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From: Rich <rich@example.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Alternatives To Xwitter
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 23:24:26 -0000 (UTC)
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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.