Twitter starts to require login to view tweets

Re:Twitter starts to require login to view tweets by nixroot on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @12:41PM (#28291295)

Alternative frontends like Nitter[1] should hopefully continue to work. They could always scrape as an authenticated user if that becomes necessary.

[1] https://nitter.net/

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Re:Twitter starts to require login to view tweets by 0-_-0 on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:18PM (#28291949)

All Instagram frontends are broken now, so if Twitter goes through with the change Nitter's days are numbered.

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Re:Twitter starts to require login to view tweets by black_puppydog on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @01:33PM (#28292196)

yeah I'm also just waiting for nitter to break. but frankly by now I'm just there to follow @mntmn and the comments in their threads.

Deleting the account was actually what helped me break my twitter habit; without an account the UI is so annoying it works as an effective dopamine inhibitor.

anyhow, @mntmn is also on mastodon and MNT Research also run a cosy Discourse instance, so I'm welcoming this as twitter taking their place next to the facebooks, tumblrs amd myspaces in the ranks of self-obsoleted social media.

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