Delusions, illusions, hallucinations and ChatGPT

Lies, damn lies and ChatGPT. PLUS: late-breaking Substack/Twitter beef, Meta v the media, and more

LATE BREAKING: Twitter links to Substack

Shortly before the time of sending you this despatch, I discovered via Jonn Elledge and Adam Bienkov that something odd seemed to be happening with links to Substack on Twitter.

It is possible to post a tweet mentioning Substack, or linking to a Substack, on Twitter – but it will be impossible to RT or for anyone to reply to it, condemning it to be seen by almost nobody. Twitter being Twitter, it is for some reason still possible to quote tweet these tweets, but that tweet in turn is then impossible to RT or reply to, whether or not it contains a link. It is also impossible to pin such tweets to your profile.

Some people see an explicit message saying the tweet is restricted, while others appear to successfully RT the tweet, only for it not to appear in their feed (or anyone else’s).

Predictably, there is no announcement as to why this has happened. But my best guess is that Elon Musk – the world’s richest manbaby – has thrown his toys out of the c…