George CrawfordJul 1, 2023
Šime Vidas

Your tweets can no longer be viewed by people who are not logged in. If you tweet something today, you’re not sharing it publicly.

This basically prevents me from tweeting original content anymore. I cannot have my tweets be behind a login wall. That’s unacceptable.

I cannot even share links to tweets anymore because some of my readers may not be able to easily access that content.

Twitter has made bad moves recently, but this is the worst by far.

Jun 30, 2023 at 2:20pmPinafore
Show threadŠime VidasJun 30, 2023
I have 70 links to Twitter on my website. I may need to replace them if Twitter doesn’t remove the login wall.
Show thread Pasties @ ShmooconJun 30, 2023
@simevidas As a fix for your old links you can probably reference versions on nitter.net... Guess Twitter will just have to do without inbound links... That's not important for anything right?
Show threadjomoJun 30, 2023
@pasties @simevidas I like that idea, but a link to archive.{org,is} is probably a more permanent solution.
Show thread Pasties @ ShmooconJun 30, 2023
@jomo @simevidas Hahah good point 👍
Show threadMichaelJun 30, 2023
@jomo @pasties @simevidas a more permanent solution would be to stop using Twitter.
Show threadjomoJun 30, 2023
@piebandit @pasties @simevidas no, that does not solve the problem of linking to past tweets.
Show threadPatrick Johanneson 🚀 🇨🇦Jun 30, 2023
@pasties @simevidas Advertisers don't care about visibility, right?
Show threadslootJul 1, 2023

@pasties @simevidas

Nitter.net shows every user as 'not found' today

Show thread Pasties @ ShmooconJul 2, 2023
@sloot @simevidas that is good to know. I assumed they were keeping copies of tweets, guess they weren't.
Show threadZach LeathermanJun 30, 2023
@simevidas Woof. This is a very bad thing.
Show threadkeschi   ΘJun 30, 2023
@simevidas nitter instances still work - wonder when they'll shut those out
Show threadskryJun 30, 2023
@kescher @simevidas I can’t find a nitter instance that works. Which one works for you?
Show threadTrit’Jun 30, 2023

@simevidas Hopefully it’s just another “bug” among all that occurred since “this guy” took T over, and it will be fixed soon.

But it’s still a clear reminder that nobody can count on Twitter anymore as a communication channel.

Show threadLuisJun 30, 2023
@simevidas I am still wondering why are people still using it.
Show threadNimbusJun 30, 2023

@simevidas

I can tell you this ... I ain't logging in.

Show threadWeyoun 6Jun 30, 2023
@simevidas it makes sense from their perspective and it was always just a matter of time. Remember, scraping is legal if the content is visible without authentication. Musk wants the wall around "his" content and believes he can follow the path of Facebook, Instagram, et al.
Show threadCalamity CaitlinJun 30, 2023
@simevidas should be the death knell. Journalists won't be able to embed tweets.
Show threadTheAnymouseProphetJun 30, 2023

@squeevening
Yup, but it also may be why they did it.

Coming into the 2024 election season, they don't want tweets demonstrating MAGA candidates taking completely different positions to be embedded in news articles.

@simevidas

Show threadCalamity CaitlinJun 30, 2023
@SocialJusticeHeals @simevidas I wish my friends would move but there's no equivalent fan space here bc the faves aren't here. It's killing me.
Show threadSocialSpirit  🍁Jul 1, 2023
@squeevening @SocialJusticeHeals @simevidas I’m with you 100% on this. Wish we could change this.
Show threadVHaschJun 30, 2023

@simevidas

Elon should just give up and lock the door unless making a secretive platform for the next insurrection is his goal.

$44 billion would be a bargain to take down the US.

Show threadA Shiny Blue ThingJun 30, 2023
@simevidas I'm still sort-of on twitter (I have a few friends who are scared to move or really set in their ways), and I posted an FYI about that. Maybe this will get folks to move elsewhere.
Show threadJustin DerrickJun 30, 2023

@simevidas Billions of inbound links from across the entire internet are now essentially dead, eliminating another revenue stream, and sprinting into obscurity.

If I didn’t know any better, I would say that someone is being paid to purposely scuttle the bird site.

Show threadEvannakitaJun 30, 2023
@simevidas DeviantArt recently did something similar, and it completely screwed up my online portfolio. They aren’t requiring a login for *all* content, but any content they deem “mature” requires a login to view, and they’ve slapped half the stuff in my portfolio with that label, and I’m not finding a way to appeal. I don’t make adult content, but now there’s no way to present my gallery without it looking like I do, and only half of my stuff is publicly viewable now.
Show threadExtinction (our fate)Jun 30, 2023

@simevidas

May Musk chip and shatter.

Show thread(((Jann Gobble)))🏳️‍🌈Jun 30, 2023

@simevidas If *ANYONE* from NOW ON attempts to amplify tweets from the birdsite by screenshooting them - to get past the login requirement, I will block them!

There is no reason anymore to share any tweet on mastodon.

Show threadFilbiJun 30, 2023
@simevidas I have no idea who this even benefits
Show threadclifJun 30, 2023
@simevidas
Show threadRussell MorganJun 30, 2023

@simevidas

Good thing you’re here then! End of an era, but I’m looking forward to the future.

Show threadNelsonJun 30, 2023
@simevidas I now have no reason to make a twitter account
Show threadaraJun 30, 2023
@simevidas hmmm. now why would an incredibley pretentious, insecure and motivated-by-money guy, like elon musk, do something like that 🤔
Show threadPatch You UpJun 30, 2023
@simevidas every time you open Twitter, you are supporting a billionaire far-right anarcho-capitalist edgelord. When the lifeguard is the one shitting in the pool, you stop going to that pool.
Show threadch0ccyra1n is leaving fedi soonJun 30, 2023
@simevidas It's probably better that you don't share links to Big Social platforms like Twitter and Instagram in the first place.
Show threadCraig McgeeJun 30, 2023
@simevidas this will sound mad, but, good. let twatter crash and burn behind its login wall.
Show threadFaceForRadioJun 30, 2023
@simevidas I'd summarize that by saying it made one bad move and the consequences of it just keep getting revealed....
Show threadRealCrozetVAJul 1, 2023
@simevidas I have so many tweets linked on my site, archiving over a decade of community discussion; this is a massive loss
Show threadittuJun 30, 2023

@simevidas

if you can't embed the tweets, replace all your tweets with screenshots. theres probably a twitter screenshot tool with login functionality to do a batch process of all your links.

Show threadpinoJul 1, 2023

@simevidas Again here: It was *your* bad move. You participated in making them as strong as they are today. You knew that such things would come sooner or later, as soon as it is possible for them.

So, no crying plz. Start learning your lesson from it instead. ;)

Show threadtutormentor1Jul 1, 2023

@simevidas

Agree. If this is true, it is just plain stupid. I point to Twitter often from my blog and my newsletter. Twitter should be paying me for the free advertising! Yet, they just put up a wall and say "don't look".

Show threadJari Komppa 🇫🇮Jul 1, 2023
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Show threadTagomagoJul 1, 2023
@simevidas They been doing this on and off for years. I see it as a good thing, tho.