Twitter prevents authors from retweeting, liking or replying to substack links
Twitter has restricted access to embedding tweets in posts on its online publishing platform Substack, leaving thousands of users in the dark.
Twitter has restricted advertising and exposure to tweets that link to Substack’s posts — a move that hasn’t gone down well with people.
“We are disappointed that Twitter has decided to limit the ability of authors to share their work. Authors deserve the freedom to share links on Substack or anywhere else,” said Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie and Jairaj Seth, Substack founders.
“This sudden change is a reminder of why writers deserve a model that holds them accountable, that rewards great work with money, and that protects a free press and free speech,” they added.
Twitter’s change has become a huge problem for Substack writers, who use the Elon Musk-run platform to promote their newsletter.
“It seems like Musk is making decisions based on his own financial interests and petty grievances — even if it makes Twitter objectively worse for users,” Judd Legum, a policy-focused newsletter writer, told The Verge.
“If this continues, it’s hard to justify continuing to invest my time in creating content for Twitter.”
According to the founders of Substack, “writers’ livelihoods shouldn’t be tied to platforms where they don’t own their relationship with their audience and where the rules can change on a whim.”
Musk is a well-known critic of mainstream media and recently slapped a misleading “state-affiliated media” label on NPR’s account.
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