Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter?

Re:Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter? by 1_player on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @04:15AM (#30270631)

You can read directly linked tweets or the first few posts of a Twitter page but as soon as you interact with the page or try to navigate elsewhere, you get prompted for a login.

So technically they're not preventing access, but they nag you incessantly after you've scrolled past the fold.

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Re:Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter? by riidom on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @09:28AM (#30272996)

It's a QoL improvement, exclusively for people without accounts. It's a great move. And no, I'm not sarcastic. I mostly visit twitter when a link is posted here (or other places occasionally), and thanks to that anti-timestealing service, I read the original tweet, the 4 top comments and then I get friendly reminded to close the tab again. Perfect!

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Re:Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter? by agumonkey on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @04:44AM (#30270817)

So they got on par with pinterest. Strange pattern.

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Re:Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter? by pvity on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @05:36AM (#30271138)

Pinterest pioneered it but today most of the popular platforms are doing some sort of login nagging, including Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Reddit, Quora, LinkedIn, etc. I'd say Twitter was an exception and this change doesn't surprise me, sadly.

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Re:Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter? by agumonkey on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @05:44AM (#30271186)

to pvity I agree it's become a new normal, apparently no company managed to stay afloat in a 'free' model

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Re:Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter? by numpad0 on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @04:44AM (#30270816)

“Nagging” could be measured and defined, IMO.

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