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You can read directly linked tweets or the first few posts of a Twitter page but as soon as you interact with the page or try to navigate elsewhere, you get pro
by 1_player 5y ago
You can read directly linked tweets or the first few posts of a Twitter page but as soon as you interact with the page or try to navigate elsewhere, you get prompted for a login.
So technically they're not preventing access, but they nag you incessantly after you've scrolled past the fold.
- numpad0 5y ago“Nagging” could be measured and defined, IMO.
- agumonkey 5y agoSo they got on par with pinterest. Strange pattern.
- pvity 5y agoPinterest pioneered it but today most of the popular platforms are doing some sort of login nagging, including Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Reddit, Quora, LinkedIn, etc. I'd say Twitter was an exception and this change doesn't surprise me, sadly.
- agumonkey 5y agoto pvity I agree it's become a new normal, apparently no company managed to stay afloat in a 'free' model
- riidom 5y agoIt's a QoL improvement, exclusively for people without accounts. It's a great move. And no, I'm not sarcastic. I mostly visit twitter when a link is posted here (or other places occasionally), and thanks to that anti-timestealing service, I read the original tweet, the 4 top comments and then I get friendly reminded to close the tab again. Perfect!