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It seems like a bizarre and self-destructive decision, if it is a decision rather than just a temporary glitch. If nobody can post external links to tweets read
by lapcat 3y ago
It seems like a bizarre and self-destructive decision, if it is a decision rather than just a temporary glitch. If nobody can post external links to tweets readable by everyone, that destroys a lot of public interest in Twitter. No more news stories linking to tweets. Which may drive the already wary news media off Twitter entirely.
Twitter even advertises itself as a "news" app in the App Store.
The biggest surprise is, I can't believe that Musk would want to stop people from reading his own tweets!
- rsynnott 3y ago> It seems like a bizarre and self-destructive decision I mean, well, see ~all decisions made by Twitter in the last year.
- badtension 3y agoMy guess is they did it intentionally and will lift the login-wall after 1-2 days to see how many people were desperate enough to create an account. As a quick and dirty way to boost registered users. Or it is a legitimate glitch (highly unlikely). Or they lost their minds.
- Laaas 3y agoPerhaps a week a month where you need an account would make sense for them.
- pessimizer 3y agoI've never heard that before, and it seems really doable.