====== Substack ======

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**[[http://substack.com|Substack]]**, "the home for great writing," is a free speech platform where writers can write without risk of being censored and can collect money for their work: "We believe that what you read matters and great writing is valuable. We’re building a future where writers can flourish by being paid directly by readers."

  * See also [[https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=operation_uplift:must_read_substacks|Operation Uplift's Must Read Substacks]]

===== Organization =====

==== About ====

From the "About" section:

"We started Substack because we believe that what you read matters and that good writing is valuable.

We believe that writers, bloggers, thinkers, and creatives of every background should be able to pursue their curiosity, generating income directly from their own audiences and on their own terms.

When readers pay writers directly, writers can focus on doing the work they care about most. A few hundred paid subscribers can support a livelihood. A few thousand makes it lucrative.

Readers win, too. By opting into direct relationships with writers, we can be more selective with how we consume information, homing in on the ideas, people, and places we find most meaningful."

==== Investors ====

Substack's investors include [[Andreessen Horowitz]], the [[Chernin Group]], [[Emmett Shear]] (CEO and founder of [[Twitch]]), [[Fifty Years]], [[FundersClub]], [[Garage Capital]], [[Quiet Capital]], [[UpHonest Capital]], [[VentureSouq]] (VSQ), [[Y Combinator]] and [[ZhenFund]].((//Substack - Funding, Financials, Valuation & Investors.// Crunchbase. Retrieved December 27, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221227060528/https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/substack/company_financials/investors))

===== Feedback =====

==== Decentralized Science ====

Due to Substack's stance on free speech, scientists, doctors, statisticians, and others have migrated to writing on Substack during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], taking on the attributes of a full fledge revolution in scientific collaboration and publication.((Jan 4, 2022 | [[Rounding the Earth]] | The Stackers: The True Birth of Citizen Science? | https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/the-stackers-the-true-birth-of-citizen))

==== Attacks on Substack's Free Speech Stance ====

  * [[https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/10/substack-is-profiting-off-anti-mask-and-anti-vaccine-newsletters/|Substack Is Profiting Off Anti-Mask and Anti-Vaccine Newsletters]]