The story Substack doesn’t want you to read—hosted permanently on blockchain.
Chris Best built Substack as a haven for independent voices.
He promised protection for journalists against censorship, suppression, and bad-faith actors.
He even launched Substack Defender, a program to legally support journalists under attack.
But today, Substack has a problem—and that problem is Joel Johnson.
🎠The Man Who Played the System
Joel Johnson, a marketing and PR strategist with a history of reputation management, found the cracks in Substack’s defenses.
🔹 He gamed the system.
🔹 He exploited AI-driven moderation.
🔹 He filed false reports to erase investigative journalism.
And Substack?
They let him do it.
🚨 Our investigative reports were taken down with no warning.
🚨 Our appeals were ignored.
🚨 And even now—days later—our content remains erased.
If this can happen to us, what stops it from happening to Taylor Lorenz?
Any journalist who investigates the wrong person?
It doesn’t stop. Not unless Substack fixes this.
🔥 The Blockchain Exodus Begins
Journalists came to Substack because they believed in its promise of protection.
But if Substack Defender can’t defend us, then we will defend ourselves.
🔗 We are moving this investigation to blockchain.
🔗 It will live forever on Mirror.xyz and Paragraph.xyz.
🔗 It cannot be erased, no matter how many false reports are filed.
If Substack will not stand up for journalists, then journalists will find a platform that will.
📢 The Challenge to Chris Best
Chris, this is your moment.
🚀 You built Substack for moments like this.
🔥 You promised to stand against censorship.
📌 You cannot let bad actors dictate what remains online.
🛑 Will you investigate this takedown?
🛑 Will you restore the content that was wrongfully removed?
🛑 Or will Substack become just another platform that rewards deception?
We see you.
We see the crossroads.
And we see the choice you must make.
The world is watching.
🔗 Read the full investigative report (hosted on blockchain):
Joel Johnson: The Master Index of a Narcissistic Collapse
📢 Share this.
Tag @SubstackInc.
Demand accountability.
🚨 Because if this can happen to us—
…it can happen to anyone.
This isn’t just a story.
This is a battle for truth itself.
And we will not be erased.
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Mark Randall Havens | The Bully Expert | Founder, Nutralizing Narcissism & Architect of Simply WE