So about six months ago, something happened to a bunch of writers—myself included. Our followers and subscribers stagnated. At first, we all kind of just assumed it was a slow month. Then we started to see something weird happen.

No matter how much we posted, our numbers shrank. We kept trying to promote, and no one was actually biting. Some, such as myself, started to confront customer service, only to get very vague answers.

Eventually, most of us came to the same conclusion: we’re being gagged.

All of us had one thing in common: we were left-leaning writers. It’s not happening with other writing genres. Just ours and publications run by us. Most of us have been gagged on other sites, too.

All the “tells” are there, including my numbers temporarily going up when I confronted Substack’s customer service over it. They have the right to change the algorithm, but for a “free speech” company, they aren’t living up to their guarantee.

I don’t find it to be a coincidence that all of us saw our free subscribers shrink months after Trump took office. Some of us, myself included, saw explosive growth during Biden’s era. And you’re telling me that’s normal?

No it’s not fucking normal.

We know what it is.

We know because so many other platforms bent the knee and kissed the ring.

We know because Substack has refused to boot actual Nazis off the platform, but has given warnings to leftists over “hate speech.”

We know censorship when it’s being done to us. This is a form of “soft censorship.”

So, I don’t know if I’m going to get booted from Substack for this accusation but I’m done ignoring the elephant in the room. It’s not just me seeing this. It’s also and too.

I want to actually start up a channel where we pool our stories and our followers and split the tab. I just need help doing this. And no, I don’t want it to be on Substack, since they clearly don’t seem to want to have us on the site.

Advice is welcome. Tell me what you’ve been seeing. And if anyone can help this project launch, HMU.

Yep.