I appreciate the summary! As I scanned the top 10 list...I laughed, I (almost actually) cried, and I got fired up all over again. Your writing tells critical stories in a blunt accessible way and always with depth, clarity and humor.
As for the $... I appreciate your model and it's up to us to make it succeed and grow. One of my favorite ways is to introduce friends and fellow travelers to the columns and to subsidize their initial connection.
I don't find these tedious at all. It's good to know how things are going. I encourage anyone who can to subscribe. Please keep doing what you're doing, Hamilton!
A question (that I'll understand that you may not want to address or already have addressed and I missed it): Is Substack okay to work with? Not just financially, but I frequently see comments in other places that raise some ethical questions. Just curious, but it might just be None of My Business.
My personal experience on Substack has been fine. Substack is a platform, just like Youtube, Tumblr, Blogspot, or many others. Most of the objections I've heard to the company have been calls for content restrictions-- IE, shitty person X is publishing on Substack and should be banned. My perspective on this has always been that it is probably unwise to call for a platform to unilaterally do content restrictions, without a union or similar seat at the table for the people creating the content. It is a request that can bite you on the ass without a good organized structure in place. Also, I have always found it a bit annoying that various right wing users of this platform allegedly characterize what Substack "is," but the many, many very good left wing publications on this platform somehow do not.
This is a longer conversation (which I have had elsewhere) but those are my basic thoughts, FYI.
Thank you! This basically mirrors my view of the platform, as well. I've yet to have Substack recommend or push any odious accounts in my direction, unlike some other algorithms out there. As long as that is the case, I'm comfortable here.
HamNo, you're great, you're wonderful, keep doing what you're doing.
Have you considered getting off of Substack? I know it's probably more work to maintain a site on Ghost or Beehiiv, but at least you wouldn't be contributing to the bottom line of, y'know, Substack. I think Infante (Fingers) did it, so it's doable, but I don't know your situation.
I will never become a paid sub while you are on substack I will never give my money to this nazi-enabling company. Your coworkers are Andrew Tate now and you write for a Nazi website. Get off of substack and I’d be happy to pay. But you aren’t putting your money where your mouth is by hosting a “socialist” newsletter on this pro-Nazi platform.
Wow. I can't believe it's been three years. Keep fighting the good fight, brother.
I appreciate the summary! As I scanned the top 10 list...I laughed, I (almost actually) cried, and I got fired up all over again. Your writing tells critical stories in a blunt accessible way and always with depth, clarity and humor.
As for the $... I appreciate your model and it's up to us to make it succeed and grow. One of my favorite ways is to introduce friends and fellow travelers to the columns and to subsidize their initial connection.
I don't find these tedious at all. It's good to know how things are going. I encourage anyone who can to subscribe. Please keep doing what you're doing, Hamilton!
A question (that I'll understand that you may not want to address or already have addressed and I missed it): Is Substack okay to work with? Not just financially, but I frequently see comments in other places that raise some ethical questions. Just curious, but it might just be None of My Business.
My personal experience on Substack has been fine. Substack is a platform, just like Youtube, Tumblr, Blogspot, or many others. Most of the objections I've heard to the company have been calls for content restrictions-- IE, shitty person X is publishing on Substack and should be banned. My perspective on this has always been that it is probably unwise to call for a platform to unilaterally do content restrictions, without a union or similar seat at the table for the people creating the content. It is a request that can bite you on the ass without a good organized structure in place. Also, I have always found it a bit annoying that various right wing users of this platform allegedly characterize what Substack "is," but the many, many very good left wing publications on this platform somehow do not.
This is a longer conversation (which I have had elsewhere) but those are my basic thoughts, FYI.
Thank you! This basically mirrors my view of the platform, as well. I've yet to have Substack recommend or push any odious accounts in my direction, unlike some other algorithms out there. As long as that is the case, I'm comfortable here.
Three cheers to three years. Thank you for continuing to demonstrate that a better version of media is possible in this bullshit hellscape.
Congratulations!! Not easy doing what you do, but you do it very well, and we are grateful. Thank you!
Wow! Congratulations, Hamilton. Thanks for excellent and informative content that moves us all forward.
HamNo, you're great, you're wonderful, keep doing what you're doing.
Have you considered getting off of Substack? I know it's probably more work to maintain a site on Ghost or Beehiiv, but at least you wouldn't be contributing to the bottom line of, y'know, Substack. I think Infante (Fingers) did it, so it's doable, but I don't know your situation.
I will never become a paid sub while you are on substack I will never give my money to this nazi-enabling company. Your coworkers are Andrew Tate now and you write for a Nazi website. Get off of substack and I’d be happy to pay. But you aren’t putting your money where your mouth is by hosting a “socialist” newsletter on this pro-Nazi platform.
What?