The dumb reason Twitter wont allow retweeting tweets linking to Substack

News Summary

  • This behavior seems to have started less than 48 hours after the popular newsletter platform announced a new product called Notes that will compete directly with Twitter.For example, this tweet references my newsletter, understandingai.substack.com.
  • A few days later, Twitter started blocking links to Mastodon and other competing social media platforms.As I write this, tweets linking to Mastodon accounts seem to be working again.Substack has yet to respond to an email seeking comment.
  • If I try to reply to the same tweet, I get an error message saying, "Something went wrong, but don't fret—let's give it another shot."
  • I have no trouble liking, retweeting, or replying to it.In the last 24 hours, Twitter also appears to have started blocking tweet-embedding in Substack posts.
  • Timothy B. Lee - Apr 7, 2023 2:49 pm UTC Twitter users on Friday began noticing that they could not retweet or reply to tweets containing links to the Substack.com domain.
  • When I try to retweet it, it gives me an error message saying, "Some actions on this tweet have been disabled by Twitter."
33 with Twitter users on Friday began noticing that they could not retweet or reply to tweets containing links to the Substack.com domain. This behavior seems to have started less than 48 hours aft [+2695 chars]