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Twitter now requires login to browse tweets.

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Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: Bud on June 30, 2023, 12:32:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on June 30, 2023, 11:07:50 am ---To me, it boils down to one of two things. Either Elon signed off on this, or he has no control of the company if it does this, like this.

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Headlines from August 2021: "Twitter starts to require login to view tweets"

What did/does that have to do with Elon ?

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They have done this before?

Bud:
I am not a user, but perhaps it was a staged rollout, by regions or something.

pbernardi:
Some time ago, you could read some tweets and after ~5 tweets you were asked for a login to continue reading.

Now, you are required to login to read any tweet.

pbernardi:

--- Quote from: PartialDischarge on June 30, 2023, 10:08:36 am ---
--- Quote from: tom66 on June 30, 2023, 09:23:08 am ---OK, I guess I won't use Twitter then.

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Why? Twitter is the webpage that makes the most sense to have an account on, since there are no threads or topics but mixed user tweets, so it is useful to have an account that follows the users you are interested in.
Also besides showing the users you follow it has "recommended for you" posts which may increase the users with related topics you follow.

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That is the main problem for me: i do not want biased information - even if it is *my* bias. I want neutral information or the information I am looking for.

If Twitter has my profile and knows my preferences, it will suggest information with I tend to agree - or even worst - information that I hate to generate buzz and discussion.

The fact that social media choses are you are reading, from my point of view, generate polarization and hate speech. Thus, a neutral reading without a predefined profile is best.

BrokenYugo:
Everything wants an account and login to do anything now, the one that shocked me the other day was McMaster-Carr, that easily halved my opinion of that company. Just the state of the internet these days, the usual race to the bottom BS.

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