Matt Taibbi, who Twitter owner Elon Musk solicited to write the controversial “Twitter Files,” said that he’s quitting the platform to protest new restrictions to links to Substack, a rival social media platform where Taibbi is a popular contributor.
“It turns out Twitter is upset about the new Substack Notes feature, which they see as a hostile rival,” Taibbi wrote in a Substack post he titled “,” adding: “I’m staying at Substack. You’ve all been great to me, as has the management of this company. Beginning early next week I’ll be using the new Substack Notes feature instead of Twitter, a decision that apparently will come with a price as far as any future Twitter Files reports are concerned.
Friday’s events were the culmination of two days of turmoil between the two Silicon Valley platforms. On Wednesday, Substack announced that it would be releasing Even Substack’s corporate Twitter account was restricted, with users reporting that they were unable to retweet or quote-tweet the handle’s posts.
“Substack is part of a seismic shift in the media economy that gives more power to writers and … creators,” Substack co-founders Chris Best, Jairaj Sethi and Hamish McKenzie wrote in“Writers deserve the freedom to share links to Substack or anywhere else,” the three co-founders said in a statement to The Washington Post. “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.
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