Gregory's ServerSubstack’s cofounders Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie, and Jairaj Sethi tell me in a statement: "Substack was created in direct response to this kind of behavior by social media companies" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/15/twitter-x-links-delayed/
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  @drewharwell If the NYT does not like the terms, they do not have to be on X. Free market, bitches! Oh, the argument now is Free Speech must be free* to sacred institutions. * Not applicable to consumers of news. @staidwinnow @drewharwell Who said it is about their own Twitter presence? The delay will apply to any links to NYT content posted by anyone, right? There is a certain amount of schadenfreude to be enjoyed when the so-called liberal rag carries water for him and other racists, and now suffers at the altar. Like this shit: Musk is a Free Speech Absolutist for speech he likes. Like Nazism or bigotry against trans kids.  @drewharwell @drewharwell Substack is not a "network". It has no network effects. It is a newsletter publishing platform. |
New York Times spokesman Charlie Stadtlander tells me in a statement: "We have not received any explanation from the platform about this move" and "would be concerned by targeted pressure applied to any news organization for unclear reasons"