Matt Taibbi Bolts Twitter: With Friends Like Elon Musk, Who Needs a ‘Hostile Rival’?
thewrap.comMediaite.Twitter has similarly blocked would-be rivals like Mastodon from sharing live links on the platform. But Substack is the home of hundreds of influential writers who need platforms like Twitter and Facebook to share it beyond their subscription bases.Taibbi said in a Substack chat that Twitter is now “unusable” for him, and that Musk did not respond to his questions about the move, Mashable’s Matt Binder reported.
Taibbi wrote Friday on Substack under the heading “The Craziest Friday Ever … On staying at Substack, and leaving Twitter, I guess.”“Earlier this afternoon, I learned Substack links were being blocked on Twitter.
Since being able to share my articles is a primary reason I use Twitter, I was alarmed and asked what was going on,” he wrote.“It turns out Twitter is upset about the new Substack Notes feature, which they see as a hostile rival.
When I asked how I was supposed to market my work, I was given the option of posting my articles on Twitter instead of Substack.”Taibbi wrote Friday on his Substack “Racket“:“Not much suspense there; I’m staying at Substack.
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