Vijay gives an example of a racist comment and effectively and thinks its a Gotcha statement leaving Chris no option but to say he too needs censor content; attempting to state that in reality substack will have to morph into the same "responsible" censorship rules that the other platforms have no choice but to adopt.
But scroll down to the transcript where Chris says "You are free to have that belief"
Easy to do with an alt-f search of the phrase
Here is where you see the superior intellect win out
"โฆ letโs grant that this thing is a terrible, bad thing...
Yeah, I think you should grant that this idea is bad.
That therefore censorship of it is the most effective tool to prevent that. And I think weโve run, in my estimation over the past five years, however long itโs been, a grand experiment in the idea that pervasive censorship successfully combats ideas that the owners of the platforms donโt like. And my read is that that hasnโt actually worked. That hasnโt been a success. It hasnโt caused those ideas not to exist. It hasnโt built trust. It hasnโt ended polarization. It hasnโt done any of those things. And I donโt think that taking the approach that the legacy platforms have taken and expecting it to have different outcomes is obviously the right answer the way that you seem to be presenting it to be. I donโt think that thatโs a question of whether some particular objection or belief is right or wrong."
And he's right - you don't treat the thinking world like idiots; you let the people decide for themselves; its far better to be aware that racism exists and to be aware who is racists.
The simple algorithm Chris:
If itโs lawful to say something standing on a soap box in a town square - it should be unlawful for a social media platform to censor it.
I'm sure Vijay would have to agree with that don't you
Chris - are we likely to have the functionality to post videos to Notes in the near future? Iโm looking to move off Instagram completely and this is the only thing stopping me from doing it.
Need assistance. There are buttons being added to my posts pushing people to become paid subscribers. They are showing up after I post and I don't like concept or placement. Help! How do I fix this?
Hey Chris!, within the Substack app are you able to create newsletters within the app?! I do not see the option create newsletters on the go?! Much Thanks!
Hi Chris, I've been using Notes for a while, but there is one niggling issue, in that I couldn't do a keyword search with Notes on my profile like how I could do it with a Substack post. Is there a plan to implement search with Notes? Thanks.
It looks like Substack is open to an IPO, merger, or acquisition - see โHow will I make a return on my investment, and when?โ on https://wefunder.com/substack . Is there anything to stop those behind the Trusted News Initiative, a World Economic Forum supported initiative, from gathering some pocket change (about $585 million according to the above link) and buying out Substack. Substack was adopted by thousands of critical thinkers and authors with respected credentials and a need for a platform to share their ideas and debate away from the censorship of the Trusted News Initiative. While a buy out would make Substack Founders Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie and Jairaj Sethi super wealthy just like those flocking to the World Economic Forum and Davos, it would leave thousands of writers subject to losing all their online work at the whim of the new Trusted News Initiative aligned owners.
That said Chris do you have any comment for the thousands of Substack writers about how safe their online content is given Substack might be bought. It must be extremely tempting to take the money and run while selling out all the writers who embraced your platform; would you be open to Elon Musk buying you out. I can not see how you can get more investment and at the same time assure the writers that you won't sell them out.
Done. Had to konnect for Posterity. To say I done Done it. Preshate ya gitting thru my Hood.
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/14/substack-ceo-chris-best-doesnt-realize-hes-just-become-the-nazi-bar/
Chris does a great job of tackling the gotcha question of Vijay
To see the full context
https://www.theverge.com/23681875/substack-notes-twitter-elon-musk-content-moderation-free-speech
Vijay gives an example of a racist comment and effectively and thinks its a Gotcha statement leaving Chris no option but to say he too needs censor content; attempting to state that in reality substack will have to morph into the same "responsible" censorship rules that the other platforms have no choice but to adopt.
But scroll down to the transcript where Chris says "You are free to have that belief"
Easy to do with an alt-f search of the phrase
Here is where you see the superior intellect win out
"โฆ letโs grant that this thing is a terrible, bad thing...
Yeah, I think you should grant that this idea is bad.
That therefore censorship of it is the most effective tool to prevent that. And I think weโve run, in my estimation over the past five years, however long itโs been, a grand experiment in the idea that pervasive censorship successfully combats ideas that the owners of the platforms donโt like. And my read is that that hasnโt actually worked. That hasnโt been a success. It hasnโt caused those ideas not to exist. It hasnโt built trust. It hasnโt ended polarization. It hasnโt done any of those things. And I donโt think that taking the approach that the legacy platforms have taken and expecting it to have different outcomes is obviously the right answer the way that you seem to be presenting it to be. I donโt think that thatโs a question of whether some particular objection or belief is right or wrong."
And he's right - you don't treat the thinking world like idiots; you let the people decide for themselves; its far better to be aware that racism exists and to be aware who is racists.
The simple algorithm Chris:
If itโs lawful to say something standing on a soap box in a town square - it should be unlawful for a social media platform to censor it.
I'm sure Vijay would have to agree with that don't you
Chris. It would be nice if it was possible to follow someone on Notes without subscribing to their newsletter. Or am I missing something.
Please get rid of follower function and make subscriber only, itโs not popular with writer communities here
Chris - are we likely to have the functionality to post videos to Notes in the near future? Iโm looking to move off Instagram completely and this is the only thing stopping me from doing it.
Need assistance. There are buttons being added to my posts pushing people to become paid subscribers. They are showing up after I post and I don't like concept or placement. Help! How do I fix this?
Hey Chris!, within the Substack app are you able to create newsletters within the app?! I do not see the option create newsletters on the go?! Much Thanks!
You DESIGNED it. What are you talking about?
Hi Chris, I've been using Notes for a while, but there is one niggling issue, in that I couldn't do a keyword search with Notes on my profile like how I could do it with a Substack post. Is there a plan to implement search with Notes? Thanks.
I just posted this on notes:
It looks like Substack is open to an IPO, merger, or acquisition - see โHow will I make a return on my investment, and when?โ on https://wefunder.com/substack . Is there anything to stop those behind the Trusted News Initiative, a World Economic Forum supported initiative, from gathering some pocket change (about $585 million according to the above link) and buying out Substack. Substack was adopted by thousands of critical thinkers and authors with respected credentials and a need for a platform to share their ideas and debate away from the censorship of the Trusted News Initiative. While a buy out would make Substack Founders Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie and Jairaj Sethi super wealthy just like those flocking to the World Economic Forum and Davos, it would leave thousands of writers subject to losing all their online work at the whim of the new Trusted News Initiative aligned owners.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/TFRvvnAL39Y2/
That said Chris do you have any comment for the thousands of Substack writers about how safe their online content is given Substack might be bought. It must be extremely tempting to take the money and run while selling out all the writers who embraced your platform; would you be open to Elon Musk buying you out. I can not see how you can get more investment and at the same time assure the writers that you won't sell them out.
It seems that the Notes launch has come with the end of tweet embeds in Substack posts - or was I experiencing a glitch here (kind of tit-for-tatty if true)? https://revkin.substack.com/p/exploring-the-new-substack-tool-that