03-04-2025, 05:25 PM
On the heels of it coming out that the most popular writer on Substack is a Nazi (lol), I wish to remind everyone: if you don't own your platform, your platform owns you.
This site? Just a bunch of stuff I can download and reup anywhere I want. Servers are disposable. Your audience isn't.
Every creator platform, it seems, goes out of its way to ensure they own your audience, not you. Twitch, Substack, Medium, YouTube, TikTok, you name it. Patreon seems to be the least bad among these, but that's not a high bar to clear.
All that's to say: I am willing to help people set up sites for themselves, away from the control of big platforms.
@Aloria I believe I still owe you a site!
This site? Just a bunch of stuff I can download and reup anywhere I want. Servers are disposable. Your audience isn't.
Every creator platform, it seems, goes out of its way to ensure they own your audience, not you. Twitch, Substack, Medium, YouTube, TikTok, you name it. Patreon seems to be the least bad among these, but that's not a high bar to clear.
All that's to say: I am willing to help people set up sites for themselves, away from the control of big platforms.
@Aloria I believe I still owe you a site!