Will Elon Musk kill Substack? - by Noah Smith - Noahpinion

The fragmentation of the internet gets a push.

This Thursday evening, I was surprised to find that links to my blog no longer worked on Twitter — they could be quote-tweeted, but not retweeted, liked, or replied to. A quick investigation found that it wasn’t just me; any link with a “.substack.com” domain name was blocked. For a while, a link shortener could be used to get around the block, but on Friday, shortened links started being diverted to a warning message; though people can still click through, most probably won’t. Links to substacks with independent domains — e.g. slowboring.com — can still be posted as normal for now, though…

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