Twitter prohibits authors from retweeting, liking, or commenting to links from Substack

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• Apr 8, 2023 | Dhupali Das

Twitter restricts promotion and accessibility for tweets containing links to Substack posts...

Digital Desk: Twitter has blocked access to embedding tweets in posts on the online publishing site Substack, leaving thousands of users in the dark.

Twitter restricts promotion and accessibility for tweets containing links to Substack posts, which has sparked outrage.

"We regret Twitter's move to restrict writers' ability to circulate their work. Writers need the liberty to post links to Substack or elsewhere," said Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie, and Jairaj Seth, the creators of Substack.

"This sudden change illustrates why writers need an arrangement that keeps them on set, encourages great work with funds, and safeguards the liberty of the media and free speech," they said.

For Substack writers who rely on the Elon Musk-run platform to generate revenue from their newsletters, the Twitter shift has created a major issue.

"It seems like Musk is taking decisions according to his personal financial goals and personal grudges -- regardless of whether it makes Twitter demonstrably poorer for users," author of Popular Information, a politics-focused newsletter, Judd Legum told The Verge.

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If this trend continues, it will be difficult for him to justify spending his time creating content for Twitter, the author added.

"Writers' livelihoods shouldn't be tied to sites where they don't own their connection with their readers, and where regulations can change on a whim," said the founders of Substack.

Musk is a well-known opponent of conventional media, and he recently labeled NPR's reporting as "state-affiliated media."