Twitter restricts interactions with links on Substack

There is an apparent restriction on Twitter's ability to interact with posts that link to the newsletter platform Substack, which was implemented on Friday. 

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It seems that Twitter has disabled some of the actions that can be done on tweets that contain links to Substack whenever users attempt to like or retweet posts that include those links.

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There have even been reports from some users of error messages appearing when they try to reply to tweets that contain Substack links, even when they reply to their own posts on Substack. 

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The founders of Substack, Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie, and Jairaj Seth, have stated that they are disappointed that Twitter has chosen to limit writers' ability to share their writing with the rest of the world.

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“Writers should have the freedom to share links to Substack or anywhere else they wish. Obviously, this sudden change was brought about by the need to put writers in control, to reward great work with money, and to protect the freedom of the press and the freedom of speech. There should be no tie to their livelihoods for platforms that do not allow them to own their relationships with their audience, and where the rules can be changed at any time," they said. 

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A poop emoji was returned to Trade Algo as a response to a query sent to Twitter's press account in March, under Musk's control. 

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After Substack on Thursday said they were investigating reports that Twitter embeds were no longer working on Substack, users were no longer able to include links to Twitter in their posts. 

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Both of these changes follow the rollout of Substack's new Notes feature, which was released on Wednesday. Notes allows users to post short-form content and it resembles a traditional social media feed with the ability to post short-form content.