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Words cannot express how mad this makes me. The sooner daily/weekly/monthly users quit using centralized systems, the sooner they will starve. It only takes a few quarters of non-growth for their stock to plummet.

Thank you for this important insight into how bad the systemic tyranny is becoming.

have you heard about layer3.press ?

Its all about control. Control you self, join Nostr. View quoted note →

So sorry to hear that Efrat, we are doomed, thankfully we have nostr.

There is a reason One Nation, the right wing nationalist party, has gained popularity in Australia.

Frustrating Efrat sorry As soon as that law came in, I’ve stopped using Substack, as when k try to login I get asked for a digital ID to show my age Crazy

The oil slick is also spreading in Spain with the corrupt traitorous president Pedro Sánchez

From someone's perspective who's nostr only, it's unreal to watch 99.9% of the population willingly sticking to centralized platforms. The network effect and the herd mentality are probably to be blamed but I believe we will have to opt-out of their centralized gulags in order to be individually free.

I am wondering if we can create a substack alternative based on Nostr. Long form notes for the posts. Encrypted using MLS to restric access to paying users. Some sort of automation to add pub keys to the group when an account is zapped (Here smart contracts, which both #bitcoin and #Monero lack, can come in handy). When a post is shared ia regular messages is shared, mentioning the encrypted long format note and link to "subscribe" to the channel. Comments are regular messages on the unencrypted message so that the post gets amplified with engagement. @JeffG what do you say? Is this possible?

How come VPNs and Tor didn't work?

The Australian government I think was one of the worst during Covid, as in loose your job if you are not vaxxed, lockdowns and an app to show where you go ( like tag on and off) to „inform you when you have been near someone infected“ and to stop the spread. It is all about control so now this new law is another one of these control mechanisms. People know it, people see it, people demonstrate against it but the politicians do it anyway. I really love Australia but our government is shit.

Maybe australia is trying to save the internet from over centralization.

One of the lamest things I've seen all day. Can't believe they are still imposing a lock on your account even after you left the country as a visitor. If you want to impose that on your citizens, that's another story (still not respectable, still not about the children, but save that for another day). Feel like they are breaching some ToS and overstepping. Hopefully they see and respond to your posts and hopefully you've sent an email to support, better than nothing while you patiently wait to get your account restored. Feel for your being locked out of part of your network and job. Godspeed🙏

Gotta love control

Wow! I see many comments from Substack creators having to deal with this issue.

Censorship @Simon Dixon @Lyn Alden @Matthew Kratter FYI Substack has been a great platform for publishing content and reaching people! View quoted note →

Does #nostr have a substack alternative??? #nostronly #grapheneos #ivpn #Start9

That’s crazy. Dystopian insanity happening in real-time. Thank God for Bitcoin and Nostr.

fucking crazy View quoted note →

Substack strikes me as not being a platform that loves censorship. This implies that whoever is doing this has their tendrils very far into every company

A decentralized web will be essential in the future, and it’s probably not even all that far away with laws like these already in existence. I had heard about these laws recently on the Security Now podcast. Many people use VPNs to hide from their ISP, but maybe part of the solution is to use a VPN to your home so you always appear to be coming from there and not trigger stupid things like this. Of course, this cat and mouse game will only work so long. Thanks for letting us know.

Publish your blogs on Nostr and you’ll never need a Substack.

Have you tried clearing your browser cookies?

Really recommend moving away from Substack. Running your own Ghost blog with subscribers and automatic email list of posts built in is one way. And you get to keep all the subscription money minus very very small VPS cost to run Ghost on.

Self host ghost 🗿

You didn't see this coming from like the other side of the universe?

Thank you for sharing Efrat! Never stop fighting the good fight 🫡

Flippin' crazy! Australia has joined my never visit list with the UK. I will do my best to avoid any of their products, and let others know of their tyrannical views. In colonial days, tarring and feathering were used to keep politicians in check, as were harsher methods. Not advocating violence, but I can understand why folks back then felt it was justified.

Soon, most countries will require you to show identification before accessing social‑media platforms. These laws are being introduced across multiple jurisdictions, and most people will simply comply.

@tigs this is horrifying

Our loudness will be ignored as usual. Our actions towards services implementing these verifications can make a difference. When they realize their users are gone and profits shrunk, these services will make a noise which will not be ignored so easily.

Keep up the good fight

We need to stop this because its just the beginning of something very very, very, tyrannical

all the *B*est. ^_^ Efrat

That's why Nostr will win... Educate your audience who may be just as concerned as you on why and how Nostr fixes this and usher the exodus out of legacy authoritarian platforms. Slowly then suddenly.

Thanks for clearly explaining this problem. Let’s keep working together to resist this horrible attempt to control/surveil us. F@“k the system 🤬

Kidnap Your Customer

Kidnap Your Customer View quoted note →

🙏Thanks for sharing I would have run into this problem as well in a few weeks… it also shows that VPNs have limitations in those scenarios where centralised platforms are the real problem

Insanity

Substack claims to be a „new economic engine for culture“ @npub1dg6e...sguz thanks for calling out this ‚culture‘ of normalising identification Like this, we can see Nostr = a new economic engine for permissionless freedom View quoted note →

This is insane. Previously, I thought we can just ignore it. However, using this as an excuse to apply this criminal law on other countries too is crazy. We have to boycott substack.

This has to stop, period. There should be sever consequences for platforms engaged in applying this law. A boycott is in order. View quoted note →

Nostr is the (only) answer

Tell you 15K followers that you will be posting on @primal moving forward. We CHOOSE to live in these cages, freedom is out there. Just vote with your feet.

SUBSTACK UPDATE — GOOD NEWS! Thanks to everyone who helped share the Substack story (below). Looks like the pressure worked: My account was finally released from digital prison (after 3 weeks).  Watch this video for the full update, don't miss my solutions in the end ;-)👇 View quoted note →

Important update! View quoted note →

The beautiful thing about being an influencer is that everything that happens to you is a an opportunity at self-promotion!

Sorry to see this happening to you Efrat. I hope this is getting resolved soon!!!! This is why we need open systems. We need to keep pushing Nostr.

somebody has to protect obedient cattle from the dangerous critical thinking you might trigger.

Why didn't you just use your super common law powers that your guest @Monikaco ⚡️BЯΛVӨ MӨПIKΛ 💥 Suggested? Why didn't you just abandon your home and run from Australia like she advised dir Europeans? Why should we feel any sympathy for people like you when these are the people you're telling others to listen to and their shitty retarded ideas. I'm glad you're getting your platform taken away. You're a fucking moron lady.

Meanwhile Substack

the Guardian

Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters

Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

Wow. Really sorry to hear about this pretty crummy.