"Exit strategy"

Dad Horse has spoken out. "I’ve been wrestling with this for a while – now I’ve had enough. The platforms that, back in the Myspace days, actually helped weird, unhinged and deviant artists connect have turned into a toxic, dopamine-soaked cave where we all keep running just to grease the wheels of a proto-fascist cyber-capitalism. I’m stepping out for good now and moving over to other channels." More precisely, Dad Horse is leaving Facebook. One of the other channels mentioned in his post is Substack. It's a publishing platform for creators to write and share newsletters, podcasts, and other content directly with an audience. It functions as a subscription network, allowing writers to offer free or paid content and build a community by interacting with subscribers through comments and chats. Anyway, I got his first newsletter the other day. It's a long and well-worded piece about how he lost — and "now trying to find my way back to—my connection with my U.S. audience after the States showed me the door in 2016, and why I’m leaving dopamine-driven platforms for a less frantic way to stay in touch." Substack seems to promote slow reading, the practice of reading deliberately and slowly to increase comprehension, critical thinking, and enjoyment. And the verdict? A successful exit strategy. Nicely planned and perfectly executed.