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Re: Twitter starts to require login to view tweets

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Post by PragmaticPulp »

There’s a strange irony in Redditors complaining about this when Reddit has been rolling out the same sporadic login requirements (on mobile web) to view certain Reddit content.

I suppose these angry Reddit commenters bashing Twitter aren’t seeing it because they’re logged in to Reddit.

Just as with Reddit, there are workarounds to bypass this login requirement if you really want to. The users in that thread have some tips for using uBlock to disable it.

Re: Twitter starts to require login to view tweets

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Post by AlwaysRock »

When Reddit started doing this it effectively broke my redditing habit. I know these things are annoying but for anyone who is trying to use social media less... Twitter, Reddit, and Instagram are almost unusable without their apps. They are basically useless if you dont sign in on the browser on your phone. It's great if you want to get off them.

Re: Twitter starts to require login to view tweets

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Post by 0x_rs »

PragmaticPulp wrote: post #2

There’s a strange irony in Redditors complaining about this when Reddit has been rolling out the same sporadic login requirements (on mobile web) to view certain Reddit content. I suppose these angry Reddit commenters bashing Twitter aren’t seeing it because they’re logged in to Reddit. Just as with Reddit, there are workarounds to bypass this login requirement if you really want to. The users in that thread have som…

I don't have a reddit account, but it has (for now) the old, usable interface available, so the issue does not persist. Twitter doesn't, and one needs third party services such as nitter or other front ends to avoid the bloated, buggy, purposefully worthless UI. This tendency to build walled garden communities can't end well, but at the same time the platforms introducing these dark patterns themselves aren't particularly honest, so not much of value is going to be lost as hopefully better alternatives get more adoption.

Anyway, up until a few days ago there were uBO filters to delete twitter cookies every page load and it seemed to do the trick, this may not work anymore.

Re: Twitter starts to require login to view tweets

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Post by logicalmonster »

Managements always work toward managing towards what they can measure. I’m sure that daily signups are a metric that they track, hence they’ll prioritize signups even at the cost of user frustration and love, something that’s less tangible.

This is the kind of thing that kept me off Quora forever. It’s a great resource but I don’t feel like logging in 100% of the time. So now I just ignore all of their links.

Re: Twitter starts to require login to view tweets

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Post by reidjs »

For people who post tweets, but don't often read tweets, I recommend creating an app to post on your behalf. It is pretty straightforward through their developer tools. That way, you can also save your tweets locally, instead of having to view your own writing through their platform.

If you like to read other people's tweets then you don't have any other option except to login, unfortunately.

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