Have suspected shadow banning since I started writing here. Social media is corrupt, Big Tech is corrupt. The allegiance of government, corporations, institutions - the corporatocracy - is corrupt. Guilt by association?
One of the lead investors, Andreessen Horowitz. Silicon valley company. Not looking good. Maybe I should get my blog back up again, just in case. The investor all Bay Area companies and Andreessen Horowitz put in the most. Tens of millions.
> Frequently Asked Questions
> Where is Substack's headquarters? Substack is located in San Francisco, California, United States.
> Who invested in Substack? Substack has 16 investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Audrey Gelman.
> How much funding has Substack raised to date? Substack has raised $82.4M.
> When was the last funding round for Substack? Substack closed its last funding round on Mar 31, 2021 from a Series B round.
I think we must assume that since SubStack is a Silicon Valley Corporate entity that we can expect actions consistent with this. While their stated aims are to promote good writing and free speech it behoves us to remain somewhat skeptical of this given the current environment especially. They either will or will not fulfill these aims. We can have good will as content creators and simultaneously keep a skeptical eyebrow raised. Their success depends on our success and vice versa.
Have suspected shadow banning since I started writing here. Social media is corrupt, Big Tech is corrupt. The allegiance of government, corporations, institutions - the corporatocracy - is corrupt. Guilt by association?
Gab. GETTR. Telegram.
Telegram is excellent for search and sharing docs, vids, pics, texts.
Minds - it has few users
Who owns Substack?
One of the lead investors, Andreessen Horowitz. Silicon valley company. Not looking good. Maybe I should get my blog back up again, just in case. The investor all Bay Area companies and Andreessen Horowitz put in the most. Tens of millions.
> Frequently Asked Questions
> Where is Substack's headquarters? Substack is located in San Francisco, California, United States.
> Who invested in Substack? Substack has 16 investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Audrey Gelman.
> How much funding has Substack raised to date? Substack has raised $82.4M.
> When was the last funding round for Substack? Substack closed its last funding round on Mar 31, 2021 from a Series B round.
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/substack/company_financials
I'm not sure what to do with this information, but hope others do.
Thanks for your research.
I think we must assume that since SubStack is a Silicon Valley Corporate entity that we can expect actions consistent with this. While their stated aims are to promote good writing and free speech it behoves us to remain somewhat skeptical of this given the current environment especially. They either will or will not fulfill these aims. We can have good will as content creators and simultaneously keep a skeptical eyebrow raised. Their success depends on our success and vice versa.