So today I clicked a twitter link because companies like to use it for official announcements, only to be greeted with a login page. Was annoyed then I remembered nitter exists. It just prompted me to install Privacy Redirect which I should have done ages ago.

Github: https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect

Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-redirect/pmcmeagblkinmogikoikkdjiligflglb/related

Firefox Browser Add-ons: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/

Looks like twitter waited for the reddit API changes to do push this change to try to do it under the radar.

  • @douglasg14b
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    112 years ago

    Walled gardens are not a plus, no matter how much you might want to watch something wilt and die, restricting access to information doesn’t help you nor I.

    • @AustralianSimon
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      122 years ago

      It’s good because open platforms will grow, this is how reddit got there. Actually this is how they all seem to start before greed takes over.

    • Matharl
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      92 years ago

      No one should use Twitter for news and information considering how poorly it fights fakenews.

      If you wanna share something, use the actual source.