Twitter now requires an account to view tweets

Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by hiddencost on Friday June 30, 2023 @07:41PM (#36544178)

HN business model is to perpetuate YCombinator's culture. It's probably some of the most effective money YC spends.

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by viraptor on Friday June 30, 2023 @07:59PM (#36544369)

+ customer funnel (launch / show HN), + private, free, targeted job board

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by kergonath on Friday June 30, 2023 @07:59PM (#36544368)

It’s effective because in this instance their interests align with their audience’s, which is pretty much an ideal situation in such a capitalist economy. Also, I don’t know how much HN costs, but I cannot believe it is disproportionate in the PR and communication budget of something like YCombinator.

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by 7e on Friday June 30, 2023 @08:08PM (#36544459)

Cult, you mean?

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by Throw10987 on Friday June 30, 2023 @08:18PM (#36544570)

And loving it ;)

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by ImaCake on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:13PM (#36546059)

Bingo! Being open to access, but heavily moderated, is the perfect spot for them. HN is essentially perfect for it's use case and is unlikely to change soon.

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