Society has a trust problem. More censorship will only make it worse.

Substack wasn’t just about an economic trend of power flowing to individual writers thanks to the leverage technology gives them—it was about creating a morally superior playing field that could help heal our minds from the damage done by social networks. The Substack model wasn’t just a business strategy, it was a political philosophy.

Shifts in media distribution are changing society. I, like many, am concerned about the consequences. Our dialog was more civil and the country was easier to govern in before times. We will look back at the era of mass media nostalgically for sure. It feels like a fork in the road, either we find a set of rules to better govern this decentralized s... See more

With that in mind, we commit to keeping Substack wide open as a platform, accepting of views from across the political spectrum. We will resist public pressure to suppress voices that loud objectors deem unacceptable. If you look at Substack’s leaderboards today, you’ll see writers from the left and the right, the populist and the elite, the low-br... See more