Days after requiring users to log in to view tweets on the web, Twitter has silently removed these restrictions.
Twitter’s move comes a day before Meta launches its own text-based app called Threads.
Is this the cage match I was promised? Boo
The irony is that Zuck has wanted Twitter for a long time. He was literally the wolf at the gate for over a decade. And in less than a year, Elon gave Zuck the perfect opportunity to strike.
Amateur hour.
@holo_nexus as of 5 minutes ago it still prompts login and canceling takes you to the login page. Clicked an article link and got shot over there so I looked. maybe it’s being rolled out in stages. But screw them only person I still liked to keep up with over there was Mark Hamill.
Looks like accessing twitter accounts directly without an account still requires login. But looks like individual tweets are now accessible without an account.
Who knows honestly, twitter has been a mess to say the least.
@holo_nexus very true
Looks like this might apply only to individual tweets. If you want to view someone’s main page, you still have to sign in.
Probably I won’t be sharing tweets anytime soon. Add in the fact that there’s no official announcement, they might reverse this in 15 minutes when Musk’s next tantrum starts. So why bother.
Now that you pointed it out, I have no clue how people/businesses who rely on twitter can continue to do so with the utter uncertainty the platform runs on daily.
I know they’ve been leaving in droves, but it has been insane how it has been run these past few months.
Watching Musk continue to fuck Twitter into the ground is like watching a really bad skier go down a black diamond trail on their face.