Reposted Plestia Alaqad - Rana Ayyub [now YouTube Video]

Gaza 7.31pm

One of the symbols, voice of Gaza, Plestia Alaqad and renowned journalist Rana Ayyub

Rana Ayyub

have been interviewed and posted in Substack since Dec 11 or around 38 hours ago. But sadly, the substack link is ‘bad news’ for Elon.

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Just as an example of how extreme the twitter throttling is for anything pertaining to Substack (whether it be a Substack link or even mention), some X / Twitter user who reposted her work -with substack link format, and she has 13,400+ followers, has had 60 views in 3 hours--that's [only] one view every 3 minutes.

Another extreme example, Rana Ayyub herself, 1,617,016 followers on twitter, when posted a substack link interview with Plestia Alaqad, from 12.09am [Dec 13, 2023] Melbourne time until 3.48am Melbourne time, around 99 minutes [or Dec 12, 2023 5.09am San Francisco - 8.48am San Francisco], only getting 6,482 views. Comparison with Rana’s tweet herself but without link substack, she already getting 3,4k views in 9 minutes.

ps: Rana, I’m sorry just free subscriber [appears Upgrade to paid, sigh]

This has nothing to do with whether people are interested in the content. This is the rate at which the twitter algos [algorithms] are placing this post in other people's feeds.

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X / Twitter not only throttling substack links. X or Twitter throttling engagement for any tweets that include a link to substack [like mine, got shadowbanned in twitter, although try to translate (the late) Refaat Alareer’ poem with other twitter / X user].

Algorithm crap. With throttling you never see a preview of the article of substack. Having an email list is fantastic but when X or Twitter is your biggest source of eyeballs, it kills readership.

Gazans grandma killed by Israel bombing

So I try to help Rana and Plestia, to move the interview video in substack to youtube. Elon never throttled youtube links [so far]. 

Rana Ayyub is the first Indian to be an honorary member of the US National Press Club. In just 8 weeks, IDF has murdered 86 journalists in Gaza. 1 of them is still alive. Plestia surrounded her family.

Listening to Plestia Alaqad and Rana Ayyub's interview is so heartwarming and heartbreaking. 

Elon never met Neal Mohan, CEO of YouTube. But Elon was impressed with the growing number of Indian-origin CEOs. In a list published by World of Statistics, it was made evident that there has been a significant rise in Indian-origin people at the topmost position. Elon expressed his admiration [about Indian-origin] on X / Twitter. 

The list showed that many companies all over the world are now led by Indian-origin CEOs. This includes Alphabet head Sundar Pichai, Microsoft, YouTube and Adobe are also on the list with Satya Nadella, Neal Mohan and Shantanu Narayen leading the tech giants. Sadly, one of the substack founders is actually Indian-origin too, Jairaj Sethi.

Rana frustration about Elon. As of Delhi 9.08pm / Jakarta 10.38pm

censorship everything about Palestine in X / Twitter by Elon Musk, not only throttling substack.

Haaretz editor, Esther Solomon

some X / TWITTER user found ‘tricky trick’ to defying ‘elno mksu’

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I know a lot of high-ranking media, such as New York Times, Guardian, Anadolu, BILD, Spiegel, Financial Times, Strait Times, Washington Post etc subscribed my substack. Plestia ‘Bosbos’ Alaqad ready to be your Stringer or Keynote Speaker or Source about [everything related] Gaza, as Global Opinionator the Washington Post Rana Ayyub doing around 35 hours ago, please contact Plestiaa2011@gmail.com or collab@plestiaalaqad.com

Rana is the first Indian to be an honorary member of the US National Press Club. Interview with Plestia maybe around [Dec 11] 1pm New Delhi and 8pm Melbourne [Plestia] —— 1 day after Plestia’s birthday. Plestia evacuated to Melbourne after eyewitnessing horror [at least] until 49 days of war in Gaza. As of now 12/12 [Dec 12], is Day 67 of war

Toddler with Plestia, before war, living in Northern Gaza and they evacuated to Southern Gaza. Since Friday, Oct 13, when Israel announced to every Gazans from northern move to southern, more than 5,000 killed in southern, not counting barbaric bombing in northern Gaza. Northern Gaza is being depopulated, while even residents in the south are ordered to evacuate as the israelis implement their ethnic cleansing. Refugee literally fulfilled Israel warning, and still killed with barbaric bombing by Israel. Documentation by Plestia Alaqad

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