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 (DIR) Post #AYlo2axFQK2L2ZAdxw by drewharwell@mastodon.social
       2023-08-15T17:56:33Z
       
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       New: Elon Musk’s X is throttling traffic to news websites and competitors he dislikes. Five-second delays on links to New York Times, Reuters, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky and Substack. Most other sites we tested have zero delay https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/15/twitter-x-links-delayed/ @jeremybmerrill
       
 (DIR) Post #AYlo2d6XQkelhxX5iy by drewharwell@mastodon.social
       2023-08-15T17:57:06Z
       
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       First flagged on Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37130060
       
 (DIR) Post #AYlo2h8SRYZKD4SgGu by drewharwell@mastodon.social
       2023-08-15T19:13:50Z
       
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       Substack’s cofounders Chris Best, Hamish McKenzie, and Jairaj Sethi tell me in a statement: "Substack was created in direct response to this kind of behavior by social media companies" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/15/twitter-x-links-delayed/
       
 (DIR) Post #AYlo2wM7r1PlPnyJ9s by drewharwell@mastodon.social
       2023-08-15T19:19:17Z
       
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       New York Times spokesman Charlie Stadtlander tells me in a statement: "We have not received any explanation from the platform about this move" and "would be concerned by targeted pressure applied to any news organization for unclear reasons"
       
 (DIR) Post #AYlxNppWDBjKqOl4OO by wjmaggos@liberal.city
       2023-08-16T01:10:57Z
       
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       @drewharwell @jeremybmerrill any chance of a WaPo.social server?