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I’m glad you are not ghosting us by making sure we know where you are.

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Oh dear, they're making such a mistake by not addressing this issue. Today, we were multiply spammed by a white supremacy group. It was alarming and to allow these groups to continue to monetize via intimidation seems in violation of basic civil liberties. Sigh.

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Hi Tina, so you've become a wandering ghost? I look forward to reading your work, wherever you end up. As it happens, I have already established an offshoot Republic of English Letters at Ghost:

https://englishrepublicofletters-com.ghost.io/ghost/#/site I like the fact that they are non-profit.

I don't have paid subscriptions, and I am not leaving Substack just yet. But I think it's probably just a matter of time before I do.

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This is good to know about. Ghost looks interesting. I like that it’s non-profit, no investors pulling the strings from the shadows. One concern is that I’ve grown my subscribers via Notes and other interacting here and phased out of other social media. Any sense of what you’ll use to replace Notes?

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I respect your conviction, Tina. Your exit from the platform definitely makes a statement. It's making me think.

Aside from paid subscriptions, you'd also be leaving behind the comments section that is powered by Substack accounts, which seems like an important space for your readers (like me!) to pop in and have dialogues. I'll be following you to your new platform and paying attention to how you're going to make that work.

Have a good year-end regardless of the turmoil that this issue has brought.

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I’ll come find you there x

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