Why Substack Is at a Crossroads

> Then, in 2020, Facebook reversed course: going forward, it said, it would remove Holocaust denial from the platform.

That makes me think of "Level 12" in the Content Moderation Learning Curve [0], where it may be related to satisfying politicians in particular jurisdictions like Germany.

> The moment a platform begins to recommend content is the moment it can no longer claim to be simple software.

I agree with this statement as-written, but would like to preemptively reject a popular-but-false idea that the difference has legal significance under the US' "Section 230" law. [1]

[0] https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you...

[1] https://www.techdirt.com/2020/06/23/hello-youve-been-referre...