Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without an account

Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by saagarjha on Friday January 28, 2022 @10:37AM (#30115928)

Twitter specifically positions itself as a space for public conversation, and is sometimes the only place where people like world leaders and government organizations post their content. Blocking posts behind a login wall seems, at least to me, antithetical to their past messaging.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by hitpointdrew on Friday January 28, 2022 @08:39PM (#30122883)

> Blocking posts behind a login wall seems, at least to me, antithetical to their past messaging.

If you are a space of “public conversation”, then banning users is also antithetical to that end.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by dnissley on Friday January 28, 2022 @01:23PM (#30118431)

So the question then becomes: Is there anything wrong with them deciding to go a different direction than their past messaging? Or should they forever be beholden to it?

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by someone7x on Friday January 28, 2022 @01:32PM (#30118532)

I mean, bait-and-switch is a type of fraud right?

Presumably their ToS absolves them of any legal liabilities but it's still wrong to offer an open garden only to close it once the people created an arboretum.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by scotuswroteus on Friday January 28, 2022 @01:45PM (#30118704)

Data/content portability is part of that conversation.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by saagarjha on Friday January 28, 2022 @04:20PM (#30120513)

No, but those who valued Twitter for that mission may not anymore.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by Teever on Friday January 28, 2022 @02:16PM (#30119063)

theres nothing wrong eith a vegan restaurant pivoting to become a steakhouse -- its jist a really bad idea.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by nlowell on Friday January 28, 2022 @11:21AM (#30116665)

What are the requirements for a twitter account these days? Just an email or also a valid phone?

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by adhesive_wombat on Friday January 28, 2022 @12:22PM (#30117594)

Last time I tried, they allowed me to sign up without a phone number, but then almost immediately hit with a "we think you're sus and have blocked you, enter a phone number to unblock".

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by pseudo0 on Friday January 28, 2022 @12:37PM (#30117818)

They seem to require a phone number for all new accounts. My guess is that they A/B tested it, and locking accounts after creation had better metrics than requiring it during the sign up process.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by jazzyjackson on Friday January 28, 2022 @12:22PM (#30117601)

last I tried I could create an account just with email, but as soon as I used it I was flagged for bot-like activity and required to add a phone to prove my humanity (since we all know bots don't have phones)

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by freebuju on Friday January 28, 2022 @11:17AM (#30116596)

It's not just a Twitter problem. Every major corp out there seems braindead on this issue. One would have thought that even major news publishers would at the very least whitelist their paywall on covid news coverage stories.

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Re:Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without... by HWR_14 on Friday January 28, 2022 @02:38PM (#30119336)

I believe both the NYTimes and the Washington Post made their COVID reporting free.

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