Twitter now requires an account to view tweets

Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by fauigerzigerk on Saturday July 01, 2023 @04:56AM (#36548173)

>People are happy to put their content on social networks.

Do they have a choice? A handful of corporations have captured all the network effects. If you need to reach an audience to do your job or find your "friends", what other choice do you have but to give your data to them?

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by badosu on Saturday July 01, 2023 @10:44AM (#36550641)

I fail to understand this argument. If your friends are close enough do you need a big corporate network to share content/thoughts?

If they aren't close why do you care?

Alternatively, what would make more sense is to participate in communities gated by these networks but then it's your choice to be there.

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by fauigerzigerk on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:24PM (#36553351)

>If your friends are close enough do you need a big corporate network to share content/thoughts? If they aren't close why do you care?

I don't personally have this problem, but my observation is that most social relationships are somewhere in between closest friends and don't care.

My own concern is more about participating in professional, neighbourhood, civil society or political communities. Choosing not to be where they have decided to congregate means not being able to do my job and not making my voice heard where many decisions are taken that affect me.

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