Twitter disables likes or comments on Substack?

I saw the announcement yesterday for 'Substack Notes', which is clearly inspired by Twitter, and thought to myself that these companies are going to clash sometime in the future. Pretty outrageous reaction, lol.

Re: Twitter disables likes or comments on Substack?

#7

Post by doomleika » Fri, Apr 07, 2023, 3:20 PM UTC

Welp, "copy from China" has begun, shadowbanning out link to competitor sites has been standard tactics in China SNS circle(QQ/WeChat/Weibo/Xiaohongshu/Tiktok).

I think it's due for U.S. tech company to learn a thing or two from the dark pattern in China.

Re: Twitter disables likes or comments on Substack?

#8

Post by rsynnott » Fri, Apr 07, 2023, 3:26 PM UTC

rhyme-boss wrote: post #5

How does that improve the experience of using Twitter?

The grateful userbase is spared from being exposed to websites which Dear Leader has deemed unworthy, one assumes.

Nah, really, the answer is "what does the experience of using Twitter have to do with anything"?

Re: Twitter disables likes or comments on Substack?

#9

Post by toomuchtodo » Fri, Apr 07, 2023, 3:33 PM UTC

doomleika wrote: post #7

Welp, "copy from China" has begun, shadowbanning out link to competitor sites has been standard tactics in China SNS circle(QQ/WeChat/Weibo/Xiaohongshu/Tiktok). I think it's due for U.S. tech company to learn a thing or two from the dark pattern in China.

This is just your run of the mill antitrust/anticompetitive behavior of a struggling firm. If you can’t compete, build a moat.

https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/report-antitrust-violation

Re: Twitter disables likes or comments on Substack?

#10

Post by whateveracct » Fri, Apr 07, 2023, 3:48 PM UTC

honkler wrote: post #4

because substack is bringing out "Notes" – something that serves the same purpose as Twitter. PS: @Dang, this post should be much higher on the front page.

Why "should" it be? Do you think there's some sort of downvote brigading going on suppressing it?