It could be considered such, if you file a lawsuit. No one else seems to be, so until it reaches a judge, I don’t know if you’ll see any response.
Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter?
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#172It scrolls endlessly without having to log in, what are you talking about.
I noticed the same thing as OP today. I need to log in. Firefox mobile on android.
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#173Tweetdeck's filters have given me manageable Twitter feeds (I have multiple accounts for different purposes), but I see "The New Tweetdeck" removes these. When that's out of beta I guess I'll need to find a third party app. When I have to log into Twitter itself I'm appalled; I couldn't contemplate using it.
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#174I fixed my twitter feed by unfollowing anyone the first time something they did resulted in me being upset. Even if it was a like. It's just not worth it. For about a year or two my feed was great. Then the topics started coming in. First it was infosec and cybersecurity and they were fine for a bit so I tolerated it. But then it turned into just a bunch of hot women saying basically nothing. If before it was some ra…
Your problem is that you are looking at your feed. Do it this way: https://lee-phillips.org/howtotwitter/
Thanks this is helpful. I have been fortunate to have figured a few of these out on my own and kept twitter a source of useful insights. This article outlines solid holistic approach, adding lists was a particularly useful suggestion.
Re: Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter?
#175DNS block twitter, news and all other social. Give it a week and you will probably feel much better mentally.
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#176I think this is one reason why "web3", social media with a decentralized storage layer, could become a thing. As a user, when I tweet something, I do want the whole world to be able to read it. Without logging in. Ideally via the interface of their choice. Orbis is a proof of concept: https://orbis.club/ A Twitter clone that stores the tweets on Arweave.
I recently ran across twtxt[0], which appears to be fully distributed, in the same way .plan files were. [0]: https://twtxt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/twtxtfile.html
Just finished setting up my twtxt account and searched HN to see what the life force looked like - and here is a fresh comment!
It took a little jiggering to make it part of my workflow within Sublime and my personal site, but I'm really liking it. I avoid Twitter completely - haven't touched it for a few years. This system allows for a NOW page on my personal site, a stream for communication, and even a private channel for short projects.
Go twtxt!
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#178Earlier quoted context omitted.
Storing the data on a decentralized storage layer seems to achieve all of it and the tech is here now.
It really isn't. IPFS and the likes have to get pinned and pinning for federation still has issues. You'd need a descent amount of users and volunteers to keep something afloat.
Arweave does not need pinning. You pay upfront for 200 years. 1GB is about $10. So storing a tweet is about $0.000001.
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#179Earlier quoted context omitted.
It really isn't. IPFS and the likes have to get pinned and pinning for federation still has issues. You'd need a descent amount of users and volunteers to keep something afloat.
Arweave does not need pinning. You pay upfront for 200 years. 1GB is about $10. So storing a tweet is about $0.000001.
And what happens if they shut down? I might as well pay Google $10 for 2TB.
Re: Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter?
#180186+ upvotes for a complaint that isn't a thing. Tweet timelines aren't blocked behind logins. Can scroll endlessly