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Nor really. It used to work for all people with browser now it is only for logged-in.
by timeon 2y ago
Nor really. It used to work for all people with browser now it is only for logged-in.
- brabel 2y agoThat was already the case before Musk bought it.
- AlexandrB 2y agoWhat? No it wasn't! You used to be able to view entire Twitter threads without being logged in. It was also possible to go to someone's account page and see their posts in reverse chronological order. The latter went away shortly after Musk took over. The former took a little longer, but is now gone as well. In many cases you can't even view a single tweet without the site trying to get you to log in.
- brabel 2y agoI clearly remember it wasn't, they would pop up with a login page as soon as you scrolled down.
- throw-away_42 2y agoMaybe for you, but not for most of the rest of the universe. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/tech/twitter-public-access-restricted/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/30/tech/twitter-public-access-re...
- 998244353 2y agoI remember it being the case before too. It wasn't unconditional like it is now. For example, I distinctly remember being able to scroll through someone's profile in a normal browser window without being logged in, but in an incognito window, I was immediately told to log in or create an account. They may have had other heuristics too that led to inconsistent behavior between users. So it should not be so surprising if some people report that that happened even though it didn't happen to others.
- saagarjha 2y agoThere was a feature flag for this that rolled out in 2021 or so.
- brabel 2y agoYou forgot this already, I see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33769715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33769715 Selective memory perhaps?
- diffxx 2y agoYes, but you could bypass the login page.
- ailun 2y agoNo, it wasn't.
- vehemenz 2y agoWrong. I don't understand why people attempt to make corrections like this. Anyone could browse Twitter anonymously, since the beginning.
- ZeroGravitas 2y agoThere was briefly a log-in nag popup that would appear on scroll. That disappeared and Musk got lots of praise for it, probably entirely unwarrented but it was basically the only thing that improved post-Musk. Then it came back with a vengeance.
- brabel 2y agoMate, you're wrong, as many others have said. Here's proof right here on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33769715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33769715 Funny that people also found ways to criticize Musk back then for doing that :D. Do you understand now why we make corrections to patently wrong statements like yours?
- jkaplowitz 2y agoNo, it was much more possible to consume without being logged in than it is now, though sometimes tricks like closing a login popup were needed.
- recursive 2y agoThat must have been a very long time ago.
- AlexandrB 2y ago~October 27, 2022. So yeah, about 2 years ago.
- recursive 2y agoI have to admit, I have a loose understanding of what's going on with twitter or even how to use it. But my personal Mandela effect is that it didn't work right if you weren't logged in for a lot longer than that. I'm probably mis-remembering.
- the_mitsuhiko 2y agoYou used to be able to look at people's profiles, tweets and entire threads without being signed in. If you go to my profile today signed out you see tweets from before 2022. If you click on a tweet signed out, you only see that single tweet without context. Some of those changes are only a few months back.