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Twitter locked behind login page. (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So today I clicked a twitter link because companies like to use it for official announcements, only to be greeted with a login page. Was annoyed then I remembered nitter exists. It just prompted me to install Privacy Redirect which I should have done ages ago.

Github: https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect

Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-redirect/pmcmeagblkinmogikoikkdjiligflglb/related

Firefox Browser Add-ons: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/

Looks like twitter waited for the reddit API changes to do push this change to try to do it under the radar.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

What nitter instance are you using? I'm getting an error message indicating an empty json document.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Also nitter works no longer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I used to click on the trending hashtags and use the search to look up content on twitter, then they put them behind a login wall, so I stopped using those. Now with them putting the entire site behind the login wall, I'm simply not using the site at all. This should be great for the growth of the platform.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

...for a guy who doesn't like Facebook Elon sure likes to emulate it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I noticed this too when I posted a Twitter link. Not a fan and I'll probably find a work around rather than just posting Twitter links anymore 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't know if I should be laughing or crying. It's readily apparent that Musk and Spez don't understand their product. Like, at all. Governments, politicians, NGOs, and businesses use Twitter because of the broad audience. It works as a platform for announcements because anyone can access it.

Locking it down to only Twitter users kills this. It isn't going to help ad revenue either to reduce the audience.

I saw some people say this was a tech issue and not a policy change, and that better be the case if Twitter wants to survive. They lose their last competitive advantage otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

My theory is that they are being sneaky and this is a trial to see how it will affect Twitter if they only made it to registered users. That is why they are calling it a "tech" issue. What a bunch of bollocks. This way they can backdown if they see a negative impact by claiming that they "fixed" the issue.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Either, or both. The Fediverse is the way forward for government announcements.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought Twitter had always required a sign in. I've never had a Twitter account so I'm always locked out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Lol, same

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