2) Put a paywall in at the very bottom after the last ten words.
3) Use a new browser window you are not logged in with to see if you can view the comments.
4) See if you can find any way to make it possible to view the comments while keeping that paywall in.
There is no way to do it. So very simply. Your accusation is:
I am now blocking all comments on my articles because I want to censor people and do not want people who disagree with me to reply.
The correct accusation is:
Substack does not allow articles with paywalls to have their comments be seen by people who are not paid subscribers, even if the paywall only hides 1% of the article and the other 99% is publicly avaialble. AMD is putting 5% of their content behind a paywall, so some of the articles don't allow comments and Ray Horvath does not like the solution AMD did to this problem (trying to split those articles into two pieces and not having too many paywalls).
Also, you can't use the argument of "I am not accusing you of anything, I just raised some things for people to consider" because you were for all practical purposes making an accusation here and many of the people interpreted it in that manner.
Hi Ray. There are four things you may or may not know.
1) If you have any part of the article have a pay wall, substack does not allow comments from people who are not paid subscribers. There is no way to get around this, and it is specifically for that reason that I try to break pieces where this will happen into two parts so people can comment on the one without a paywall.
EDIT: "did" and "into" were originally in this line and made it confusing. That was my mistake.
2) Almost everything I post is free, and by # of words (I've written approximately a million at this point) and quality of information that I post, there is no one else in this genre that does that. This is a major reason why a lot of people with larger platforms are promoting me as they recognize I am making an extraordinary sacrifice on my part to do that and they know how much time it takes to put those together.
3) The specific things I am putting behind a paywall are things I would not be able to cover otherwise and are tangential to the primary points I am making.
4) As far as I know, I am the only person on here with a large following who makes the effort to respond to most of the comments I receive. That is incredibly time consuming and I do it because I want people to feel heard since that almost never happens within the medical system.
You have interpreted all of this in a very different manner and I would ask you to consider why you did that. I'm the one person who tries to give a voice and platform to people with highly unorthodox ideas, and what happens repeatedly is that people who do that get attacked by the people they are trying to advocate for until they eventually give up and move on, which leads to the unorthodox ideas being perpetually marginalized and ignored. This is also why a lot of things I've felt very strongly for throughout my lifetime (e.g., vaccine safety) never caught on, as the people who were able to start bringing it to mainstream attention got torn apart by other people who also opposed vaccination but took very hardline positions few if any people would agree with and then went after the people who gained traction and threw the same accusations at them.
I've seen this cycle repeat numerous times on substack as well, and all those people (the ones who have taken these hardline positions and accused everyone else who won't do the same of being controlled opposition etc.) have very small audiences, have not grown, and can only reach their own choir. I really want this mess to get fixed so I am turning another cheek towards people who do it to me, but since I've known you from the start and you initially helped me build this platform, I have to ask "what is driving you to do this?" and "how do you know the positions you are espousing with certainity are in fact correct?"
For example, previously you threw the controlled opposition accusation at Pierre Kory. I know the guy and exactly what motivates him. No one can pin anything negative on Pierre Kory except the fact he's let out profanities to describe how he feels about the COVID-19. So I ask, why are you doing that and how is it ethical to spread accusations like that?
One of the main reasons people like my page is that I am very careful to only claim things I can back up. There are a lot of things I suspect are true I never mention because they would get torn apart and do nothing except damage my credibility. I've spent decades studying conspiracy theories, and while I think a lot of them are true or are very compelling, the people who promote them typically use circumspect logic to support their theories, and as a result, only people with a very specific emotional nature gravitate towards them and conversely, everyone writes off the legitimate conspiracies because they associate them with that emotional gestalt and tune out.
It might not matter because it's only a matter of time before substack becomes twitterized, censored and twice baked over. The Marxists and globalist turds eventually wreck everything because they hate all of humanity with a passion.
He/she (since a recent admission about a past in the raw vegan camp I lean towards 'she') used to write some balanced pieces. The tone has changed however. And now only comments behind a paywall? Unsubscribed. Thanks for your work, Ray!
Vegas water agency empowered to limit home water flows in future.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada has taken a dramatic, but not immediate, step toward limiting the amount of Colorado River water used in the most populous part of the nation’s most arid state, after lawmakers gave Las Vegas-area water managers the levers to limit flows to single-family homes.
I've never been a subscriber or read any of his articles, but often came across his comments which didn't particularly inspire me to check him out further. That said, he sometimes provided useful information and seemed to be polite and reasonable in his exchanges with others. More recently I noticed he was becoming quite dismissive and condescending towards anyone who brought up "controversial" topics, like germ theory or graphene oxide and even lashing out at some. I would say he has chosen his camp and is not interested in anyone who challenges his views.
Greed causes stupidity; Censorship causes blindness. Thoughtless selfish agendas lead to ruin.
I really liked The Midwestern Doctor, he did have some very detailed articles on the vaccine scam and how it had evolved. He was quite incisive on the details about the harmful effects of the adjuncts like mercury and aluminum oxide and thimerosal. I used some of those articles to help my kids learn how it resist a doctor's prerogative to push vaccines on them in the future.
The whole point of publishing these postings is to communicate and interact with others, if I don't want to share my idea, I don't post it. Why would anyone use a paywall? Dr Malone, Clandestine, and a few others seem to like throttling comments and discussions. Even if some or most of their content seem really good, the discussion is only one way.
Regarding losing commenting priviledges that were once allowed, it's like being allowed into the coffeeshop one day and the next day you are not. Kinda like covid. If someone comes out day 1 and restricts comments to paid subscribers, thats fine with me and I will still read them sometimes...but when it changes, it is a 'lil slap in the face. I walk away and never read them again. A good life lesson.
It’s quite shocking how advanced the rollout already is. I’ve heard some folk talk in the last 6 months that CBDC was years away. We’ll be lucky to make it out of July let alone this year without digital fiat being jammed down our throats.
He / she use to write for free. I commented and praised it and said all docs should be giving info on CV19 away for free. He / she replied in defense of the docs who traded in their profession to be highly paid writers and podcast superstars. I believe many are time wasting shills. They write bs articles to waste your time. Dead end writing. He / she wrote articles on water. Another thing they are doing is writing praise articles about each other. They $$ubscriber share but no way in hell will they mention any other authors doing good work in this bs war we are in. I unsubscribed it.
You’re on target. Always. The ‘Madicine Machine’ appears to be ramping up food advice to the useless eaters. Curious coincidences. https://youtu.be/d3iXJAJaZp8
1) Write a new article.
2) Put a paywall in at the very bottom after the last ten words.
3) Use a new browser window you are not logged in with to see if you can view the comments.
4) See if you can find any way to make it possible to view the comments while keeping that paywall in.
There is no way to do it. So very simply. Your accusation is:
I am now blocking all comments on my articles because I want to censor people and do not want people who disagree with me to reply.
The correct accusation is:
Substack does not allow articles with paywalls to have their comments be seen by people who are not paid subscribers, even if the paywall only hides 1% of the article and the other 99% is publicly avaialble. AMD is putting 5% of their content behind a paywall, so some of the articles don't allow comments and Ray Horvath does not like the solution AMD did to this problem (trying to split those articles into two pieces and not having too many paywalls).
Also, you can't use the argument of "I am not accusing you of anything, I just raised some things for people to consider" because you were for all practical purposes making an accusation here and many of the people interpreted it in that manner.
". . . turns even the most well-meaning “doctor” into a clog into a killing machine:"
Clogs are SHOES. "Cogs" are teeth on gears that transmit the torque in machines.
Hi Ray. There are four things you may or may not know.
1) If you have any part of the article have a pay wall, substack does not allow comments from people who are not paid subscribers. There is no way to get around this, and it is specifically for that reason that I try to break pieces where this will happen into two parts so people can comment on the one without a paywall.
EDIT: "did" and "into" were originally in this line and made it confusing. That was my mistake.
2) Almost everything I post is free, and by # of words (I've written approximately a million at this point) and quality of information that I post, there is no one else in this genre that does that. This is a major reason why a lot of people with larger platforms are promoting me as they recognize I am making an extraordinary sacrifice on my part to do that and they know how much time it takes to put those together.
3) The specific things I am putting behind a paywall are things I would not be able to cover otherwise and are tangential to the primary points I am making.
4) As far as I know, I am the only person on here with a large following who makes the effort to respond to most of the comments I receive. That is incredibly time consuming and I do it because I want people to feel heard since that almost never happens within the medical system.
You have interpreted all of this in a very different manner and I would ask you to consider why you did that. I'm the one person who tries to give a voice and platform to people with highly unorthodox ideas, and what happens repeatedly is that people who do that get attacked by the people they are trying to advocate for until they eventually give up and move on, which leads to the unorthodox ideas being perpetually marginalized and ignored. This is also why a lot of things I've felt very strongly for throughout my lifetime (e.g., vaccine safety) never caught on, as the people who were able to start bringing it to mainstream attention got torn apart by other people who also opposed vaccination but took very hardline positions few if any people would agree with and then went after the people who gained traction and threw the same accusations at them.
I've seen this cycle repeat numerous times on substack as well, and all those people (the ones who have taken these hardline positions and accused everyone else who won't do the same of being controlled opposition etc.) have very small audiences, have not grown, and can only reach their own choir. I really want this mess to get fixed so I am turning another cheek towards people who do it to me, but since I've known you from the start and you initially helped me build this platform, I have to ask "what is driving you to do this?" and "how do you know the positions you are espousing with certainity are in fact correct?"
For example, previously you threw the controlled opposition accusation at Pierre Kory. I know the guy and exactly what motivates him. No one can pin anything negative on Pierre Kory except the fact he's let out profanities to describe how he feels about the COVID-19. So I ask, why are you doing that and how is it ethical to spread accusations like that?
https://amidwesterndoctor.substack.com/p/the-downward-slide-of-americas-healthcare/comment/13968186
One of the main reasons people like my page is that I am very careful to only claim things I can back up. There are a lot of things I suspect are true I never mention because they would get torn apart and do nothing except damage my credibility. I've spent decades studying conspiracy theories, and while I think a lot of them are true or are very compelling, the people who promote them typically use circumspect logic to support their theories, and as a result, only people with a very specific emotional nature gravitate towards them and conversely, everyone writes off the legitimate conspiracies because they associate them with that emotional gestalt and tune out.
It might not matter because it's only a matter of time before substack becomes twitterized, censored and twice baked over. The Marxists and globalist turds eventually wreck everything because they hate all of humanity with a passion.
Sage & MidWestern Doc work out of the same Russian troll farm.
That's my hunch.
He/she (since a recent admission about a past in the raw vegan camp I lean towards 'she') used to write some balanced pieces. The tone has changed however. And now only comments behind a paywall? Unsubscribed. Thanks for your work, Ray!
It is his loss, as many seniors don't have the funds. We are pushed to the brink financially now. I usually drop links. I write totally free, and yes I could use a few $$, but I made myself a promise to share knowledge freely. I didn't write the original articles, nor am I a professional. Genetically Engineered Salad Greens Coming to Grocery Stores — and They Won’t Be Labeled https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/crispr-gene-edited-salad-greens-cola/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20230607
Vegas water agency empowered to limit home water flows in future.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada has taken a dramatic, but not immediate, step toward limiting the amount of Colorado River water used in the most populous part of the nation’s most arid state, after lawmakers gave Las Vegas-area water managers the levers to limit flows to single-family homes.
https://share.newsbreak.com/43hq9nme
MW Dr. Another UNSUBSCRIBE makes my hit list. Fcuk him.
I've never been a subscriber or read any of his articles, but often came across his comments which didn't particularly inspire me to check him out further. That said, he sometimes provided useful information and seemed to be polite and reasonable in his exchanges with others. More recently I noticed he was becoming quite dismissive and condescending towards anyone who brought up "controversial" topics, like germ theory or graphene oxide and even lashing out at some. I would say he has chosen his camp and is not interested in anyone who challenges his views.
Greed causes stupidity; Censorship causes blindness. Thoughtless selfish agendas lead to ruin.
I really liked The Midwestern Doctor, he did have some very detailed articles on the vaccine scam and how it had evolved. He was quite incisive on the details about the harmful effects of the adjuncts like mercury and aluminum oxide and thimerosal. I used some of those articles to help my kids learn how it resist a doctor's prerogative to push vaccines on them in the future.
The whole point of publishing these postings is to communicate and interact with others, if I don't want to share my idea, I don't post it. Why would anyone use a paywall? Dr Malone, Clandestine, and a few others seem to like throttling comments and discussions. Even if some or most of their content seem really good, the discussion is only one way.
I will never allow a paywall on my postings.
When the paywall comes into pay to play I shrug thinking that each publisher risks an audience and builds an audience in their own way.
Regarding losing commenting priviledges that were once allowed, it's like being allowed into the coffeeshop one day and the next day you are not. Kinda like covid. If someone comes out day 1 and restricts comments to paid subscribers, thats fine with me and I will still read them sometimes...but when it changes, it is a 'lil slap in the face. I walk away and never read them again. A good life lesson.
Great minds think alike Ray, I didn’t see that post you did about CBDC on May 19th but I released a very similar piece myself just days later.
https://dfreality.substack.com/p/cbdc-and-you-or-how-i-learned-to
It’s quite shocking how advanced the rollout already is. I’ve heard some folk talk in the last 6 months that CBDC was years away. We’ll be lucky to make it out of July let alone this year without digital fiat being jammed down our throats.
He / she use to write for free. I commented and praised it and said all docs should be giving info on CV19 away for free. He / she replied in defense of the docs who traded in their profession to be highly paid writers and podcast superstars. I believe many are time wasting shills. They write bs articles to waste your time. Dead end writing. He / she wrote articles on water. Another thing they are doing is writing praise articles about each other. They $$ubscriber share but no way in hell will they mention any other authors doing good work in this bs war we are in. I unsubscribed it.
You’re on target. Always. The ‘Madicine Machine’ appears to be ramping up food advice to the useless eaters. Curious coincidences. https://youtu.be/d3iXJAJaZp8
When did he do that as I commented on his last post and got some likes been coming in all day?