All Twitter content seems to be behind a login wall today

Post by oneeyedpigeon » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 8:04 AM UTC

jwr wrote: post #15

gizzlon wrote: post #4

Hmm, I wonder if this is just an experiment, a bug, or something permanent. Posting twitter links to places like HN will be a no-no, since a good portion of the people can't view the content. Will that stop people from using Twitter to inform?

Unfortunately, many things posted to HN are not on the Internet. Paywalled links, links to articles where the publisher does the idiotic IP-based regionalization and denies access to those not in his "region", etc. I believe HN should make a rule that only links to things on the Internet are allowed. If it's not readable by anyone with an IP address, it shouldn't be on HN.

Post by gizzlon » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 8:06 AM UTC

Timber-6539 wrote: post #30

This is a hard stretch. That login wall is easily dismissible. Haven't come across any tweet, even content that could be considered "premium" like Tucker's long form video commentaries, that is not available behind the login wall. EDIT: I was wrong. This was the behavior not so long ago, seems like any link now redirects to homepage.

Post by xg15 » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 8:06 AM UTC

Timber-6539 wrote: post #30

This is a hard stretch. That login wall is easily dismissible. Haven't come across any tweet, even content that could be considered "premium" like Tucker's long form video commentaries, that is not available behind the login wall. EDIT: I was wrong. This was the behavior not so long ago, seems like any link now redirects to homepage.

Post by rsynnott » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 8:10 AM UTC

DennisAleynikov wrote: post #19

zapdrive wrote: post #16

Bad move on Elon's part. Many people deleted their accounts when he took over, but some portion of them are still "addicted" to twitter and browse it anonymously. Thus still generating views and revenue for the company. Once the login wall comes up, most of them are leaving for good, as their egos will not allow them to create another account.

I hope you realize the login wall was something that came up before musk aquired twitter. one of the first things he did was remove it.

Post by thexumaker » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 8:13 AM UTC

zapdrive wrote: post #32

DennisAleynikov wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope you realize the login wall was something that came up before musk aquired twitter. one of the first things he did was remove it.

I am not a prolific twitter user. I am one of the "anonymous lurkers" I mentioned in my original comment. But your observation makes sense, as I only started visiting Twitter after Elon's takeover. The removal of the login wall must have been the reason.