people who coddle white-supremacists, transphobes, and nazis to goose clicks, engagement, and revenues. This is extremely well documented at this point.Numerous Substack authors openly feature swastikas while heaping praise on Hitler, spreading antisemitic or white supremacist conspiracy theories, attacking gay or trans Americans, and spreading ignorant dipshittery. Once you've subscribed to that hateful slop, Substack's algorithm happily shovels you to countless others. You know, to broaden your horizons (and take a ten percent cut). This was all brought up in a damning Atlantic article in 2024, culminating in a mass writer exodus from the platform after execs made it clear they simply didn't give a shit about morals or ethics. Earlier this year The Guardian confirmed nothing has really changed. Substack has simply stopped commenting. Like most fascist or fashy-adjacent tech bros (Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg),… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.