Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without an account

Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by beardedetim on Friday January 28, 2022 @08:29AM (#30114292)

I see this as a feature and not a bug now that I no longer have an account on Twitter.

If I absolutely want to read a tweet, I can. But the barrier to entry is a _good_ thing to me.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by civilized on Friday January 28, 2022 @09:23AM (#30114918)

It's delightful. All these trash sites are under pressure to deliver more profits (presumably) and they're going to find out how little we all need them.

Shame that that heroin needle is behind a sign-up/paywall barrier...

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by powvans on Friday January 28, 2022 @08:40AM (#30114411)

I came here to say exactly this. I have a Twitter account, but I stay logged out and let their door slamming act dissuade me from scrolling.

I can read the one linked Tweet from some article or post and then return to my life. It’s blissful.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by dwpdwpdwpdwpdwp on Friday January 28, 2022 @09:24AM (#30114932)

Twitter also requires you to a have a cell phone to sign up for an account. I have a work cell and a land line, neither of which can be used for creating a personal twitter account. This barrier to entry is good for me too.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by lgvld on Friday January 28, 2022 @11:06AM (#30116422)

Yeah, same here. Especially with Instagram. ;-) Make me save so much time.

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