Twitter at least doesn't allow you to delete replies to your post. Substack does. That effectively limits the ability to fact check and/or disagree with an author. One particularly egregious example is an author who I have communicated with on Facebook, telling him of his factual error. He promptly blocked me, and when I replied to the a…
Twitter at least doesn't allow you to delete replies to your post. Substack does. That effectively limits the ability to fact check and/or disagree with an author. One particularly egregious example is an author who I have communicated with on Facebook, telling him of his factual error. He promptly blocked me, and when I replied to the article here, he deleted my comment. That should not be allowed. He should say "thank you" and correct his article.
The problem is, if it's not directly on the article, the people who have read the article won't know the truth. It's like when a newspaper puts out an error in a story on the front page, but later retracts it with a small blurb inside the paper.
This is true. But I do think this should be restricted to journalism/serious non-fiction. Creative / Fiction Substacks shouldn't have to concern themselves with this extra (but now that you explain it so well, necessary) worry.
Uhm, HOW does one delete replies to a post? I just founda spam-comment, a self-promoting (with a link) reply that doesn't relate in any way whatsoever to the subject I was writing about. I'd like to remove it.
Twitter at least doesn't allow you to delete replies to your post. Substack does. That effectively limits the ability to fact check and/or disagree with an author. One particularly egregious example is an author who I have communicated with on Facebook, telling him of his factual error. He promptly blocked me, and when I replied to the article here, he deleted my comment. That should not be allowed. He should say "thank you" and correct his article.
This platform CAN expose bad creators. You could do it right now.
Tweet about it—better yet, write about it. Expose them for being dishonest creators.
The problem is, if it's not directly on the article, the people who have read the article won't know the truth. It's like when a newspaper puts out an error in a story on the front page, but later retracts it with a small blurb inside the paper.
This is true. But I do think this should be restricted to journalism/serious non-fiction. Creative / Fiction Substacks shouldn't have to concern themselves with this extra (but now that you explain it so well, necessary) worry.
Agree
Bam, look at us. Solving. Problems.
LOL, that's what an exchange of ideas is all about. It doesn't always end in agreement, but at least the information is out there.
Uhm, HOW does one delete replies to a post? I just founda spam-comment, a self-promoting (with a link) reply that doesn't relate in any way whatsoever to the subject I was writing about. I'd like to remove it.
It shows you here. https://on.substack.com/p/a-guide-to-substacks-moderation-tools
Thank you!