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simonowens I really don't know enough about Yglesias to say, but clearly some of the others, who have been publicly anti-trans, are. And more than any of that... their problem isn't even what is or isn't the case, it's the perception of the hero-writers they used to pitch the platformPermalink On twitter.com
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simonowens If you are going to use particular people to showcase your platform as the major winners from your platform, you either had better either involve them in the platform evolution or be prepared for blowback when you start on-boarding a 2nd wave the 1st wave is publicly opposed to.Permalink On twitter.com
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simonowens I think Doyle does a very good job laying it out in their pieces, Substack's decision to do their marketing & outreach around particular writers aligned them w/those writers in the mind of consumers & customers. To flip entirely to an opposing set of writers is high dissonance.On twitter.com
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simonowens And if I was a trans or feminist writer on whose reputation Substack's legitimacy was forged, I would also be quite pissed off if they leveraged that rep to raise funds in order to pay for the work of people who go out in the world explicitly to harass or dehumanize my audience.Permalink On twitter.com
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simonowens Let's even be more abstract and put aside the issue of how these writers might or might not be orchestrating mobs or harassing other writers... to emulate Substack: if my business is writing to an audience, it behooves my biz to operate somewhere that audience feels welcome.Permalink On twitter.com
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