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).

[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/

[greg_ray@mastodon.au]

@FediTips @molly0xfff I can't access the Substack writers I used to read. Substack is demanding I upload my biometric data to some creepy Yank third party corporation.

[bigbelgianbopper@mastodon-belgium.be]

@FediTips @molly0xfff @jaykuo

[katandpeaches2026@c.im]

@FediTips @molly0xfff

[hexaheximal@mstdn.social]

@FediTips @molly0xfff Ghost is less bad, but it isn't a great choice either now: https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/blob/main/AGENTS.md

[commanderred@chaos.social]

@FediTips @molly0xfff Ghost unfortunately has one huge issue: It is unable to use regular SMTP servers. They are actively blocking this feature because "google would block such sites"

The fact that I would not care if google blocks me does not interest anyone there, so I really can't recommend it if the dev team acts like that.