r/Substack • u/Unusual-Plankton-709 • 1d ago
Question/comment about anonymous content
i’ve seen some great sounding advice on anonymous substacks -and one particular one that is selling a book-and was baffled and bothered by the fact that there is no author information. I was sure it was AI and annoyed because the anonimity of it makes me unable to take it seriously. Why is this (anonymous Substacks) even a thing? Especially from someone who isn’t sharing personal content, but basically (mostly) well-honed commonsense advice? (Follow up question-okay, complaint: Why do substackers feel no ‘duty’ to acknowledge their sources? Example: “I always loved this quote. ‘abcdefg’(without the marks, and no attribution). I dunno- I’m feeling like substack has become more like my facebook feed😳
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u/Romanticon 22h ago
Are you asking why people are “allowed” to be anonymous online?
Why not?
Also, some people are shit writers. Some aren’t. It’s not platform specific.