Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets
by davisr on Friday June 30, 2023 @07:46PM
(#36544236)
You can talk about the influence of bots and astroturfers...so long as you agree it's all one big conspiracy theory, like all the comments did on my post from yesterday [1], "The Gentleperson's Guide to Forum Spies". [2]
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36526827
[2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20221215015113/https://pastebin....
Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets
by SketchySeaBeast on Friday June 30, 2023 @07:55PM
(#36544332)
I just opened up RIF to see it was dead. I knew it was coming but I wasn't ready for it. How infuriating.
Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets
by rafark on Friday June 30, 2023 @08:14PM
(#36544521)
Fyi narwhal got an extension.
Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets
by SketchySeaBeast on Friday June 30, 2023 @08:27PM
(#36544668)
Oh, I see that. Better than nothing.
Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets
by Unkechaug on Saturday July 01, 2023 @09:27AM
(#36549879)
I would say black letter day.
- Reddit API lockdown
- Twitter account wall
- YouTube increases aggressiveness against Adblock
This is on top of similar behavior from other sites that happened long ago. Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.
But drastic changes across platforms within 24 hours is unprecedented. This does not bode well.
Reddit's been circling the drain for years, but today is the day it truly crossed a line for millions of people at once (They killed Apollo and RIF).
Twitter's been getting rapidly worse since Musk bought it, but this is another red line.
We're not even allowed to talk about the influence of bots and astroturfers here. A popular post today was flagged within an hour, just for pointing out that a site claims to sell upvotes on HN.
I don't like it when the tech giants get in sync like this...