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Twitter appears to restrict the embedding of tweets on on-line platform Substack. Customers who attempt to take action will see that Twitter is obstructing embeds on the platform. Additionally it is not potential to retweet, like or bookmark tweets with a Substack hyperlink.

Twitter embeds appear to have solely just lately been blocked on Substack, writes The Verge, amongst others. Customers making an attempt to insert a tweet into their Substack e-newsletter are notified that Twitter has “unexpectedly disabled entry to embeds” for the platform. Substack experiences on Twitter that it’s investigating experiences that “embeds and authentication are not working” on the platform. The corporate is “actively working to resolve” the problem and says it is going to present updates as extra info turns into obtainable.

It isn’t clear why embeds on Substack not work. Twitter launched earlier a brand new subscription system for accessing its api, however beforehand mentioned that outdated implementations ought to nonetheless work for 30 days. A spokesperson for Substack didn’t elaborate on the trigger to The Verge.


Twitter blocks interplay with Substack URLs.
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Twitter just lately additionally blocked the likelihood to work together with tweets with a Substack URL, as proven by checks by Tweakers. Customers can’t reply to, retweet, like or bookmark such tweets. Customers who attempt to take action will see that “sure actions” on the tweet in query have been “turned off by Twitter.” The hyperlink itself does work in these circumstances. The corporate doesn’t make clear why this transformation was made. Tweakers has requested Twitter for remark. The corporate responded with a poop emoji. Twitter has been doing that for the previous few weeks customary for questions from journalists.

Substack is a platform the place customers can write digital newsletters and distribute them on to subscribers. The platform additionally launched a Notes characteristic on Wednesdaywhich has similarities in performance to Twitter.