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What if Facebook wanted to open up parts of the site for users without an account, would that require a major reengineering? I've wondered why Facebook (and Ins
by UweSchmidt 2y ago
What if Facebook wanted to open up parts of the site for users without an account, would that require a major reengineering? I've wondered why Facebook (and Instagram) are so strict about not showing anything to logged-out users, could technical reasons be part of that decision?
- tomlong 2y agoI think this currently exists in some shape or other, I don’t have a facebook account but I can click on profiles of businesses and get their opening hours and pictures of their menus or whatever. In think there must be some stuff with a public context.
- 9dev 2y agoMy guess would be they SSR those pages and partially hydrate the page on the client if the user is logged in.
- dumbo-octopus 2y agoAre they? I have full access to all the Instagram reels, posts, comments, etc. friends send me, without being logged in.
- Kwpolska 2y agoNot really, it’s 100% business reasons. Facebook and especially Instagram used to be much more open to logged-out users in the past.