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Twitter locked behind login page. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by rooster_butt@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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So today I clicked a twitter link because companies like to use it for official announcements, only to be greeted with a login page. Was annoyed then I remembered nitter exists. It just prompted me to install Privacy Redirect which I should have done ages ago.

Github: https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect

Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-redirect/pmcmeagblkinmogikoikkdjiligflglb/related

Firefox Browser Add-ons: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/

Looks like twitter waited for the reddit API changes to do push this change to try to do it under the radar.

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[–] ThetaDev@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

What nitter instance are you using? I'm getting an error message indicating an empty json document.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought Twitter had always required a sign in. I've never had a Twitter account so I'm always locked out.

[–] LittleBigDonDon@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Lol, same

[–] KrapKake@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Reddit... And now Twitter can go right into the garbage. Not using the stupid official app and I am not making a Twitter account. Nope.

[–] iterable@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

...for a guy who doesn't like Facebook Elon sure likes to emulate it.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I used to click on the trending hashtags and use the search to look up content on twitter, then they put them behind a login wall, so I stopped using those. Now with them putting the entire site behind the login wall, I'm simply not using the site at all. This should be great for the growth of the platform.

[–] tryagain@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Either, or both. The Fediverse is the way forward for government announcements.

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[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know if I should be laughing or crying. It's readily apparent that Musk and Spez don't understand their product. Like, at all. Governments, politicians, NGOs, and businesses use Twitter because of the broad audience. It works as a platform for announcements because anyone can access it.

Locking it down to only Twitter users kills this. It isn't going to help ad revenue either to reduce the audience.

I saw some people say this was a tech issue and not a policy change, and that better be the case if Twitter wants to survive. They lose their last competitive advantage otherwise.

[–] JesusTheCarpenter@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My theory is that they are being sneaky and this is a trial to see how it will affect Twitter if they only made it to registered users. That is why they are calling it a "tech" issue. What a bunch of bollocks. This way they can backdown if they see a negative impact by claiming that they "fixed" the issue.

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