Twitter now requires an account to view tweets

Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by xigoi on Saturday July 01, 2023 @06:37AM (#36548669)

I didn't consent to anything, I don't have a Twitter account. I'm talking about people who do. And they often mistakenly think their content will stay on Twitter forever, so they don't need to back it up.

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by jkaplowitz on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:35AM (#36549451)

Fair enough. By “you consented … when you agreed”, I really meant “one consents … when one agrees”, as is common in informal English.

Yes, it’s a mistake to rely on social media content remaining up forever, agreed. That’s separate from ownership. Backups are important even for data on a hard drive you physically own, since hard drives can fail or be damaged or lost.

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by xigoi on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:43AM (#36549510)

Sorry, I don't think I've ever seen “you” used as a generic pronoun in a past-tense sentence, which is why I took it personally.

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by jkaplowitz on Saturday July 01, 2023 @12:17PM (#36551713)

Also fair - it’s possible that my choice of tense made that the only literal reading, but my point was intended as general and not accusatory.

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by catoc on Saturday July 01, 2023 @04:57PM (#36555130)

You can't park there mate.

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by xigoi on Sunday July 02, 2023 @08:00AM (#36560636)

That's not past tense.

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