Aral BalkanMar 11
When you post things on Instagram, Facebook, and X, this is what they look like to people who don’t use those platforms.
Show threadVessOnSecurity
@aral At least for Twitter, this is not true. Yeah, the page exhorts you to create an account - but it *does* show the post. At least on desktop; maybe it's different on mobile.
Mar 11 at 3:20pmWeb
Show threadSorroMar 11
@bontchev @aral it doesn't show the comments though, so you can't see the full post if someone divided it into multiple subposts (the 1/3, 2/3, 3/3 thing in replies)
Show threadCreggMar 11
@bontchev @aral yeah on mobile it doesn't a lot of the time. I get around this by toggling the "view as desktop site" on my mobile browser. This also works with instagram and Facebook sometimes. But sometimes it'll still redirect you to a login page.
Show threadPhilip ShiomiMar 11
@bontchev @aral it seems X will allow certain accounts to be viewed without logging in, but not all.
Show threadSco  Mar 11
@philipshiomi @bontchev @aral
Last I heard, if a post gets a certain amount of engadgement, it becomes fully public. Tho that was a long ago, I heard that.
Show threadAral BalkanMar 11
@bontchev I guess my screenshot tool was lying.
Show threadVessOnSecurityMar 11
@aral Your screenshot is from mobile, mine is from desktop. That's why I supposed that the two may be offering different kinds of access.
Show threadAral BalkanMar 11
@bontchev Yep. And it’s possible they have heuristics for when they show the doorslam and when they don’t.