Twitter stops throttling tweets with Substack links
, a feature that adds a Twitter-like feed to the newsletter platform. When Elon Musk eventually addressed the situation, he claimed Substack was “trying to download a massive portion of the Twitter database to bootstrap their Twitter clone,” an assertion Chris Best, the CEO of Substrack, strongly denied. “None of this is true,” he said in a Notes post. “This is very frustrating. It’s one thing to mess with Substack, but quite another to treat writers this way.
For it is worth, this week’s episode doesn’t seem to have convinced Substack to alter its plans around Notes. “We look forward to making Substack Notes available soon,” the company said. “But we expect it to be a new kind of place within a subscription network, not a replacement for existing social networks.”Great deals on consumer electronics delivered straight to your inbox, curated by Engadget’s editorial team.
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