#substackmigration — Public Fediverse posts

If you're still using Substack for your newsletter and want to migrate to Ghost, which has announced that it will join the fediverse this year, here's a step-by-step guide by @wes. It covers costs, what you'll need, setting up Mailgun and Cloudflare, how to move over your posts and subscribers and numerous other helpful details.

https://flip.it/udKkAr

#Fediverse #Ghost #Substack #ActivityPub #Newsletter #SubstackMigration

Another newsletter has joined the Substack Migration:

Richard MacManus, @ricmac, Cyberculture, https://cybercultural.com/, A newsletter about tech history and its impact on our culture.

"I wanted a solution that was based on the open web and that was entirely under my control... from centralized platform to open web, from corporate to indie, from being controlled to taking back control."

Substack Migrantion Roll Call >>> https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/111766603495656560

#SubstackMigration

Another newsletter has joined the Substack Migration:

René Seindal, @seindal, History Walks in Venice, https://historywalksvenice.com/venetian-stories/, Delve into the rich history that permeates everything in Venice.

"The newsletter was hosted on Substack for a period, but following the controversy over the presence of monetized newsletters by violent extremists on the platform... I decided to move the newsletter."

Substack Migrantion Roll Call >>> https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/111766603495656560

#SubstackMigration

Another newsletter joining the Substack Migration today:

Phil Plait, @badastro, Bad Astronomy, https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com, Everything, the Universe, and Life.

"In my opinion this is NOT a free speech issue at all... If you own a bar or a restaurant and someone starts yelling Nazi slogans, you have the right to throw them out. I’d go so far as to say you have the moral obligation to throw them out."

Substack Migrantion Roll Call >>> https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/111766603495656560

#SubstackMigration

@MaryAustinBooks

Thank you for helping to promote this great migration!

Check out Substack Migration Roll Call (https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/111766603495656560) for a current listing of all known Substack Migrants.

#SubstackMigration

Another newsletter joining the Substack Migration:

Josh, @joshua_drummond, The Bad Newsletter, https://badnewsletter.ghost.io/, News media, think tanks, and climate change.

"It seems clear why Substack doesn't want to "censor" transphobia, conspiracies, health disinformation, and even Nazis... It really looks like spreading disinformation is the cornerstone of their business, and that's not something I'm prepared to support."

Substack Migrantion Roll Call: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/111766603495656560

#SubstackMigration

Want to move your newsletter to a self-hosted Ghost installation? @wes has written this comprehensive step-by-step guide, covering how much it will cost, what you'll need, how to import your posts and subscribers and more.

https://flip.it/mV-K8m

#Substack #SubstackMigration #Ghost #Newsletter

Another newsletter joining the Substack Migration today:

Richard MacManus, @ricmac, https://ricmac.org/, Writer and Tech Journalist.

"I wanted a solution that was based on the open web and that was entirely under my control... from centralized platform to open web, from corporate to indie, from being controlled to taking back control."

Substack Migrantion Roll Call >>> https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/111766603495656560

#SubstackMigration

Another newsletter joining the Substack Migration today:

Chuck Munson, @chuckmunson, Chuck Eats KC, https://chuck-eats-kc.ghost.io/, Food and restaurants in the Kansas City area.

"I've joined the exodus of amazing writers from #Substack to #Ghost."

Substack Migrantion Roll Call >>> https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/111766603495656560

#SubstackMigration

Another great newsletter, The Reframe by A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆 @JuliusGoat is moving from Substack to Ghost >>> https://www.the-reframe.com/hello-i-must-be-going/

"The Reframe isn't a “Substack” any more than it was a “Revue.” It's you. You, whether you're a paid up founding member or a casual reader. You and me. Readers and writers. We can take our ball and go elsewhere. This is our newsletter. We built it. Me by writing and you by reading..."

Other Substack Migrants: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/111766603495656560

#SubstackMigration

All the garbage I found on #Substack in 1 hour
Block the cookies and trackers, and hold your nose.
#SubstackMigration
https://badnewsletter.substack.com/p/all-the-garbage-i-found-on-substack

Thanks to @parismarx moving Disconnect to Ghost in the #SubstackMigration I am now a paying subscriber. I've been an unpaid subscriber for a year but couldn't justify sending skim to #Substack . Hopefully more of my creators leave so I pay them as well.

disconnect.blog/

Thanks to @caseynewton and Platformer moving to Ghost in the #SubstackMigration I have now become a paying subscriber. Casey shared this link to get a 20% off annual subscription for new subscribers. #Substack #Ghost

platformer.news/new-platform-s…

Substack Migration Roll Call

Those moving off of Substack will likely lose subscribers. For many this is their livelihood. Their principle and courage should be rewarded. Known Substack migrants are listed below. Please consider subscribing to them.

If you've migrated off Substack, please provide the name, new URL, and a brief description in a reply. Will add mentions into the top comments.

To the Substack migrants, you rock! Thank you for your bravery and resolve.

#SubstackMigration

@wdlindsy Speaking of avoiding fascists, here's the non- #Substack link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lose-debate-96473275

#boycottSubstack #SubstackExodus #substackmigration
#AntiFascist

@molly0xfff

Shared here and on LinkedIn. I admit to skimming the technical details. 🙂

Also, I had to do a Google Image search to figure out what the preview image had to do with the article:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ghost_live_2015.jpg

ETA: Most of the #Substack tagged posts I can see here are about #SubstackMigration, while most posts with that tag on LinkedIn are from people (still) hosting on that platform. Not surprising

If you want all the gory details on how I migrated my Citation Needed newsletter from #Substack to self-hosted #ghost here they are:
https://citationneeded.news/substack-to-self-hosted-ghost/

Happy to try to help anyone else making this move!

#SubstackMigration #CitationNeeded

#TheRacket has left #Substack
#Good #SubstackMigration
https://katz.substack.com/p/the-racket-has-left-substack

Migration complete. Now (and hopefully for a long time) self-hosted.

I'm such small-fry, I think my host will be just fine.

Podcast: https://chgowiz-games.etinerra.com/podcast/

Blog: https://chgowiz-games.etinerra.com/wp/

#SubstackMigration

https://judedoyle.medium.com/substack-is-still-a-problem-dec84cb84188

https://doyles.substack.com/p/in-queers-we-trust-all-others-pay

https://buttondown.email/thehypothesis/archive/heres-why-substacks-scam-worked-so-well/

https://observer.com/2021/04/substack-transphobia-email-sign-ups-harassment/

https://xtramagazine.com/culture/substack-twitter-dark-times-249716

https://gen.medium.com/substack-is-not-a-neutral-platform-8fc5bdf8e5f2

https://mashable.com/article/substack-writers-leaving-misinformation

#Substack #substackmigration #SubstackExodus #boycottSubstack

https://masto.ai/@seanhoyer/111620747520081607

https://masto.ai/@seanhoyer/111620961709727362

Twitter's moderators bent over backward to protect fascists, but #birdchan didn't start paying 10k to rapists and other scum until well after #Substack started paying six figures to bigoted trolls banned from pretty much everywhere else. Their business model hasn't just been ignoring "controversial" fashy material; it's been seeking it out and promoting it with funds from everybody else.

#boycottSubstack #substackmigration #SubstackExodus

Oh look. #Substack decides that #Nazi stuff is against their ToS.

https://www.platformer.news/p/substack-says-it-will-remove-nazi

#SubstackMigration

Step 1 to moving off of Substack is complete. I've imported/manually moved all my posts from the old Blogger and Substack to a self-hosted Wordpress.

As soon as I figure out my podcast options, I'm deleting my Substack and linking to my self-hosted options.

I won't delete the Blogger, simply because I want to avoid linkrot, but I'll make it clear it's not updated anymore.

#SubstackMigration

The #SubstackMigration and debate around their policies is all based on the fact that Substack itself has an identity and a brand presence. Perhaps that will be their downfall?

No one is discussing if Wordpress or Ghost are used by Nazi bloggers, because they are for the most part white labelled and often self-hosted platforms.

Substack is trying to have their cake and eat it – be a brand, and be neutral. You can’t do both.