This week, Decoder Podcast host nilay patel asked Substack CEO Chris Best the tough questions about whether racist speech should be allowed in their new consumer product, Substack Notes.

You can check out the rest of the pretty explosive interview here:

@DecoderPod @reckless This is a million times more painful to watch than I thought it would be.

@DecoderPod @reckless Chris Best: "I’m not going to engage in speculation or specific 'would you allow this or that' content." also Chris Best:

@DecoderPod @reckless I just have to commend @reckless on his level headedness of this interviewing style. Really impressive stuff.

@DecoderPod @reckless Kind of weird hill to die on, openly condoning racism @SubstackInc , isn't it ?

@DecoderPod @reckless Take note @nytimes @washingtonpost THIS is the power of representation. Patel NAILED this interview. It's more illuminating than anything white establishment media would have done.

@DecoderPod @reckless Well that killed any interest I had in Substack. The racism on twitter has gotten to ridiculous levels. I have no interest in moving to a place looking to acquire that audience.

@DecoderPod @reckless @reckless You did an excellent job not letting them off the hook for this.

@DecoderPod @reckless "You shoukd just say no" is the perfect reoly to thus CEO who apparently isn't very good at interviews and may not be great at being a CEO either

@DecoderPod @reckless How do you do an interview and not have an answer to a question as obvious as this?