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Re: Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

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Post by johannes1234321 »

iAMkenough wrote: post #47
daedrdev wrote: post #36

Listen I know this comment is off topic, flag this if you want but I think it’s an important discussion Speaking of twitter, are there any posts here about the ycombinator discourse? Given a high level member of ycombinator blocked the chairman of the FTC after an argument over immigration, I foresee issues in the future.

I don’t think it’s an issue. Their site, their rules.

And compared to Twitter or others discussed here no government agency or similar uses Hacker News as their primary channel for news updates. However Twitter, Instagram and auch are used for such official purpose from different agencies worldwide. Thus access for the respective citizens is relevant.

Re: Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

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Post by MiscCompFacts »

daedrdev wrote: post #36

Listen I know this comment is off topic, flag this if you want but I think it’s an important discussion Speaking of twitter, are there any posts here about the ycombinator discourse? Given a high level member of ycombinator blocked the chairman of the FTC after an argument over immigration, I foresee issues in the future.

Is there a link to this argument?

Re: Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

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Post by kijashdkujdfhas »

iAMkenough wrote: post #48
kijashdkujdfhas wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Based on the downvotes, there's a lot of folks who just can't stand to be reminded who and what they're associating with by continuing to use Twitter. Folks, you don't have to give the nazi bar your business. You will live without Twitter.

I think you’re talking to bots. Anything that doesn’t align with Trump/Elon’s perceived worldview gets downvoted here.

Don't care. The occasional human who might see the comment still makes it worth it. Even if they don't change their behavior, they've been reminded that they are hanging out at the nazi bar.

It's important to remind people of what they're doing, when they're doing something like that.

Re: Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

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Post by abraham »

baggachipz wrote: post #23
newsomix9xl wrote: post #6

I ignored Twitter before Musk bought it and oddly I still have no problem ignoring it. It doesn't even have good cat pictures.

I built dailycat.app and it has good cat pictures!

Yay for daily cat apps! I run daily.cat

Re: Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

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Post by tuesdaynight »

kemotep wrote: post #27

I used Twitter for over 10 years without an account then suddenly in 2022 that was completely disrupted and no longer an option. Reddit is now this way too. But I find it ridiculous that Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. get used by government agencies and local businesses to post announcements and these sites are increasingly if not completely unusable without being logged in (and in some cases requiring an app inst…

It's frustrating, but we need to accept that we are not the kind of user that these platforms want. I stopped using Reddit for the same reason, and I accepted that I'm not the best user for them. For my luck, Reddit is not used as the main communication channel for government agencies

Re: Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

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Post by alyeska2 »

kemotep wrote: post #27

I used Twitter for over 10 years without an account then suddenly in 2022 that was completely disrupted and no longer an option. Reddit is now this way too. But I find it ridiculous that Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. get used by government agencies and local businesses to post announcements and these sites are increasingly if not completely unusable without being logged in (and in some cases requiring an app inst…

Even worse, it's hard or impossible to even have an account with any shred of privacy.

I've tried to create pseudoanonymous accounts on both Bluesky and Twitter and then had them be instantly banned before I ever used them. Not even doing anything real privacy like TOR or a VPN, just trying to create an account without revealing my personal phone number.

Ironically, their attempts to crack down on bots means real people like me can't access the sites, while the scammers, propagandists and shills will put in the work to register accounts.

Re: Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

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Post by filoleg »

alyeska2 wrote: post #56
kemotep wrote: post #27

I used Twitter for over 10 years without an account then suddenly in 2022 that was completely disrupted and no longer an option. Reddit is now this way too. But I find it ridiculous that Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. get used by government agencies and local businesses to post announcements and these sites are increasingly if not completely unusable without being logged in (and in some cases requiring an app inst…

Even worse, it's hard or impossible to even have an account with any shred of privacy. I've tried to create pseudoanonymous accounts on both Bluesky and Twitter and then had them be instantly banned before I ever used them. Not even doing anything real privacy like TOR or a VPN, just trying to create an account without revealing my personal phone number. Ironically, their attempts to crack down on bots means real peo…

Just to clarify, what do you mean by "without revealing my personal phone number"?

Did you use a voip number (e.g., Google Voice/Twilio/etc.) instead? Or somehow no number at all? Or a secondary (real) phone number, and Twitter somehow determined it wasn't your primary personal phone number?

Not pushing back against what you said, just trying to understand what factually happened.

Re: Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

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Post by andrepd »

arjie wrote: post #39
kemotep wrote: post #27

I used Twitter for over 10 years without an account then suddenly in 2022 that was completely disrupted and no longer an option. Reddit is now this way too. But I find it ridiculous that Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. get used by government agencies and local businesses to post announcements and these sites are increasingly if not completely unusable without being logged in (and in some cases requiring an app inst…

The governments go where the people are. If they post on their own sites it’s the equivalent of “on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard’”. But government information should definitely be first source on their site with federation elsewhere.

The problem is not governments or people posting there. The problem is platforms/utilities not being treated as such.
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