Steve, note that of the three big leftist Substacks mentioned - you CANNOT comment on two w/o paying them for the "privilege" of hearing from you and as for the third from Dan Rather (my god, is this liar still around!), which you can comment on, its just FLUFF ARTICLES! (And I bet if I posted a comment on there, I would get blocked and reported!!!)
I have noticed this with the few leftist Substacks - almost none allow comments (except for Alex Berenson - for all his faults-arrogance etc, at least he offers a nice mix for free and paid subscribers to give good or bad feedback)... Even Greenwald, Bari Weiss etc (yea, they are Leftish/Libs/Progs or whatever they want to be called now!) NEVER allow comments from non-payers... Dr. Malone also does not allow comments from non-payers - which is annoying but he is present on GAB and Gettr...
To me, its like THEY ONLY WANT TO HEAR FROM THEIR PAYING ECHO CHAMBER!
Its not like Substack is full of trolls or bots like Twitter!
Whether or not you require a person to be a paying subscriber to comment should make no difference. The information is still available to all who subscribe. If you want to comment, then pay. That was my initial thought.
These are exceptional and wierd times and some find themselves outcasts. Isolated from family, friends, and coworkers. These substacks have become a support system. For these people, whether or not you have to pay to cmment is more about the principle and not about the money. You wouldn't want to have to pay a family member in order to send them a message. Thank you Steve.
My point is the ability of people outside a reader or fan base or "echo chamber" to at least give some feedback (good or bad) on some of the content.
Most MSM pubs have done away with all of their comments section (or outsourced it to FB where many people DO NOT have accounts OR cannot give honest comments for fear of being banned) b/c they don't want their mistakes or lies to be called out or corrected by us ignorant peasants... And they can ignore letters to the editor...
I do appreciate that Alex Berenson has a good mix e.g. free content, paywalled content etc - Even though I DON'T agree with him on Russia and politics (or his weird behavior with Dr. Malone), he does deserve to earn some money for putting his neck out publicly on COVID... Same with Steve on here who stays focused on COVID...
I published this article without ANY promotion at all and you are almost always the first one to find it. what's you secret?
Steve, note that of the three big leftist Substacks mentioned - you CANNOT comment on two w/o paying them for the "privilege" of hearing from you and as for the third from Dan Rather (my god, is this liar still around!), which you can comment on, its just FLUFF ARTICLES! (And I bet if I posted a comment on there, I would get blocked and reported!!!)
I have noticed this with the few leftist Substacks - almost none allow comments (except for Alex Berenson - for all his faults-arrogance etc, at least he offers a nice mix for free and paid subscribers to give good or bad feedback)... Even Greenwald, Bari Weiss etc (yea, they are Leftish/Libs/Progs or whatever they want to be called now!) NEVER allow comments from non-payers... Dr. Malone also does not allow comments from non-payers - which is annoying but he is present on GAB and Gettr...
To me, its like THEY ONLY WANT TO HEAR FROM THEIR PAYING ECHO CHAMBER!
Its not like Substack is full of trolls or bots like Twitter!
Whether or not you require a person to be a paying subscriber to comment should make no difference. The information is still available to all who subscribe. If you want to comment, then pay. That was my initial thought.
These are exceptional and wierd times and some find themselves outcasts. Isolated from family, friends, and coworkers. These substacks have become a support system. For these people, whether or not you have to pay to cmment is more about the principle and not about the money. You wouldn't want to have to pay a family member in order to send them a message. Thank you Steve.
My point is the ability of people outside a reader or fan base or "echo chamber" to at least give some feedback (good or bad) on some of the content.
Most MSM pubs have done away with all of their comments section (or outsourced it to FB where many people DO NOT have accounts OR cannot give honest comments for fear of being banned) b/c they don't want their mistakes or lies to be called out or corrected by us ignorant peasants... And they can ignore letters to the editor...
I do appreciate that Alex Berenson has a good mix e.g. free content, paywalled content etc - Even though I DON'T agree with him on Russia and politics (or his weird behavior with Dr. Malone), he does deserve to earn some money for putting his neck out publicly on COVID... Same with Steve on here who stays focused on COVID...
I'm proud to be another who preaches to the choir, in an anecdotal style.
https://markoshinskie8de.substack.com/publish/post/53866601
And in Eastern Canada this arrived at my inbox at 2:08 pm, 8 minutes ago.
1. Late night hours.
2. Substack "inbox" feature. Alerts you to new articles.
So in between writing, posting, or interacting, I click on the Inbox.
Haha same... substack is like the new nerd version of social media. For people who like learning and debating ideas. And there is no censorship!
Thanks to Substack for not censoring.
https://markoshinskie8de.substack.com/publish/post/53866601