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Twitter locked behind login page. (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

[–] Zoness@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

For you discorders, I noticed that fxtwitter is also broken due to an API change. Thanks Elon!

I wish Nitter plugins worked for Firefox Android.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years 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.

[–] N00dle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

This is super annoying. I was trying to read a news tweet but can't I don't have an account. They did this on a Friday and haven't commented on it means it's probably here to stay.

[–] danhasnolife@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The enshittification continues. Cannot believe they are taking a page out of Pinterest, of all places.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years 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 2 years 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.

[–] iterable@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[–] meiti@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

time to delete my already dead accounts

[–] tryagain@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] kromem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's pretty wild. Users are inherently lazy. Give a decent product where you can have a positive ROI on user engagement and sit back to rake it in.

But actively be hostile to users and they are fickle as can be.

I was on Reddit for 16 years with over 100k karma.

And I've deleted the app I was using for it which they broke and switched app and habits over to Lemmy in less than 24 hours.

Nothing like hubris with a dash of greed to ensure success for one's competition.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 0 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

Lol, same

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