Why Platformer Is Leaving Substack
I suggested that Substack’s day of reckoning may still lie ahead. The bigger Substack gets, the more ideologically diverse its author pool becomes, the greater the chances for highly inflammatory, potentially harmful content.
Joe Pompeo • “There Has to Be a Line”: Substack’s Founders Dive Headfirst Into the Culture Wars
On whether Substack can justify its 10% revenue share for top writers:
Josh Constine • The power shift from publishers to personalities
Substack has built a fantastic platform for independent writers to not only reach their audiences directly, but to support themselves financially while doing so without having to depend on increasingly stultifying media institutions.
Jerry Brito • Disintermediating the media with… Substack?
“There Has to Be a Line”: Substack’s Founders Dive Headfirst Into the Culture Wars
Joe Pompeovanityfair.com
The “right to leave” is the hallmark of the post-platform era.