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So... people talk about self-hosting, but I don't see that as a solution either.
What people don't seem to recognize is that the strategy for silencing people is to find the first available point of dependence for a viewpoint they want to remove and attack that vulnerability.
What people don't seem to recognize is that the strategy for silencing people is to find the first available point of dependence for a viewpoint they want to remove and attack that vulnerability.
I'm actually more comfortable with using Substack than self-hosting anything b/c I have a hosting provider that I use for my (mostly inactive) blog... but I also use it to host my Dad's memorial website, my professional website, my family archives.
If someone decides they need to cancel me, they strategy they will use is "This guy is spreading lies about COVID" and they will attack the vulnerable point.
If Substack caves, I lose an income stream.
I have others.
If my hosting provider caves, I lose everything.
If Substack caves, I lose an income stream.
I have others.
If my hosting provider caves, I lose everything.
If my hosting provider caves, I lose my dad's website and the comments left there. I lose my entire professional persona along with 15 years of technical documentation and community engagement.
Sure, I have backups b/c I'm not stupid.
Even so. The scale of loss is huge.
Sure, I have backups b/c I'm not stupid.
Even so. The scale of loss is huge.
The strategy is not take everything away from every conservative
The strategy is to let people know that they *can* take it away and then irrationally and inconsistently apply the standards so we live in fear of saying anything that is outside elite discourse.
The strategy is to let people know that they *can* take it away and then irrationally and inconsistently apply the standards so we live in fear of saying anything that is outside elite discourse.
I am functionally part of elite discourse
I was raised in a middle income bracket, I'm well-educated, white, I enjoy elite art, I'm in tech, I have a mid-high income.
Not only do I know where the lines of elite discourse are, I know how to avoid the pitfalls.
I was raised in a middle income bracket, I'm well-educated, white, I enjoy elite art, I'm in tech, I have a mid-high income.
Not only do I know where the lines of elite discourse are, I know how to avoid the pitfalls.
I'm acceptably center-right in my political opinions. But I respect people all over the political map, which is why I'm talking about this stuff.
I know people outside the "acceptable" parameters of discussion & they aren't violent. But they break "the rules".
I know people outside the "acceptable" parameters of discussion & they aren't violent. But they break "the rules".
But I've also watched "the rules" change. It is obvious that some people are trying to get "the rules" to change so that some of the things I do think and teach my children will get us "unpersoned" in the coming years.
It is not irrational to see this even as a step toward that
It is not irrational to see this even as a step toward that
