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Platformer Leaves Substack for Ghost

Hate speech and Nazis

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Burk
Jan 12, 2024
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Platformer is a popular tech newsletter founded by Casey Newton in 2020. Originally, Platformer was going to use WordPress but decided on Substack.

Platformer grew a lot on Substack, reaching over 170,000 subscribers in 3 years. Substack was controversial though because it had a hands-off approach to content moderation.

Now it's leaving Substack.

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