Because it's superior technology for following posting/news to opening app and praying that algorithm will show me what I wanted? My feeds flow to me at 6:00, via rss2email, and get filtered into a IMAP folder and I can read them at my leisure. Online or offline, with whatever client I have handy.
> this is a pretty good user signup strategy
Nagging only works if I really, really want to see what you hide behind a login screen. For most of the posts on Twitter it won't be worth it.
What do you propose instead?
> Reddit does it, Instagram does it
One website known for its hilariously broken performance and a Facebook subsidiary. Nothing anyone should look up to.
Better question is: why not?
Gen Z? Or just not familiar with the technology? Protocols don't die just because the newer generation doesn't understand them.
- IG it's crapware and unusable with tons of propietary JS.
At least for me - I leave. Or in the case of reddit, occasionally use old.reddit.com, which does not block without an account.
I got this article via my RSS client; it's the best way to consolidate everything I follow from YouTube videos to things that hit the front page on HN, all in one place.
Then I can browse through doing my morning coffee.
I doubt that Twitter is interesting enough for people who just want to view
i see no modal on the twitter app :)
That would be devastating for me. Not only it's the only way of looking at anything on Twitter (I invite you to open a thread on mobile. I get 3 modals covering 95% of a screen) but it's also how I follow some accounts via RSS.