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Twitter locked behind login page. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/513993

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.

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[–] GreenCrush 3 points 1 year ago

Noticed this recently when trying to open links. I have a Twitter account that I don't use, but the links still don't work. It's like Twitter wants you to search for the content you want in the app itself. Which is probably the case.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Lol.

[–] helloharu 2 points 1 year ago

I came across this earlier when looking for something. I was a little miffed at first, but if they want to wall off their site and the content then it’s only going to be their loss. I imagine the bounce rate will only increase after this.

[–] Shialac 2 points 1 year ago

Is this new? I had trouble with this for quiet some time now, so I started to avoid it completely

[–] Nanno 2 points 1 year ago

Note that they've indicated that this is a temporary measure related to bulk scraping that has happening

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I tried the Chrome addon, but basically every redirect is already broken.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately nitter's also affected by this change, it also wont work. Fortunately its only a temporary change apparently.

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