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Re: Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

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pjc50 wrote: post #284
inglor_cz wrote: post #262

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The problem is that an EU-mandated digital communicating tool would look like the Minitel. Anyone remembering the French minitel?

I think it was quite good for the 1980s, it just got stuck there.

That's the fate of all government-backed systems as well as all decentralised systems. The former can't evolve because of extreme bureaucracy and the latter can't evolve because of incompatibility trauma and fragmentation.

But in either case we do have the ability to make a new system every 10 years.

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pessimizer wrote: post #329
dmd wrote: post #324

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Re the "land lines", I think the answer to that is not "keep 100+ year old copper infrastructure running" but "make our modern infrastructure as reliable as Ma Bell made it 100 years ago". Of course, neither will happen, so there's that.

> "make our modern infrastructure as reliable as Ma Bell made it 100 years ago" Sadly, I don't think that makes sense. Switches have a lot more to do a lot faster when it comes to the internet as compared to a phone. 100 years ago, calls were completed by a person physically moving one or more wires from one plug to another. Better to have an emergency system that will always work - and maybe the only way to keep an…

They also have better, more ubiquitous technology. Is an off-the-shelf managed Ethernet switch on a UPS really less reliable per user than a 5ESS? I don't know, but surely only marginally because both are pretty close to 100%, and the main cause of failures is human errors on both systems.

The actual problem people have with VoIP landlines is that they require power at the customer end. A traditional analog POTS line supplies power from the central office so it doesn't need any from the customer, unless they want to use a cordless phone, which takes more power than the central office provides. A fiber VoIP line requires power at both ends no matter what.

Note the original phones actually didn't have "central battery" as they call it. Instead each phone had its own battery, designed for about 6 months of usage, and every 6 months the phone company sent a wagon around to replace everyone's phone batteries.

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Post by Melatonic »

Marsymars wrote: post #351
Melatonic wrote: post #227

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Something to use with a normal web browser that requires no login would be nice. Like Libreddit or Nitter.

Well the description for Kittygram is: "Kittygram is an anonymous, privacy-friendly, lightweight, and open-source Instagram frontend inspired by Nitter."

I don't think it works anymore. Tried various instances out there. Have you used it or found a working one ?

Re: Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

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Post by inigyou »

pfraze wrote: post #358
inigyou wrote: post #192

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Except for the part where bluesky maintains a central registry and also the part where the protocol is really complicated with its authenticity stuff.

https://atproto.com/blog/plc-directory-org > As the next step of maturing governance of the PLC identity system, Bluesky Social PBC is supporting the creation of an independent organization to operate the directory.

someone related to bluesky maintains a central registry*

If the US government sanctions you, your PLC will get deleted. Only the US government will have this power.

Re: Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

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Post by inigyou »

tuesdaynight wrote: post #331
account42 wrote: post #280

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We actually don't need to accept that. When they become big enough for network effects to become inescapable they need to be treated as utilities more than random private companies.

Are you saying that they should be regulated or controlled by the government in some ways?

They already are. For example they're not allowed to kill people or publish child porn

Re: Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

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Post by inigyou »

andunie wrote: post #328
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 solution is clearly one that isn't controlled by any company: Nostr.

Nostr people are like the Voat people the first time Reddit fucked up.

Re: Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

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Post by inigyou »

aboardRat4 wrote: post #241
tmp10423288442 wrote: post #72

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Should governments not have posted announcements in newspapers back when they were widely read, even though they require paying to read them?

Newspapers never required logging in to buy a copy.

You had to pay for a copy though and that's worse

Re: Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

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Post by inigyou »

tmp10423288442 wrote: post #72
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…

Should governments not have posted announcements in newspapers back when they were widely read, even though they require paying to read them?

Newspapers were regulated.

Re: Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account

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Post by 1vuio0pswjnm7 »

1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote: post #95
1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote: post #30

API works great, for now https://api.twitterwebviewer.com/api/user/[username] https://api.twitterwebviewer.com/api/user/[username]&uid=[id... Beware the website is jam-packed with ads and tracking

Correction: https://api.twitterwebviewer.com/api/tweets/[username]?uid=[...

Another one

https://api.twitterwebviewer.com/api/search/tweets?q=[query]

Better than Nitter search IMHO, works more like original public Twitter API

These may or may not work

https://twitterwebviewer.com/api/trends?country=[capitalised...

https://twitterwebviewer.com/api/trends?country=Worldwide

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