Substack hosts swastika-laden Nazi accounts promoting white supremacism (https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters).

[faduda@mastodon.ie]

@molly0xfff @FediTips

Use Ghost is the new 'install linux'. I have yet to find a well written guide to setting up a ghost install.

[haui@mastodon.giftedmc.com]

@yogthos i always think of you when I read this since you have a substack. Are you considering leaving or do you have reasons not to switch? I dont assume its technical knowledge.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@lautreg

The article by @molly0xfff covers the process of self-hosting and the advantages of it it:

https://www.citationneeded.news/substack-to-self-hosted-ghost

It's not perfect but it's much, much better than using Substack. Much more ethical, much more freedom, much cheaper overall.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@faduda

If you don't want to do any techy stuff, you can use a managed hosting service, I link to them in the guide:

Cloud68
https://cloud68.co/managed-hosting/ghost

Ghost.org
https://ghost.org

It is really easy to use managed hosting, you don't need to install anything.

There are also official instructions for a manual self-hosted install:
https://docs.ghost.org/install

[faduda@mastodon.ie]

@molly0xfff @FediTips

Every guide I see to setting up your own Ghost install ...

https://youtu.be/G7Do2tlYLhs

[thecasualcritic@writing.exchange]

@FediTips @molly0xfff
There's also @write_as and @writefreely , but I realise it's more of a niche offering

[faduda@mastodon.ie]

@FediTips

But I want to host my own ghost install. I just want to do it without learning a foreign language.

[alexchapman@tweesecake.social]

@FediTips @molly0xfff CC @tayarndt as I follow her newsletter thing and she uses Substack for that, yeah no what the hell if platforms aren't getting rid of people who are actively promoting Nazi stuff and denying the Holocaust then screw those platforms. And to Taylor sorry I had to bring this to your attention but this is a big issue and I wasn't sure if you knew about this situation with Substack.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@faduda

Which language do you want the instructions to be in?

[faduda@mastodon.ie]

@FediTips
Plain English.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@faduda

If you don't want to get involved technical language, you can use a managed hosting service like the ones I listed. They do all the installation and other techy stuff for you

[faduda@mastodon.ie]

@FediTips yes, but they also charge monthly fees which I'd like to avoid

[jizzeletbass@kolektiva.social]

@FediTips @molly0xfff
"Hamish McKenzie addressed its decision to host Nazi content ...Given that, we don’t think that censorship (including through demonetising publications) makes the problem go away – in fact, it makes it worse."

Naw Mate, actively supporting and boosting Nazis makes you a Nazi.

[tayarndt@techopolis.social]

@FediTips @molly0xfff Substack because it’s cheap it’s easy to use and they market stuff I don’t get hardly any reach if I made my own sight

[gbargoud@masto.nyc]

@faduda @FediTips @alatartheblue

I think one issue is that so many online services have offered a "free tier" for so long that it's almost become an expectation

[oneinterestingfact@mastodon.ie]

@FediTips @molly0xfff

I'm not a creator on substack but I used to follow a few free accounts.
I unsubscribed but I want to go further - ppl still link to substack in my TL and I was hoping to filter those mentions out. Filtering on substack.com doesn't seem to work - is there a technical reason that domain wouldn't be picked up or is it something else?

[faduda@mastodon.ie]

@FediTips @alatartheblue

Like I said, it's the Linux problem. Docs isn't ux

[faduda@mastodon.ie]

@FediTips @alatartheblue @gbargoud

I don't want it hosted on ghost. I want it hosted on my own server. I don't expect that to be free, I just need it to be something I can do without a compsci degree.
And as long as it isn't, there's going to be a limit to uptake, and eventually someone will come along with a simple plug-and-play alternative

[faduda@mastodon.ie]

@FediTips @gbargoud @alatartheblue

Okay then, let me rephrase.
Ghost should not be any more complicated than wordpress, yet I can run the former but not the latter.
That's a documentation issue. I've pretty much given up trying with Ghost at this point, after several attempts. It looks like a great idea, but it is impenetrable. If you don't build it for civilians, they won't come.

[gbargoud@masto.nyc]

@FediTips @alatartheblue @faduda

I don't know if you saw this but WordPress added an ActivityPub plugin a couple of years back: https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/