So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye, I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye...

Exiting, stage left, like the Von Trapp family — see you soon elsewhere!

While I was away, the heads (and wallets) of Substack eventually came out clear and sound with their position about the neo-Nazis issue:

Definitely not a nice birthday/Christmas present for me.

I am obviously disappointed, and I’m currently packing my stuff (requesting all my archives as I type) to leave: I’ll be moving puntarelle, and also Barocco e i suoi fratelli, and praeterpropter, either to Wordpress or to some other platform, I still have to sort everything out.

I’m not judging in any way people who prefer to stay, I don’t like the holier-than-thou attitude, I’m just doing what my own conscience suggests is right for me.

In doing so, I’m aware I’m basically de-platforming myself, as I’ll obviously lose a high percentage of my readership, plus the possibility to interact and attract new readers via the platform itself, but to be completely honest above all I’m sorry to leave Substack because I genuinely like many people I’ve “met” on here, I like them as people and also like what they write and draw, so I hope we can still keep in touch somehow (if anyone wants to keep in touch: giorgiameschiniwrites at gmail dot com).

I was also wondering if it’s polite to automatically import my subscribers to another platform, I know it’s doable but I don’t know what’s the etiquette in these cases, and don’t want to “force” people to subscribe to my writings once they’ve moved elsewhere, so I’d like your thoughts on this matter, please.

I’ll stick around until my paid yearly subscriptions to some really good publications expire, but I won’t be posting on here anymore.

Regretfully they tell us
But firmly they compel us
To say goodbye
To you

See you soon elsewhere, hopefully! Ciao!