Twitter now requires an account to view tweets • Hacker News Board

Re: Twitter now requires an account to view tweets

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Post by PopularUsername » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 8:38 PM UTC

jamesgreenleaf wrote: post #7

Musk 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!"

I am unable to read the tweet, I'll have to take your word for it

Re: Twitter now requires an account to view tweets

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Post by celsoazevedo » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 8:43 PM UTC

jamesgreenleaf wrote: post #7

Musk 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!"

Screenshot: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/2023/twitter.png

Re: Twitter now requires an account to view tweets

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Post by _zzaw » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 8:44 PM UTC

This feels a little like the shittiest restaurant in town raising its prices. I have an account, and I wouldn't even bother logging in at this point. Why bother? The Twitter experience is so devotedly wretched that whatever I'd get from the tweet I want to see is outweighed by everything I have to wade through to see it.

There was a point when Twitter was good enough that maybe they could have pulled something like this and gotten away with it. At this point, I think all this will do is hasten their irrelevancy.

Re: Twitter now requires an account to view tweets

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Post by _zzaw » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 8:48 PM UTC

jamesgreenleaf wrote: post #7

Musk 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!"

Yes, it was definitely the "data pillaging" that was degrading service, and not the fact that Twitter is now hosted on a Mac Mini under somebody's desk...

Re: Twitter now requires an account to view tweets

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Post by denysvitali » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 9:00 PM UTC

celsoazevedo wrote: post #12

jamesgreenleaf wrote: post #7

Musk 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!"

Screenshot: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/2023/twitter.png

I was confused at first on why a random dude posted a link to a screenshot hosted on Celso Azevedo's website (the Google Camera port index creator).

Then I realized... hello there! (:

Re: Twitter now requires an account to view tweets

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Post by hayd » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 9:17 PM UTC

Noticed this morning that nitter was down and twitter made tweets completely unavailable until you're logged in. Very annoying.

I wonder what happened to embedded tweets?

Re: Twitter now requires an account to view tweets

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Post by agluszak » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 9:17 PM UTC

Putting the internet in the hands of corporations was the worst thing that ever happened to technology

Re: Twitter now requires an account to view tweets

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Post by rektide » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 9:18 PM UTC

"Temporary emergency measure" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36540957

Re: Twitter now requires an account to view tweets

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Post by warmwaffles » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 9:19 PM UTC

agluszak wrote: post #17

Putting the internet in the hands of corporations was the worst thing that ever happened to technology

[x] doubt

Putting the internet in the hands of the Government wouldn't fair much better.

Re: Twitter now requires an account to view tweets

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Post by AlexandrB » Fri, Jun 30, 2023, 9:19 PM UTC

I've viewed twitter wayyyyy less (only when someone links something) since Tweetbot stopped working and I think it's been good for my mental health. A login wall will take that usage down to zero, so good news overall.