Taibbi leaves Twitter
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wrote on 8 Apr 2023, 13:37 last edited by
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wrote on 8 Apr 2023, 13:38 last edited by
My prediction is Elon will reverse this by tomorrow, latest,
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@jon-nyc i agree.
Wasn't there a time, shortly after Musk's takeover, that you couldn't link to outside sources?
Perhaps this is a bug, and not a feature, after all.
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@George-K said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
@jon-nyc said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
it’s a lot easier to create substack than to create Twitter
Substack is basically this year's version of blogger or any other platform for long-term essays, right?
Exactly. No network effect, no social graph. They may have played with implementing these things but to no avail. Writers like it for the subscription model and generous early deals.
wrote on 8 Apr 2023, 15:06 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
@George-K said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
@jon-nyc said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
it’s a lot easier to create substack than to create Twitter
Substack is basically this year's version of blogger or any other platform for long-term essays, right?
Exactly. No network effect, no social graph. They may have played with implementing these things but to no avail.
They're still experimenting with this. The numbers are gradually tipping to discovery rather than referrals.
They also have a podcasting and chat function that's getting interesting.
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wrote on 8 Apr 2023, 19:19 last edited by
Josh Barro brings up the Streisand effect of this move.
You may have heard that Substack will soon be launching a feature called Notes, which will be a place to “post short-form content and share ideas… including posts, quotes, comments, images, and links.” In other words, the feature will be very similar to Twitter. You will even be able to “restack” another writer’s note.
The reason you may have heard is probably not that you saw Substack’s Wednesday announcement that Notes is coming. I mean, maybe you did — maybe it came to your inbox because you’re a big fan of Substack qua Substack and so you subscribe to Substack’s substack about Substack, On Substack. But probably not. I’m guessing if you heard, it’s because Substack’s announcement made Elon Musk mad, and he used Twitter to retaliate.
I suspect that’s true for everyone here.
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wrote on 8 Apr 2023, 19:41 last edited by
Anybody have a subscription? I’m thinking about it.
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wrote on 8 Apr 2023, 19:55 last edited by
I subscribe to a few folks on substack
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wrote on 8 Apr 2023, 20:07 last edited by
I subscribe to Glenn Loury there but I end up consuming his stuff through youtube.
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wrote on 9 Apr 2023, 00:05 last edited by
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Josh Barro brings up the Streisand effect of this move.
You may have heard that Substack will soon be launching a feature called Notes, which will be a place to “post short-form content and share ideas… including posts, quotes, comments, images, and links.” In other words, the feature will be very similar to Twitter. You will even be able to “restack” another writer’s note.
The reason you may have heard is probably not that you saw Substack’s Wednesday announcement that Notes is coming. I mean, maybe you did — maybe it came to your inbox because you’re a big fan of Substack qua Substack and so you subscribe to Substack’s substack about Substack, On Substack. But probably not. I’m guessing if you heard, it’s because Substack’s announcement made Elon Musk mad, and he used Twitter to retaliate.
I suspect that’s true for everyone here.
wrote on 9 Apr 2023, 00:35 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Taibbi leaves Twitter:
Josh Barro brings up the Streisand effect of this move.
You may have heard that Substack will soon be launching a feature called Notes, which will be a place to “post short-form content and share ideas… including posts, quotes, comments, images, and links.” In other words, the feature will be very similar to Twitter. You will even be able to “restack” another writer’s note.
The reason you may have heard is probably not that you saw Substack’s Wednesday announcement that Notes is coming. I mean, maybe you did — maybe it came to your inbox because you’re a big fan of Substack qua Substack and so you subscribe to Substack’s substack about Substack, On Substack. But probably not. I’m guessing if you heard, it’s because Substack’s announcement made Elon Musk mad, and he used Twitter to retaliate.
I suspect that’s true for everyone here.
I had literally never heard of Substack until Elon did this.
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wrote on 9 Apr 2023, 00:49 last edited by George K 4 Sept 2023, 00:52
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wrote on 9 Apr 2023, 02:16 last edited by
Musky seems to be thrashing around a bit here.
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wrote on 9 Apr 2023, 02:18 last edited by
Mr. Musk should buy Substack, immediately.
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wrote on 11 Apr 2023, 00:00 last edited by
Interesting.
Musk had receipts where Taibbi said he was a substack employee. Musk said “correct your article”.
