Dice Exploder has left Substack
After Substack’s love of Nazis reared its head a few weeks ago, I decided that I’d made the wrong call when I decided to start this podcast and blog on this platform. I’ve now left it.
For all things Dice Exploder, you can now head to diceexploder.com.
If you’re already subscribed to the podcast, you shouldn’t have to do anything to update your subscription.
If you use an RSS reader to follow the blog, you can pull the new feed link from the bottom of the new website.
If you’re subscribed to the mailing list, you should still get emails from Dice Exploder when I send them, just now hosted on Squarespace.
I wanted to also give more context to why I’m doing this. I’ve known Substack has always been shitty for platforming TERFs, and if you haven't heard the Decoder interview from early 2023 with the CEO, it's truly something else. These people aren't even good at defending their stated principles.
I started Dice Exploder on Substack after thinking about platform a lot. I knew it was owned by libertarian tech garbage dudes. But like, that's most of the internet these days, a lot of TTRPG folks were migrating here (including several trans friends who I spoke with), and unlike every other platform I could find, it was free to host both a podcast and blog in the same place.
But now the show has made me money, the language from the people in charge has gotten even worse, and I’m increasingly convinced that getting off of centralized platforms is the right way for me to exist on the internet in the coming months and years. But It’s hard to do! It’s been a heavy lift to move away from Substack, and it’s not even over. The podcast is now hosted on Spotify, which I don’t like either. It’s not cheap to pay for a platform I like more. I certainly don’t hold it against anyone who decides not to leave this place, or any centralized platform. But I do hope you’ll keep up with me.
If you want to get in touch, you can always do so on the show’s Discord. Keep making weird shit, and watch out for the season 3 trailer dropping later this week. :)
Sam