Substack De-platforming
On July 15th my Substack publication (3rdworldecon.substack.com) was taken down and remained suspended for two days. I joined the list of others who have been de-platformed from Substack, some of them unnecessarily ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ). I still don’t know what triggered the flagging of my account but my guess is that it’s possibly due to my invite Notes to people. Most of my followers and subscribers as you read my blog have come to know of my publication through my invite notes. About these invite Notes. I track other progressive publications (Robert Reich, Zeteo, Paul Krugman etc) and check user comments of their articles. When I write a new article similar to a topic of these other publications, I also create a Note tagging followers of these publications inviting them to my Substack blog. This is a way to create outreach to audience. As an independent writer without any previous fan following and without any celebrity status, I try to explore ...