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Bad move on Elon's part. Many people deleted their accounts when he took over, but some portion of them are still "addicted" to twitter and browse it anonymousl

Bad move on Elon's part. Many people deleted their accounts when he took over, but some portion of them are still "addicted" to twitter and browse it anonymously. Thus still generating views and revenue for the company. Once the login wall comes up, most of them are leaving for good, as their egos will not allow them to create another account.

DennisAleynikov 3y ago
I hope you realize the login wall was something that came up before musk aquired twitter. one of the first things he did was remove it.
- oneeyedpigeon 3y ago
  That's little consolation now that he's, apparently, put it back (possibly 'worse' than before).
- zapdrive 3y ago
  I am not a prolific twitter user. I am one of the "anonymous lurkers" I mentioned in my original comment. But your observation makes sense, as I only started visiting Twitter after Elon's takeover. The removal of the login wall must have been the reason.
  - thexumaker 3y ago
    Yep it used to be you could view individual tweets but nothing else. Elon came in removed it and made everything free to view. A couple months ago I noticed they went back to the old system. And now you can't even view individual tweets. Embedded tweets still work I guess
    - oneeyedpigeon 3y ago
      I think there must have been some kind of nuance beyond that, at some point. The number of people claiming that they couldn't view twitter links — and I'm sure this started pre-Elon — suggests to me that, like someone else has mentioned, there might have been different behaviour for 'anonymous' vs. 'not-logged-in' viewers.
      - baking 3y ago
        The main difference to me was that I could see the "trending" tweets and additional "recommended" tweets after the comments on the one that I was reading. That started post Elon. There was also the login popup that was trivial to X out that seemed to appear more frequently after Elon took over.
      - _djo_ 3y ago
        The pre-Musk behaviour was fairly straightforward to my recollection: All logged out accounts could view a single tweet and some percentage of the replies. They could also view a profile but, similarly, scrolling down a certain number of tweets triggered the modal. It was a good compromise.
- rsynnott 3y ago
  It never worked like this, though. You could always view a single linked tweet/thread; it was if you tried to view a timeline that you ran into difficulties.

DennisAleynikov 3y ago

I hope you realize the login wall was something that came up before musk aquired twitter. one of the first things he did was remove it.

oneeyedpigeon 3y ago
That's little consolation now that he's, apparently, put it back (possibly 'worse' than before).
zapdrive 3y ago
I am not a prolific twitter user. I am one of the "anonymous lurkers" I mentioned in my original comment. But your observation makes sense, as I only started visiting Twitter after Elon's takeover. The removal of the login wall must have been the reason.
- thexumaker 3y ago
  Yep it used to be you could view individual tweets but nothing else. Elon came in removed it and made everything free to view. A couple months ago I noticed they went back to the old system. And now you can't even view individual tweets. Embedded tweets still work I guess
  - oneeyedpigeon 3y ago
    I think there must have been some kind of nuance beyond that, at some point. The number of people claiming that they couldn't view twitter links — and I'm sure this started pre-Elon — suggests to me that, like someone else has mentioned, there might have been different behaviour for 'anonymous' vs. 'not-logged-in' viewers.
    - baking 3y ago
      The main difference to me was that I could see the "trending" tweets and additional "recommended" tweets after the comments on the one that I was reading. That started post Elon. There was also the login popup that was trivial to X out that seemed to appear more frequently after Elon took over.
    - _djo_ 3y ago
      The pre-Musk behaviour was fairly straightforward to my recollection: All logged out accounts could view a single tweet and some percentage of the replies. They could also view a profile but, similarly, scrolling down a certain number of tweets triggered the modal. It was a good compromise.
rsynnott 3y ago
It never worked like this, though. You could always view a single linked tweet/thread; it was if you tried to view a timeline that you ran into difficulties.