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I have an old friend who, when he left Twitter, went over to Substack.
He has an academic background. And, by profession is a ghost writer. He has also written a number of his own books.
If you are interested in growing and spreading the Fediverse, then —
Why did he choose Substack over other alternatives?
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One factor (for him) seems to be —
He seems to tend to prefer to write long-form content.
Long essays.
Even series of long posts that could be turned into a book.
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Another factor (for him) seems to be —
He perceived Twitter as being prone to censorship. Including politically motivated censorship. Censorship of individual posts, and even by suspending Twitter account.
And thus risky to build an audience on Twitter — since your digital identity could be taken away from you at any time (by Twitter)
He felt that Substack was not only much more tolerant, but had a policy of being anti-censorship.
