The volume of work & time that this analysis alone required leaves me in awe.
It is astonishing and very disappointing that such a valuable & perceptive overview had, to date, garnered *zero* reader comments. So that's triggered some thinking.
Yes paid subscribers constitute roughly only one in 40 of EscapeKey's overall subscriber base (a readership that largely thanks to recent Unbekoming work is now more quickly growing.) And I am certainly NOT arguing that non-paying subs should be automatically enabled to comment below each piece on the esc Substack account. ***Given that valuable esc work should be much better financially rewarded.***
First question, within this framework:
Is there another venue where the non-paying readers can at least be provided even a secondary venue for their voice -- a platform to share and compare insights, links, sources, questions, remarks, suggestions, and perhaps (I hope!) even disagreements? In my view this could, should, and would kick-start the more flourishing debate we so clearly need.
Off the top thought: this could be accomplished via a restoration of the eXtwitter account @_escapekey_ -- given that not everyone has Telegram.
Second question, the natural follow-up: what are the prospects for a reversal of the current outright Twitter ban on the esc account there?
Joy and a deep sense of connection and relief are palpably manifested whenever receptive individuals stumble across the esc framework.
A secondary comments platform for non-paying subs-- even in the teeth of the omnipresent Twitter shadowbanning -- would provide a pragmatic booster shot, pardon the expression, to help immunize many more from the Official Narrative.
We all agree, one presumes, on the need to better propel the seven practical steps outlined just before the conclusion of Unbekoming's inspirational esc monograph...
This would mark a further useful step to foster the mass breakout from the Architecture of Control so ardently desired and required!!!
im not going back to twitter because i do not support the sort of mind-blowing levels of outrageous censorship witnessed on that platform.
the other day Oracle Films tweeted about a substack post of mine (thank you!). they have 40k followers, and the tweet gained 250 retweets.
now look at impression count: 12.2k.
the levels of censorship quite simply beggars belief. it means every retweet yielded no more than 45 impressions - regardless of who retweeted - of which I am absolutely willing to bet a large amount are served to bots. on the counter, i've seen obviously hyper-boosted tweets by clearly corrupt accounts quickly race to 1,000 impressions per RT, on fewer RTS where virtually all had two or three digits in terms of follower count.
when i temporarily returned a month ago, i saw my follower count tick up from 10.2k to 10.3k.... and immediately down again twice. it's complete and utter bullshit that i can have 7,000 followes on this platform, considering twitter is 17x the size of active user count.
twitter is not just bad, it's the worst, most censurious platform of the lot.
what i have thought about is creating an occasional open post - but i decided against it because i do post plenty of those already. besides, there's the notes, which all can freely comment on. if neither of those will do, there's telegram.
Much appreciate this very considered response; you provide a chilling illustration of the scope of the Twitter shadowbanning.
What if the Forces of Evil turn their attention to Substack? Assuming they haven't already (Vanity Fair, if I recall correctly, was starting an attack.... no doubt the Greek Chorus at Atlantic has chimed in. The Architects of Control must certainly have this powerful platform in their crosshairs...)
Perhaps a question you can examine for all subscribers, but only at the juncture you consider appropriate.
*Am not asking here for any specific or timely response ;-)*
Practically every small and medium-sized business found out, to its utter astonishment, that it was in fact "Non-Essential". The owners and employees had never understood that. Most likely still think it was a "one-off" situation.
The volume of work & time that this analysis alone required leaves me in awe.
It is astonishing and very disappointing that such a valuable & perceptive overview had, to date, garnered *zero* reader comments. So that's triggered some thinking.
Yes paid subscribers constitute roughly only one in 40 of EscapeKey's overall subscriber base (a readership that largely thanks to recent Unbekoming work is now more quickly growing.) And I am certainly NOT arguing that non-paying subs should be automatically enabled to comment below each piece on the esc Substack account. ***Given that valuable esc work should be much better financially rewarded.***
First question, within this framework:
Is there another venue where the non-paying readers can at least be provided even a secondary venue for their voice -- a platform to share and compare insights, links, sources, questions, remarks, suggestions, and perhaps (I hope!) even disagreements? In my view this could, should, and would kick-start the more flourishing debate we so clearly need.
Off the top thought: this could be accomplished via a restoration of the eXtwitter account @_escapekey_ -- given that not everyone has Telegram.
Second question, the natural follow-up: what are the prospects for a reversal of the current outright Twitter ban on the esc account there?
Joy and a deep sense of connection and relief are palpably manifested whenever receptive individuals stumble across the esc framework.
A secondary comments platform for non-paying subs-- even in the teeth of the omnipresent Twitter shadowbanning -- would provide a pragmatic booster shot, pardon the expression, to help immunize many more from the Official Narrative.
We all agree, one presumes, on the need to better propel the seven practical steps outlined just before the conclusion of Unbekoming's inspirational esc monograph...
This would mark a further useful step to foster the mass breakout from the Architecture of Control so ardently desired and required!!!
im not going back to twitter because i do not support the sort of mind-blowing levels of outrageous censorship witnessed on that platform.
the other day Oracle Films tweeted about a substack post of mine (thank you!). they have 40k followers, and the tweet gained 250 retweets.
now look at impression count: 12.2k.
the levels of censorship quite simply beggars belief. it means every retweet yielded no more than 45 impressions - regardless of who retweeted - of which I am absolutely willing to bet a large amount are served to bots. on the counter, i've seen obviously hyper-boosted tweets by clearly corrupt accounts quickly race to 1,000 impressions per RT, on fewer RTS where virtually all had two or three digits in terms of follower count.
when i temporarily returned a month ago, i saw my follower count tick up from 10.2k to 10.3k.... and immediately down again twice. it's complete and utter bullshit that i can have 7,000 followes on this platform, considering twitter is 17x the size of active user count.
twitter is not just bad, it's the worst, most censurious platform of the lot.
https://x.com/OracleFilmsUK/status/1951274467906183297
what i have thought about is creating an occasional open post - but i decided against it because i do post plenty of those already. besides, there's the notes, which all can freely comment on. if neither of those will do, there's telegram.
Much appreciate this very considered response; you provide a chilling illustration of the scope of the Twitter shadowbanning.
What if the Forces of Evil turn their attention to Substack? Assuming they haven't already (Vanity Fair, if I recall correctly, was starting an attack.... no doubt the Greek Chorus at Atlantic has chimed in. The Architects of Control must certainly have this powerful platform in their crosshairs...)
Perhaps a question you can examine for all subscribers, but only at the juncture you consider appropriate.
*Am not asking here for any specific or timely response ;-)*
thank you!
then for each post you can Ctrl-P, Save to PDF and disappear in a heartbeat.
sure, i'd prefer not having to, but they dont hold you to ransom as twitter does (all my backups are essentially broken, probably by intent)
Practically every small and medium-sized business found out, to its utter astonishment, that it was in fact "Non-Essential". The owners and employees had never understood that. Most likely still think it was a "one-off" situation.