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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by cygx on Saturday July 01, 2023 @03:39AM (#36547721)
If done against the wishes of the owner of the site, yes, I would consider that unethical. Thankfully, Google respects robots.txt and noindex.
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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by zladuric on Saturday July 01, 2023 @07:36AM (#36549024)
But it's it ethical for the site owner to block access to random people and companies in the internet to _my_ data? I posted that tweet with the expectation that it's gonna be publicly available. Now the owner of the site is breaking that expectation. I would say that this part is also unethical.

Especially since they're not moderating things or anything.

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by cygx on Saturday July 01, 2023 @07:51AM (#36549121)
I would say that this part is also unethical.

Agreed. However, it's probably covered by their terms of service.

Same thing with the recent reddit kerfuffle. I'd have much preferred a Usenet 2.0 instead of centralizing global communications in the hands of a handful of private companies with associated user-hostile incentive structures.

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