Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

Post by Fnoord » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 3:35 AM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #120

ghusto wrote: post #109

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Here in the Netherlands, WhatsApp has the defacto communication tool. Everyone is expected to have it installed, not just by friends but also municipals and companies. Same level as having an e-mail address. It's a missed opportunity for the digital soverignty the EU says it so badly needs. The code for a government backed WhatsApp competitor is there, in multiple instances even. Launch a WhatsApp clone and put all g…

Do you think if government accounts were on Signal, people would install it?

Post by alexfortin » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 4:17 AM UTC

cassepipe wrote: post #98

alyeska2 wrote: post #56

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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…

I don't remember giving my phone to bluesky

Post by inigyou » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 4:41 AM UTC

ghusto wrote: post #109

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…

Here in the Netherlands, WhatsApp has the defacto communication tool. Everyone is expected to have it installed, not just by friends but also municipals and companies. Same level as having an e-mail address. It's a missed opportunity for the digital soverignty the EU says it so badly needs. The code for a government backed WhatsApp competitor is there, in multiple instances even. Launch a WhatsApp clone and put all g…

Post by inigyou » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC

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…

Post by seebeegeebee » Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 4:44 AM UTC

pfraze wrote: post #150

uygiugiu wrote: post #133

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indeed, bluesky is a great example of self-quarantine

New account, 4 comments, one includes “Musk’s takeover of Twitter was a net win for free speech”