Twitter now requires an account to view tweets
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Twitter now requires an account to view tweets
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#2Should we cry now or something?
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#3Should we cry now or something?
They're just reporting the news how you react to it is up to you
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#5Somehow they required an account to view more than a few replies. Then it got „better“ and they removed that requirement. And a few days ago I realized I can’t view anything at all without logging in.
I‘m not really sad about that change. Just going to miss out some things because I don‘t see why I should register to read a few tweets a week.
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#6Twitter has started blocking unregistered users (theverge) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36535822
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#7Musk commented on this: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1674865731136020505
"Temporary emergency measure. We were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!"
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#8This was the case for interactivity for any click if opened without logging in since years, similar to Instagram as well
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#9Musk commented on this: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1674865731136020505 "Temporary emergency measure. We were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!"
What a shame the his post requires an account to view...
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#10This phased out obsolescence (where people who care can create an account to archive old content before the site's deletion) should be the new norm!