Substack’s Pyramid Ponzi Scheme: Why I Refuse to Leave
Even at 97% Shadowbanned
This isn't over. I'm 97% shadowbanned. They want me gone. Someone confronted me: "If Substack is abusing you, why are you still on Substack?" To which I thought: "Are you crazy—why do you still breathe?"
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We need the free internet like we need a public square. Turn it off, we suffocate. We are fighting the abusive US tech monopolies in it, which are intolerable.
Substack, like other US tech monopolies, is a pyramid Ponzi subscription scam that preys on millions of God-trusting, hardworking newcomers for the benefits of a select few channels at the top.
Aside from cartel structures, mafia-like coercion, AI management, and pay-to-play, investors-move-first glitches, if you expose their abusive pyramid Ponzi scheme, you will be delisted, your account suspended, and your reach and exposure will be bombed back to the telephone age.
By removing ourselves or hiding, we might end our own little say in it—but not challenge the tyranny itself. ["Kill yourself" is obviously not a good solution to anything, even if it technically "solves" the problem.]
RELATED They erased the Substack. We have to start over. Effing tyrants!
Cornered against a wall, we must act in three ways: Make others aware. Force the system to change. Fight to the last drop of blood. (They will have to murder us.)
The final insult: “You can’t fight tyranny from within.”
Watch Me. Pigs.
NEW Substack’s Pyramid Ponzi Scheme: Why I Refuse to Leave, Even at 97% Shadowbanned #HumanFarm https://thorstenjpattberg.substack.com/p/substacks-pyramid-ponzi-scheme-why
The real money for authors on Substack seems to come from recruiting others, not from the subscription itself. The main channels are designed to recruit new members, not to offer fresh perspectives or original content. I also see a lot of classic multi-level marketing and cult-like techniques. Plus, let's be honest, "exclusive access" to content for a recurring monthly fee is nonsense. Once you get into it, that content gets recycled again and again. My respect, Dr. Pattberg, for pointing this out. How did Substack respond to your campaign?