On Substack (sigh)

Substacks about Substack is my least favorite newsletter genre, and I’ve held off for years now, but today I am caving in. I’ll be brief!

First an overview:

• Substack has been a controversial platform for a few years now, based on several decisions made by its owners, regarding who is and who is not allowed on the platform.
  

• Many people left the platform in the wake of these controversies, and subsequent related ones, and an even larger number of people refuse to pay for or read anything published here.
  

• I respect the opinions of those who have left and those who have stayed.
  

• I am not a fan of the policies and decisions made the owners of Substack.
  

• I expect this platform to become increasingly unfriendly to newsletter writers like me, who are not chasing Big Scale, who do not participate much in the Notes (social media-esque) part of Substack. Enshittification is the right word.
  

• I have tried to leave the platform for one of the other platforms many others use and have stalled out, severa…