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Better yet: don't install the Twitter app, and instead use m.twitter.com, which works perfectly and stays entirely within the browser's sandbox as it should. Y

Better yet: don't install the Twitter app, and instead use m.twitter.com, which works perfectly and stays entirely within the browser's sandbox as it should. You can have a separate icon for that as though it were an app, and if you really want to, you can enable push notifications just as you could with an app.

agency 6y ago
My experience is that the web app does not work perfectly. In fact I get an endless spinner >50% of the time and lord help me if I try to open a comment thread.
- JoshTriplett 6y ago
  I've never seen that, even on very large threads. (Using it in Firefox for Android here.)
- jaynetics 6y ago
  No kidding! I rarely look at Twitter, but if I do, in 50% of cases I have to refresh the page to get any content to show. I thought I was the only one.
- jjice 6y ago
  Agreed. I rarely use Twitter anymore, but when I do, I use the mobile site, and it's awful in my experience. My phone is about 1.5 years old, but I don't think a website should struggle to load on a somewhat old phone.
  - jfkebwjsbx 6y ago
    A 1.5 years old phone is not "somewhat old"... if anything, it is pretty new. In many countries, it is not even out of warranty! Yes, some people change phones every year, but that does not mean the device itself is old just because you change it.
tgsovlerkhgsel 6y ago
I'm often getting some form of "you're rate limited", "not allowed to perform this action" etc. until I hard-reload the full page. Given that others have reported it, and it's been there for a long time, I suspect Twitter at the very least intentionally doesn't put too much resources behind the web site to force people to use the app. Of course, if a service really wants to push an app onto me, it's clear that the app gives them some real benefits, and its usually the kind that aren't a benefit for me (more tracking, better ways to push ads, more "engagement" notifications, ...). So the harder something wants to push an app, the clearer it is that I never, ever want their app to touch my device.
- xur17 6y ago
  > I'm often getting some form of "you're rate limited", "not allowed to perform this action" etc. until I hard-reload the full page. I thought I was the only person dealing with this.. It happens for pretty much every tweet that I open in a browser. After a refresh, everything loads fine, but it's quite annoying.
  - thekyle 6y ago
    Yeah, I always thought it was because I use a VPN but maybe not.
- mcintyre1994 6y ago
  I get this every single time a tweet opens in the iOS web view. I have got their app but either they or Apple or someone screwed something up and tweets never open in it.
  - arsome 6y ago
    Interesting, every single time for me in Firefox for Android, I figured it was some kind of bot detection because of my less-than-common user agent.
- ppf 6y ago
  I get that for most tweets I open (not logged in - I don't have an account) in my mobile browser. I get a much better success rate if I open it in private browsing mode.
1vuio0pswjnm7 6y ago
You can save yourself a 301 by typing mobile.twitter.com
yelloworangefog 6y ago
And if you still insist on having an app, you should be using a third party one anyway. The official one is simply not a good experience in my opinion. Although now that I think of it, maybe that's not such a good idea if you're using Android, given the lack of moderation on Google Play. I don't know what the third party Twitter app ecosystem is like on there, but I'd be cautious and meticulously vet the developer of any app you're considering trying.

agency 6y ago

My experience is that the web app does not work perfectly. In fact I get an endless spinner >50% of the time and lord help me if I try to open a comment thread.

JoshTriplett 6y ago
I've never seen that, even on very large threads. (Using it in Firefox for Android here.)
jaynetics 6y ago
No kidding! I rarely look at Twitter, but if I do, in 50% of cases I have to refresh the page to get any content to show. I thought I was the only one.
jjice 6y ago
Agreed. I rarely use Twitter anymore, but when I do, I use the mobile site, and it's awful in my experience. My phone is about 1.5 years old, but I don't think a website should struggle to load on a somewhat old phone.
- jfkebwjsbx 6y ago
  A 1.5 years old phone is not "somewhat old"... if anything, it is pretty new. In many countries, it is not even out of warranty! Yes, some people change phones every year, but that does not mean the device itself is old just because you change it.

tgsovlerkhgsel 6y ago

I'm often getting some form of "you're rate limited", "not allowed to perform this action" etc. until I hard-reload the full page. Given that others have reported it, and it's been there for a long time, I suspect Twitter at the very least intentionally doesn't put too much resources behind the web site to force people to use the app. Of course, if a service really wants to push an app onto me, it's clear that the app gives them some real benefits, and its usually the kind that aren't a benefit for me (more tracking, better ways to push ads, more "engagement" notifications, ...). So the harder something wants to push an app, the clearer it is that I never, ever want their app to touch my device.

xur17 6y ago
> I'm often getting some form of "you're rate limited", "not allowed to perform this action" etc. until I hard-reload the full page. I thought I was the only person dealing with this.. It happens for pretty much every tweet that I open in a browser. After a refresh, everything loads fine, but it's quite annoying.
- thekyle 6y ago
  Yeah, I always thought it was because I use a VPN but maybe not.
mcintyre1994 6y ago
I get this every single time a tweet opens in the iOS web view. I have got their app but either they or Apple or someone screwed something up and tweets never open in it.
- arsome 6y ago
  Interesting, every single time for me in Firefox for Android, I figured it was some kind of bot detection because of my less-than-common user agent.
ppf 6y ago
I get that for most tweets I open (not logged in - I don't have an account) in my mobile browser. I get a much better success rate if I open it in private browsing mode.

1vuio0pswjnm7 6y ago

You can save yourself a 301 by typing mobile.twitter.com

yelloworangefog 6y ago

And if you still insist on having an app, you should be using a third party one anyway. The official one is simply not a good experience in my opinion. Although now that I think of it, maybe that's not such a good idea if you're using Android, given the lack of moderation on Google Play. I don't know what the third party Twitter app ecosystem is like on there, but I'd be cautious and meticulously vet the developer of any app you're considering trying.