As my deceased father (Ph.D., educator, professor, college administrator, and college president) would say, “If a person has integrity, nothing else matters. If a person doesn’t have integrity, nothing else matters.”
Jonathan, you have spoken loudly in favor of integrity, and we will follow you down that noble path.
One issue I already noticed with Today in Tabs on Beehiiv is that the RSS URL is on a Beehiiv domain (and is different from the old RSS URL, which was *not* on Substack’s), and, worse, all links redirect through a Beehiiv domain, as well. So even if you use a custom domain for your newsletter, there are still a number of invisible hooks depending on Beehiiv, specifically, which could very easily break if Beehiiv ever goes under or if you ever personally choose to move to another provider again.
I don’t think any of this is malicious on their part—though I wouldn’t be surprised if the click-tracking URL redirects from your old Substack newsletters stop working at some point—but you should probably look into having Beehiiv fix these dependencies on their own domains for newsletters that otherwise use independent domains for URLs. You know, just in case.
Hi Jonathan. I don't always agree with what you write but I admire your openness and humility as a human being and it doesn't hurt that you're objectively a damn fine writer. I 100% agree with your decision to leave Substack and am shocked at the sheer maladroit dickishness of Shamus McKenzie and Chris Best. I just signed up for a paid subscription to The Racket (it's the least I can do after your courageous stand) and deleted the Substack app off of my phone. Good luck on Beehive
As my deceased father (Ph.D., educator, professor, college administrator, and college president) would say, “If a person has integrity, nothing else matters. If a person doesn’t have integrity, nothing else matters.”
Jonathan, you have spoken loudly in favor of integrity, and we will follow you down that noble path.
Hi Jonathan,
I have not been supportive of your posture because as a Black American living in a racist nation, I will never support any type of censorship .
I respect you and your decision to depart Substack.
Regards,
Greg Thrasher
Director
Plane Ideas
Alternative Think Tank
USA
One issue I already noticed with Today in Tabs on Beehiiv is that the RSS URL is on a Beehiiv domain (and is different from the old RSS URL, which was *not* on Substack’s), and, worse, all links redirect through a Beehiiv domain, as well. So even if you use a custom domain for your newsletter, there are still a number of invisible hooks depending on Beehiiv, specifically, which could very easily break if Beehiiv ever goes under or if you ever personally choose to move to another provider again.
I don’t think any of this is malicious on their part—though I wouldn’t be surprised if the click-tracking URL redirects from your old Substack newsletters stop working at some point—but you should probably look into having Beehiiv fix these dependencies on their own domains for newsletters that otherwise use independent domains for URLs. You know, just in case.
Hi Jonathan. I don't always agree with what you write but I admire your openness and humility as a human being and it doesn't hurt that you're objectively a damn fine writer. I 100% agree with your decision to leave Substack and am shocked at the sheer maladroit dickishness of Shamus McKenzie and Chris Best. I just signed up for a paid subscription to The Racket (it's the least I can do after your courageous stand) and deleted the Substack app off of my phone. Good luck on Beehive
I applaud your stand. All the best!
Thanks for making the move off of NaziStack.
I believe I still have time on my subscription and I’m being asked for $60 too. Is it because I never received the link in my email?
I am a subscriber and have, as of now, received nothing. What should i do?
And do I pay the $60 when I sign up? What if I still have time left on my paid subscription to your Substack newsletter? Just kiss it goodbye?
Hey Jonathan -- getting a 404 error when I click the 'get me out of here' button. FYI.