Does Twitter blocking Mastodon links constitute anticompetitive behavior against a nascent rival? I asked a couple of legal experts, including Bill Baer, the former antitrust chief at DOJ and FTC in two US administrations. Here's what they say: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/tech/mastodon-twitter-links/index.html
@b_fung mastodon links are a poor way to share handles anyway IMO
In my experience of trying several, when the clicker has a mastodon a/c on a different instance, they are invited to join the other host without any alternative offered...