The ongoing war between Elon Musk’s Twitter and Substack seems to have taken another turn. You’ll recall that Elon was effectively blocking Tweets that contained links to Substack, and the way he explained it was at best dubious. That now appears to be resolved:
However, Elon is still suppressing Substack on Twitter. If you search for “Substack” using the Twitter app or the Twitter web page, this is what you will find. Or rather won’t find:
- You won’t find Tweets from the official Substack Twitter account. Nor will you find any Tweets referring to Substack.
- You won’t find Substack in the people tab.
- The only way to find anything Substack related is to search for “Substack Newsletter”
This is a pretty scumbag level move by Elon. It’s pretty clear that Elon is doing this because he sees Substack as some sort of threat. After all, Twitter is very likely bleeding cash like a gunshot victim because of Elon’s inability to run the company. And Substack threatens to take more of it via Notes which is their Twitter competitor. So I can see Elon reacting in this way. Though it’s a pretty dumb move by him as all it does is generate even more negative press about him, which is not what I would expect that he wants. Not to mention that it pretty much puts to bed the theory that he’s any sort of free speech absolutist as the only free speech that he wants is the free speech that fits his world view.
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Elon Musk Has Found A New Way To Screw Over Substack Users
The ongoing war between Elon Musk’s Twitter and Substack seems to have taken another turn. You’ll recall that Elon was effectively blocking Tweets that contained links to Substack, and the way he explained it was at best dubious. That now appears to be resolved:
However, Elon is still suppressing Substack on Twitter. If you search for “Substack” using the Twitter app or the Twitter web page, this is what you will find. Or rather won’t find:
This is a pretty scumbag level move by Elon. It’s pretty clear that Elon is doing this because he sees Substack as some sort of threat. After all, Twitter is very likely bleeding cash like a gunshot victim because of Elon’s inability to run the company. And Substack threatens to take more of it via Notes which is their Twitter competitor. So I can see Elon reacting in this way. Though it’s a pretty dumb move by him as all it does is generate even more negative press about him, which is not what I would expect that he wants. Not to mention that it pretty much puts to bed the theory that he’s any sort of free speech absolutist as the only free speech that he wants is the free speech that fits his world view.
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