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Login is not forced. I was surprised to read the assertion above. Popping open https://twitter.com/EricTopol https://twitter.com/EricTopol in an incognito wind
by ISL 4y ago
Login is not forced. I was surprised to read the assertion above. Popping open https://twitter.com/EricTopol https://twitter.com/EricTopol in an incognito window allowed me to read posts and threads without login.
Public-square distribution without login has been one of Twitter's key differentiators from Day 1 -- it is the reason that reporters/news-channels like it so much. You can cite it and everyone can see the same thing in real time.
- jklinger410 4y agoWhether or not Twitter blocks you from viewing a tweet before logging in is not consistent.
- evouga 4y agoOn my phone I get a popup demanding that I "verify [my] password to get the full Twitter experience" with no way of dismissing the popup. But you are right that on my desktop in incognito mode it let me view the threads unmolested, so I was wrong in my original post.
- ISL 4y agoI, too, sit corrected -- thank you for the follow-up!
- AlanYx 4y agoPopping open the link you provide only works for me in incognito mode on desktop. In regular mode on desktop, it appears to work, but very shortly after beginning to scroll, it pops up a box saying I have to log in to see more. On mobile, I can't read anything at all; there's a box saying I have to log in. It's not really public-square distribution in any general sense. Hence the popularity of proxies like nitter.