Drew HarwellHow scared is Elon Musk of actual competition? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/07/twitter-substack-taibbi-musk-split/
KhamelTwitter did the same thing with Mastodon in December, then suspended journalists like me who pointed that out https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512113/twitter-blocking-mastodon-links-elon-musk-elonjet
Reed Mideke@drewharwell Thing that boggles my mind is that there's no indication doing it to Mastodon was any kind of success for him. It was widely mocked, got Mastodon a bunch of news coverage, and they quietly walked it back within like a week or so
Oblomov@reedmideke @drewharwell what he did get out of it was that a lot of journalists were willing to cave to his demands about what you share and not to share just to be allowed back in the platform.
@oblomov @drewharwell For the banning journalists part, that's arguably true. But banning mastodon (and now substack) links just seems like pure petty with no upside for him
@reedmideke @drewharwell It did slow down the migration momentum for a while.
Roadskater, Ph.D.@reedmideke @oblomov @drewharwell Lack of an upside doesn't matter. He only cares if there's a really obvious downside.
𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿@drewharwell
"potentially harmful *"
"* to our business model"
Gary Clueit@drewharwell So much for the so-called free speech purist. Only believes in it for himself.
CJ the Awkward Lefty@clueit @drewharwell this is a common theme for "free speech absolutists."
CryptoCrytek@drewharwell they are scared
Steve MarquisI use https://wheretofind.me as an intermediary on my profile which seems to work. URL shortener might work too.
Cenbe@drewharwell Good. Maybe we'll see fewer T*****r links here.
@drewharwell Elon keeps making such actions as he wants the world to speak about him. Power got to his head too much
David@drewharwell I just tweeted the link to mastodon.social with no problem then clicked the link and went to the site no warnings and no problem. Nothing is blocked.
Rick76@drewharwell Elon BIG free speech guy
Dawn Tåke 🏳️⚧️@drewharwell
Probably not helpful for Journalists professionals, but for the average user, this was touted as a workaround back in December. https://spacekaren.sucks/
I've never used it for there as I haven't been on in moooonths, but I like the name.
Space Karen Sucks
Free speech really should be free. To bypass the new censorship regime at twitter, use this URL shortener to link to Mastodon or other censored destinations. Considering recent policy decisions on twitter, please be aware that use of links generated from this site may constitute a violation of their policy.
Dublicious@drewharwell lol…potentially harmful. To who? Twitter?! bahahahahaha
Andi@drewharwell @Gargron muskrat has no redeeming features. Not one