people still on substack are like "(fetches fainting couch) but mah clicks!
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people still on substack are like "(fetches fainting couch) but mah clicks! my metrics!" You know what, fuck your clicks, fuck your metrics, and FUCK YOU. Grow a backbone, you absolute cowards. I do not, and will not, give any quarter to fundamental assaults on human dignity and civil rights.
@codinghorror it's exactly the same reasoning people give to stay on Twitter, long after... (vaguely motions towards the horizon) all of this happened.
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people still on substack are like "(fetches fainting couch) but mah clicks! my metrics!" You know what, fuck your clicks, fuck your metrics, and FUCK YOU. Grow a backbone, you absolute cowards. I do not, and will not, give any quarter to fundamental assaults on human dignity and civil rights.
@codinghorror Related: "Single-Issue Voters."
The moment one's vote is tied to a single issue, the rest of society can go pound sand about every other right and value you're willing to sacrifice for your issue.
And it's also that your single-interest incentivizes others to be as awful and exploitative as they can be, provided they convince you they will address your single issue.n You aren't just complicit, you're an accelerant.
As it is for racism, so it is for clicks.
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people still on substack are like "(fetches fainting couch) but mah clicks! my metrics!" You know what, fuck your clicks, fuck your metrics, and FUCK YOU. Grow a backbone, you absolute cowards. I do not, and will not, give any quarter to fundamental assaults on human dignity and civil rights.
@codinghorror better than the progressives who tell me that it’s a free speech issue as if right wing fascists don’t have enough platforms.
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people still on substack are like "(fetches fainting couch) but mah clicks! my metrics!" You know what, fuck your clicks, fuck your metrics, and FUCK YOU. Grow a backbone, you absolute cowards. I do not, and will not, give any quarter to fundamental assaults on human dignity and civil rights.
read the truth, people. Fuck complicity. And most of all, fuck the so-called "leadership" at substack. I lose a little bit more respect for anyone still on that platform, month after month. Look. Take my advice and do as you please.
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people still on substack are like "(fetches fainting couch) but mah clicks! my metrics!" You know what, fuck your clicks, fuck your metrics, and FUCK YOU. Grow a backbone, you absolute cowards. I do not, and will not, give any quarter to fundamental assaults on human dignity and civil rights.
@codinghorror 1940s FASCISTS: I was just following orders.
2020s FASCISTS: I was just following clicks.
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read the truth, people. Fuck complicity. And most of all, fuck the so-called "leadership" at substack. I lose a little bit more respect for anyone still on that platform, month after month. Look. Take my advice and do as you please.
@codinghorror agreed.
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people still on substack are like "(fetches fainting couch) but mah clicks! my metrics!" You know what, fuck your clicks, fuck your metrics, and FUCK YOU. Grow a backbone, you absolute cowards. I do not, and will not, give any quarter to fundamental assaults on human dignity and civil rights.
@codinghorror I created a filter using the keyword "substack", which was working great for a while. Unfortunately, that seems to have been removed from a lot of their URLs now. After getting fooled into opening a bunch of 'stealth' links where you can't tell until you scroll all the way to the bottom, I've now added a filter for "/p/" and that seems to be catching the rest (so far). Fuck shitstack! 🤬
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read the truth, people. Fuck complicity. And most of all, fuck the so-called "leadership" at substack. I lose a little bit more respect for anyone still on that platform, month after month. Look. Take my advice and do as you please.
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I mean I agree with your premise, but using a grok screenshot or whatever to prove your point is about on par with quoting the bible in multiple ways. -
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I mean I agree with your premise, but using a grok screenshot or whatever to prove your point is about on par with quoting the bible in multiple ways.@FritzAdalis Grok? Really? Ya went there? Provide alternate citations if you like.
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people still on substack are like "(fetches fainting couch) but mah clicks! my metrics!" You know what, fuck your clicks, fuck your metrics, and FUCK YOU. Grow a backbone, you absolute cowards. I do not, and will not, give any quarter to fundamental assaults on human dignity and civil rights.
@codinghorror but but but people love the familiar and fear change.
CHANGE HIIIIISSSSSSSS HISS HISS!
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@codinghorror I created a filter using the keyword "substack", which was working great for a while. Unfortunately, that seems to have been removed from a lot of their URLs now. After getting fooled into opening a bunch of 'stealth' links where you can't tell until you scroll all the way to the bottom, I've now added a filter for "/p/" and that seems to be catching the rest (so far). Fuck shitstack! 🤬
@DukeDuke @codinghorror I don’t think it’s been ‘removed’ from the URLs, it’s always been a paid-for feature to use your own domain. So anyone who’s done that has actually chosen to give substack their own real money and not just not a cut of their subscribers’ money. I understand there’s a cdn you can block to get them all, because there are themes that are remarkably similar between substack, ghost and beehiiv.
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@DukeDuke @codinghorror I don’t think it’s been ‘removed’ from the URLs, it’s always been a paid-for feature to use your own domain. So anyone who’s done that has actually chosen to give substack their own real money and not just not a cut of their subscribers’ money. I understand there’s a cdn you can block to get them all, because there are themes that are remarkably similar between substack, ghost and beehiiv.
@clare_hooley @codinghorror Good to know, thanks!
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@DukeDuke @codinghorror I don’t think it’s been ‘removed’ from the URLs, it’s always been a paid-for feature to use your own domain. So anyone who’s done that has actually chosen to give substack their own real money and not just not a cut of their subscribers’ money. I understand there’s a cdn you can block to get them all, because there are themes that are remarkably similar between substack, ghost and beehiiv.
@clare_hooley @DukeDuke @codinghorror Yes, if you block substackcdn.com then any SS site will show up without its CSS regardless of domain, acting as a warning.
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@clare_hooley @DukeDuke @codinghorror Yes, if you block substackcdn.com then any SS site will show up without its CSS regardless of domain, acting as a warning.
@mathew @clare_hooley @codinghorror Cool, thanks!
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I mean I agree with your premise, but using a grok screenshot or whatever to prove your point is about on par with quoting the bible in multiple ways.@FritzAdalis @codinghorror I refer people to https://leavesubstack.com which has a bunch of links. One of the recent detailed ones is https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters
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people still on substack are like "(fetches fainting couch) but mah clicks! my metrics!" You know what, fuck your clicks, fuck your metrics, and FUCK YOU. Grow a backbone, you absolute cowards. I do not, and will not, give any quarter to fundamental assaults on human dignity and civil rights.
@codinghorror Still waiting for @godpod and @mswmedia to make the switch to Ghost or some other non-Nazi platforms.
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@FritzAdalis Grok? Really? Ya went there? Provide alternate citations if you like.
@codinghorror @FritzAdalis I must agree with Fritz. We don't like Substack because of all the nazis it is willing to host.
We don't like Grok because Elon Musk is also a nazi.
I was going to dig up some links, but I see that Mathew has provided numerous alternative citations below.
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@codinghorror @FritzAdalis I must agree with Fritz. We don't like Substack because of all the nazis it is willing to host.
We don't like Grok because Elon Musk is also a nazi.
I was going to dig up some links, but I see that Mathew has provided numerous alternative citations below.
@jairajdevadiga @codinghorror
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people still on substack are like "(fetches fainting couch) but mah clicks! my metrics!" You know what, fuck your clicks, fuck your metrics, and FUCK YOU. Grow a backbone, you absolute cowards. I do not, and will not, give any quarter to fundamental assaults on human dignity and civil rights.
@codinghorror What I hate is when people who refuse to leave substack choose to gaslight me instead. "Are you sure it's a nazi platform? Do you have any proof?" Bitch go look it up yourself, I tried to say I'm not clicking on substack but they wanna make me question my reality. GFY
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@FritzAdalis Grok? Really? Ya went there? Provide alternate citations if you like.
@codinghorror @FritzAdalis "alternate citations"? Alternate to what. Your generated text?
I mean, I know substack is awful I don't need any citations.
