Tell HN: Twitter Is Still Throttling Competitors Incl Substack,Bluesky,Instagram

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Two months after it was first reported in Washington Post, Twitter continues throttling outbound links to its competitors.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/15/twitter-x-links-delayed/

Source: https://themarkup.org/investigations/2023/09/15/twitter-is-still-throttling-competitors-links-check-for-yourself

There's a textbox in the TheMarkup link above to test

That sucks, but I think Bluesky are throttling themselves by still having closed signups after all this time.

I have been on bsky for a month or so. I don't think the goal of the team is to be the next-twitter.

They want to grow in a way they (and their infra) can manage. Not sure how much runway they have there, but they seem not too stressed about it.

Sounds like Elon's getting his money's worth.