[jhunter1016]

This is a smart move by Twitter. Substack has taken off considerably. Rather than watch all their prized users go publish long form content on a platform outside their orbit, Twitter just pulled a platform into their orbit.

The thing I’m curious about is how creative Twitter will get with integrating the platforms. There have been a lot of missed opportunities with previous Twitter acquisitions IMO.

[AzzieElbab]

I don’t thin substack crowd would trust Twitter with their content.

[mcintyre1994]

I think Twitter would be okay if the history professor with the $1m Substack comes over to them and people like Glenn Greenwald stay at Substack though.

[AzzieElbab]

You are right. I am biased by my substack subscriptions list

[whiddershins]

History professor with 1m substack? Is this a specific reference?

[mcintyre1994]

Yep: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/27/business/media/heather-co...

[the_reformation]

The Substack crowd is already on Twitter, and is where they got their audience from.

[AzzieElbab]

That is an overstatement. I might be a dinosaur, but in my case it is the other way around. I mostly follow people I have learned about elsewhere. Also, if Twitter decides to ban one of them, I will still have access to substack where the articles are.