Gregory's ServerHow scared is Elon Musk of actual competition? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/07/twitter-substack-taibbi-musk-split/
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@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  @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 |
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