On Friday, Twitter Files star Matt Taibbi said he’s leaving Twitter over the feud with Substack, where all his work is published. Twitter CEO Elon Musk said that Taibbi’s claims about the treatment of Substack links are false and that Taibbi is an employee of the rival company. But Substack CEO and co-founder Chris Best said that is simply not true.
After Musk called Taibbi’s claims false, his tweet was labeled with a community note, and Substack’s Best issued a statement.
Best fittingly published his comments on Substack Notes, which is the new feature being rolled out that started the battle royale in the first place.
Musk said that Substack links had not been blocked, that Substack was massively downloading Twitter data for their “clone” service, and accused Taibbi of being an employee of the company.
Best responded that “none of this is true.”