Substack is revolutionizing newsletters by breathing new life into a familiar yet tired formula, similar to how podcasts transformed radio. Now, writers can enhance their words with audio, video, events, merch and more. But with such a dynamic product comes risks. Given its myriad use cases and pockets of hyper-specific knowledge, Substack is also a place ripe for false narratives to spread. Without proper guardrails, the platform is headed for the same pitfalls we’ve seen with podcasting: Anyone can start one, and there is little to no accountability for what is going out to the public
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