It seems #Substack is currently a target of #Musk's idiotic anti-media slant on #Twitter. The dumpster fire burns brightly these days, having escalated since April Fools, which seems to have been a Fool's Power-Up, I guess, cuz Skum just can't stop being an ass.
#ArsTechnica has an article on why this may be happening to Substack right now.
@FernLovebond I'm happy with Substack. The problem is I've been on the Internet so long, seen the new paradise become the old hell so many times, I'm suspicious of how happy I am at Substack. Already wondering how many years I get before it falls apart.
@POOetryma @FernLovebond Even without getting into political possibilities, there was just a lot going on behind the scenes with the bird app. Not saying it can't happen, but hoping it's highly unlikely that would be pulled off again. But there's always somebody with too much money and crap ethics out there.
@weirdfizz Twitter was never profitable and was never meant to be. It's simply not designed to be a vehicle for ads. Users can simply scroll past them without stopping to look or they can block & mute them, thus rendering them useless. The only way it'll ever even dream of making money is to make it a pay-only site, but doing so will kill it as most users flee for free platforms. Twitter is old school internet, when most social media sites cared more about the users than money.