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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: Alternatives To Xwitter
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 19:00:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote at 23:24 this Friday (GMT):
> Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote:
>> 
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>> 
>>> On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:22:56 -0000 (UTC), David LaRue wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Why don't X/Twitter and the other platforms ever consider 
>>>> supporting those of us that are willing to connect via a web 
>>>> interface to use to their services without a phone?
>>> 
>>> Twitter was, at least at one point, usable via a Web interface.  
>>> Mastodon and the rest of the Fediverse are, I think, primarily 
>>> accessible that way.
>> 
>> Posts to various blogs and mailing lists I see frequently cite URLs 
>> to Xitter sites -- x.com, twitter.com, t.co.  I've never been able to 
>> access them using my chosen browser (Seamonkey), even when js is 
>> turned on.  No helpful diagnostic from the site, just "something went 
>> wrong, try again".
>
> Sometime after the sale to Musk, twitter changed to a "you must be 
> logged in to view this" mode -- however their error messages were never 
> updated to tell anyone that fact.
>
> FWIW, for most "tweets" if you replace "twitter" in the URL with 
> "xcancel" (i.e. "twitter.com" -> "xcancel.com") then after some 
> "anti-robot" JS juggling, the 'tweet' will usually appear.


Mirrors still exist I believe.
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