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Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by nomel on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @03:49AM (#49445380)
Do you have a screenshot of what you see when you click the above link? I've never had a twitter link go directly to a login screen. A twitter link within a twitter link does, though, unless you copy paste it into the address bar.

I don't understand why I'm being downvoted. Am I seeing something different than everyone else? I just tried with private browser, multiple browsers, multiple devices, and they're all the same: I click any twitter post link I can find, and I see the post, no login screen. I'm not using adblock or and javascript is turned on.

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Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by account42 on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @06:02AM (#49446414)
Trying to open an image in a tweet also gets the login screen and since a lot of people hide the important information in images because that's what the algorithm prefers, simply visiting the tweet URL directly is no longer a viable solution. You also sometimes get the login requirement for the initial tweet itself.
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Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by unfocso on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @06:57AM (#49446847)
It depends on the tweet. I can browse many profiles of public figures just fine and open their tweets, but tweets from random people (especially if they include media) will bounce me back with a login wall. Remotely NSFW stuff is instant block.
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Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by rideontime on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @07:19AM (#49447022)
It is not difficult to understand why you are being downvoted. You are insisting that your own personal observations are the absolute truth, and rejecting everyone else's.
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Re:XCancel also down, at least for time being by ryantgtg on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @10:42AM (#49450079)
I'm referring to a modal overlaying the post. It says "see this post in the app". Not a login prompt, as I previously reported (but who cares, modal is modal).
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