Musk draws negative attention like no figure in the modern era. He is just too fun to hate. This story amounts to a mildly anticompetitive action by a middle tier social network. It's just not a big deal[1] in any reasonable context. It's a front page freakout on HN only because Musk was involved[2].
We're here for entertainment value, basically. For myself: the Taibbi angle here is absolutely hilarious, given the level of spin in the "Twitter Files" you really would have thought the guy would have bought some loyalty, but Musk's brain doesn't work that way.
[1] But, of course, bad.
[2] c.f. all the front page coverage here of Tesla foibles that would be 100% ignored on the cars of any other manufacturer.
Again, it's just too fun to pin this on the nutjob CEO with the bad takes. But step back and... it's just not that notable. Well, except for the employees laid off. I'm not saying I'd want to work for the guy, but even then "asshole tech bro CEOs" are a dime a dozen too.
However, I resist letting this turn into merely a spectacle. I don't think it's a good idea to stop criticizing bad practices (in this case, making unwitting members of the public skeptical of links posted by independent journalists) just because it's fairly mundane in the scope of social media company practices. It's important to hold leadership accountable, but you're right that we shouldn't let Elon become the pariah for bad leadership/practices in way that lets others off the hook.