Turns out Substack is not a brave little rebel as the leaders want us to think. Like everything else in the tech realm it’s owned by one of the Effective Altruist devils. Marc Andreesen is one of the worst.
This explains many things that didn’t make sense by the struggling young innovator myth. First it explains why they are paying millions to attract mainstream stars who have turned Substack into MSNBC. That’s not how you strengthen “independent” voices, to put it mildly.
Second it explains why Substack began its own Twitteroid branch after Elon took over Twitter. Andreesen is one of Elon’s buddies, and he wanted to be sure the people who departed from Elon’s brand wouldn’t REALLY leave Elon’s corporation. If they didn’t like Chevy they would migrate to Pontiac.
Previously my random snarky comments there often led to someone reading my REAL writing here. Since Notes started up, the circle is closed. All of their attention is directed inward. Now some people seem to “follow” me there, which is pointless because what I put there isn’t the result of work.
Andreesen also explains why the management refuses to give the slightest room or acknowledgment to real work like agriculture. Real workers are Negative Externalities to an EA devil. Only maximal abstraction is thinkable. Writers writing about writing are the best, because they are the ultimate closed self-referential circle.
I’m glad I never started writing there. It felt wrong from the start, but I couldn’t find a good reason why it felt wrong. WordPress is an impersonal machine like city water and sewer systems, and that’s just fine. I’m not writing for the greedy pleasure of a billionaire. I’m paying for a utility, not being paid to conform.
Laugh at your ills, pay your bills, behave yourself.
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