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Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

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Post by BLKNSLVR »

Ugvx wrote: post #257

The only reason why I needed nitter to access x is due to organizations still using it as their main communication solution to their customers. Even my local council uses it. I would like this to be the final push for people to get off x but I suspect its going g to stay and I guess I don't get to see news from my local council anymore.

I really don't understand any place relying on a third party to publicise news.

(but I'm as fiercely independent as my own skills and ability to learn can manage)

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Post by andsoitis »

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #480
andsoitis wrote: post #462

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> a site requires you to log in before you can read content on it. That's not true for X. You can read content without being signed in. https://help.x.com/en/safety-and-security/public-and-protect...

Not in any useful way that makes Twitter better or different than other sources of news.

I can't think of another platform that carries a more diverse range of news and perspectives.

But that's beside the point. I was pointing out that X does allow non-logged in users view posts.

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Post by wasabi991011 »

nomel wrote: post #460
afavour wrote: post #316

A real shame. Even if you put all the political arguments aside it sucks when a site requires you to log in before you can read content on it. For me that’ll mean I just don’t read content on there any more. Which I realise X doesn’t care about, I’m not monetisable anyway. But a shame nonetheless.

> when a site requires you to log in before you can read content on it. Where does this come from? You can see the last few posts of an account [1], and the contents of a single posts, but minimal to no comments [2]. Videos play after dismissing the login popup. I have no X account, but I read content there all the time without issue. [1] https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack [2] https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/209198394060…

I don't know how it works, but it is very inconsistent.

On mobile right now, I can't scroll past the second post of [1] without getting blocked by an undismissable popup.

If I click on the "read more" button of the first post, I can't scroll down at all before getting that same non-dismissable popup. It makes it hard to read the post itself, because even scrolling a tiny bit (e.g. to get what I'm reading closer to the center of my vision) triggers it.

I've also had other times where I couldn't play a video someone linked to me, but sometimes I can, don't know why.

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

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Post by beart »

chrysoprace wrote: post #401
Waterluvian wrote: post #347

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reddit is the worst for this. I hate the disgusting, low class UX design where they let you read about 10-15 seconds of a page before locking you out. Though I think Pinterest takes the cake for being just the ugliest example of this.

Old Reddit is now completely unusable without an account. Maybe it's time for me to finally stop using it.

New Reddit is too. They were A/B testing it for a while, but now you can't use it without the login pop-up after a short timespan. The funny thing is, it has nothing to do with how much content you view. So if you really want to read something, you can hit F5 and scroll back down every time the pop-up is shown. Still not worth it. But honestly, Reddit content has taken such a plummeting nose dive over the last few years, this just feels like a final reminder that it's time to move on.

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Post by Melatonic »

ryantgtg wrote: post #472
nomel wrote: post #460

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> when a site requires you to log in before you can read content on it. Where does this come from? You can see the last few posts of an account [1], and the contents of a single posts, but minimal to no comments [2]. Videos play after dismissing the login popup. I have no X account, but I read content there all the time without issue. [1] https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack [2] https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/209198394060…

I received an Amber Alert a few days ago, which linked to a Twitter post containing the details, and the "x" in the "plz login" modal that blocked the entire screen was non-functional. I just sat there pounding on the x, and then a little hand gif popped up and pointed at the login button.

It always confuses me because the X you need to click is in the upper right and very small.

Not the giant X in the middle.

Horrible UI choices.....

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

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Post by ncallaway »

nomel wrote: post #461
dolebirchwood wrote: post #262

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm totally clueless, but aren't there rules requiring accessibility of public-facing government communications, to the extent that they shouldn't be allowed to use a gated platform when making official statements that are a matter of public interest?

It's not gated. You can read any non-adult post with a direct link. I'm seeing this perspective all over in here. As someone without an X account, I can only assume you all have X accounts to not know this!

Ah, and if that person has split their post into several messages, I can definitely read all of them from a direct link to the first message, right?

If I have a link to a local emergency department twitter handle, I can view all of their recent posts, right?

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

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Post by DoesntMatter22 »

ryandrake wrote: post #261

I really don't think this is going to have the effect that X thinks it will have. I've always said that if XCancel and Nitter get taken down, I'm not going to suddenly decide to make an X account--I'm just going to stop reading their content. Same for old.reddit.com. If they kill it, I'm not going to give in and create an account--I'm just going to stop visiting.

They aren’t gonna care because they aren’t making any money off of you anyway

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

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Post by wasabi991011 »

andsoitis wrote: post #462
afavour wrote: post #316

A real shame. Even if you put all the political arguments aside it sucks when a site requires you to log in before you can read content on it. For me that’ll mean I just don’t read content on there any more. Which I realise X doesn’t care about, I’m not monetisable anyway. But a shame nonetheless.

> a site requires you to log in before you can read content on it. That's not true for X. You can read content without being signed in. https://help.x.com/en/safety-and-security/public-and-protect...

Only if it's directly linked to you. Can't go scrolling on someone's profile without getting blocked by a pop-up. Also can't click a post and see replies.

Edit: also can't read a thread because each new post is considered a "reply", so blocked too.

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