Elon Musk's Twitter-Substack Feud Intensifies with Handpicked Writer Quitting
On April 6th, writers on Substack could not embed tweets in their posts anymore. This was because Twitter blocked likes, retweets, and comments on tweets with Substack newsletter links. Moreover, users could not pin tweets with a Substack link to their profile. As reported by Mashable , after writer Matt Taibbi announcing to leave Twitter and only using Substack, Elon Musk unfollowed him. Matt Taibbi was the editor for 'Twitter Files', that Musk believed would be a shocking exposé of former leadership, but now they are not on great terms. Intentional Or Not? Why Block Substack? At first, it was uncertain whether Twitter's action was intentional because Twitter did not officially make an announcement. However, as reported by The Verge , Taibbi mentioned that he was informed that Twitter's reaction to Substack's posts was due to the launch of a feature similar to Twitter called "Notes" by the newsletter platform. Substack’s Notes Why Did Writers Quit? T...

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