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Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets (techcrunch.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Days after requiring users to log in to view tweets on the web, Twitter has silently removed these restrictions.

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[–] PetrichorBias@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Finally. The other day while I was on a call with my girlfriend, she received an emergency alert on her phone (in the US) and wasn't able to read it / find the message for some reason. Fearing the worst, I rushed to the city's emergency Twitter account to see any updates, only for twitter to ask me to f-ing log in.

What a terrible feeling to have while going to the password manager, hands trembling with fear trying to sign in to the bloody & now-bastardized platform. Thankfully, it was just something related to bad weather.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why wouldn't you/her just call the emergency number your city has? That's incredibly easy to look up, probably a little faster than searching through Twitter.
Or even check the cities website, for that matter.

Idk, to me that's like going to Facebook to call the police. Why would you do that?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My city just had a major storm which killed power and cell data for a ton of people. Even when the power was back on, you couldn't use your cell phone except on WiFi because the towers were still down. Phone calls just wouldn't get through. Even texts often didn't get through- the pharmacy texted me on Monday to tell me my pills were ready and I went there yesterday to ask why they weren't ready yet.

Would being able to see information on Twitter solved these problems? Of course not, but it might have at least kept me informed.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same thing, man. Go to the source. Why are you relying on a middleman like Twitter?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the phone isn't working, how am I supposed to do that?