Substack founders fire back at Twitter over restrictions

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Here’s the full statement from founders Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie, and Jairaj Sethi:

We’re disappointed that Twitter has chosen to restrict writers’ ability to share their work. Writers deserve the freedom to share links to Substack or anywhere else. This abrupt change is a reminder of why writers deserve a model that puts them in charge, that rewards great work with money, and that protects the free press and free speech. Their livelihoods should not be tied to platforms where they don’t own their relationship with their audience, and where the rules can change on a whim.

We asked Twitter for comment, but the company’s press email auto-replied with a poop emoji.

Substack founders fire back at Twitter over restrictions and rules that “change on a whim”

Twitter is limiting Substack links, and Substack isn’t happy.

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One of Elon’s handpicked ‘Twitter Files’ writers quits Twitter over its Substack restrictions

Matt Taibbi has announced that he’s leaving Twitter amid the company’s ongoing spat with newsletter platform Substack. If Taibbi’s name doesn’t immediately ring a bell, perhaps the phrase “Twitter Files” might. Using access granted by Twitter CEO and self-avowed free speech enthusiast Elon Musk, Taibbi and other journalists have shared internal Twitter information that was intended to reveal how corrupt the company’s previous leadership was. (What they actually revealed was Jack Dorsey’s personal email address and some sloppy journalism. Oops.)

One of Elon’s handpicked “Twitter Files” writers quits Twitter over its Substack restrictions

His list of allies grows thin.

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