Click on a link to the New York Times, Substack or Facebook when you’re on Twitter, the platform Elon Musk wants to rebrand as “X” because he’s a nihilist, and you’ll wait… and wait… and wait for the connection. Okay, it’s only around five seconds, but when surfing the internet, that seems like an eternity.
As the Washington Post points out, links using the t.co truncated links on Twitter connecting to media outlets the immature and petulant Musk dislikes are being delayed, apparently intentionally, in a petty effort to make people annoyed with the sites that he perceives have been unfair to him, a billionaire who regularly discloses fantasies of autocracy and control.
While it’s simply an annoyance to users, Musk presumably believes that this childish jab at people he believes are unfair to him are merited–much like a certain indicted former president believes urging violence from his supporters is justified–because of some slight he felt.