Drew HarwellApr 8, 2023
How scared is Elon Musk of actual competition? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/07/twitter-substack-taibbi-musk-split/
Twitter targets its rival Substack, forcing well-known journalists to choose

Matt Taibbi, whom Musk solicited to write the « Twitter Files, » says he’ll start using Substack’s new Twitter clone.

The Washington Post
Show threadDrew HarwellApr 8, 2023
Twitter 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
Twitter is blocking links to Mastodon

Twitter is blocking users from tweeting links to many major servers for Mastodon. The bans were enacted sometime after after journalists and Mastodon’s own account were unexpectedly suspended.

The Verge
Show threadSteve MarquisApr 8, 2023

@drewharwell

I use https://wheretofind.me as an intermediary on my profile which seems to work. URL shortener might work too.

@Gargron

WhereToFind.Me

A calling card for the internet.

Show threadCJ the Awkward Lefty
@StevePLMarquis @drewharwell @Gargron this is cool; I've never seen this before.
Apr 8, 2023 at 2:17pmWeb