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[ManaByte]

This just happened. You can’t view the site without logging in.

 

[Kamina]

I won’t be making a Twitter account though

 

[SJRB]

People acting like Twitter is some kind of common good and basic human right like fucking water is bizarre.

If you want to use the service, make an account.

 

[Ownage]

Make a throwaway account or some crazy alts like how much you really like cheeseburgers.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I see the media's hyperventilating but no one else cares as usual

Also fuck Tim Sweeney, why are PC gamers paywalled behind Epic Games Store if they want to buy FFVII Remake

 

[-Minsc-]

Awesome news. It removes any temptation I'd have to waste my time scrolling through Twitter.

 

[Sleepwalker]

I see the media's hyperventilating but no one else cares as usual

Also fuck Tim Sweeney, why are PC gamers paywalled behind Epic Games Store if they want to buy FFVII Remake

FF7R is already on steam but I agree with the sentiment

 

[jufonuk]

I really do feel that about twitter. I haven’t used it in years. This is going to weaken its grip on non Twitter users opinions lol

 

[justonething]

Hopefully people on this forum can stop linking to twitter too, it's a headache. Just screengrab it if you have to.

 

[Artoris]

Good riddance

 

[LegendOfKage]

to the point where it was affecting the real user experience.

I am the real user experience. Part of twitter is being able to freaking read twitter. If you want to post, you have to sign up. If you want to read, you don't. Imagine if all GAF threads were made invisible to everyone lurking?

Scraping data? Boo hoo. You run a social media site. "Scraping data" is your entire business. Should that only work in one direction? Loads of people read twitter who don't want to sign up for an account, and you've just devalued the crap out of your product because of this change.

Bottom line, if your interaction with twitter was as a lurker, and you actively don't want a twitter account, you're screwed unless you reluctantly and resentfully create an account. Not the best way to start people off as customers. And Musk wants people to use his site for video? And to make money as a creator? And to sell ads? WTF is he thinking here?

Just stop making things worse! How hard is it to not screw up what was already working?

 

[abstract alien]

People acting like Twitter is some kind of common good and basic human right like fucking water is bizarre.

If you want to use the service, make an account.

Seriously. Shit is so damn strange. If this happened with GAF, and I wanted to continue to read it, I'd make a free account. If I wanted to, but didn't think it was worth making a free account, then I'd continue life without reading it.

 

[Azurro]

I am the real user experience. Part of twitter is being able to freaking read twitter. If you want to post, you have to sign up. If you want to read, you don't. Imagine if all GAF threads were made invisible to everyone lurking?

Scraping data? Boo hoo. You run a social media site. "Scraping data" is your entire business. Should that only work in one direction? Loads of people read twitter who don't want to sign up for an account, and you've just devalued the crap out of your product because of this change.

Bottom line, if your interaction with twitter was as a lurker, and you actively don't want a twitter account, you're screwed unless you reluctantly and resentfully create an account. Not the best way to start people off as customers. And Musk wants people to use his site for video? And to make money as a creator? And to sell ads? WTF is he thinking here?

Just stop making things worse! How hard is it to not screw up what was already working?

Scraping data takes server time, which costs money. The thing wasn't working, it was heading towards bankruptcy.

Just make an account, who cares?

 

[mitch1971]

I am the real user experience. Part of twitter is being able to freaking read twitter. If you want to post, you have to sign up. If you want to read, you don't. Imagine if all GAF threads were made invisible to everyone lurking?

Scraping data? Boo hoo. You run a social media site. "Scraping data" is your entire business. Should that only work in one direction? Loads of people read twitter who don't want to sign up for an account, and you've just devalued the crap out of your product because of this change.

Bottom line, if your interaction with twitter was as a lurker, and you actively don't want a twitter account, you're screwed unless you reluctantly and resentfully create an account. Not the best way to start people off as customers. And Musk wants people to use his site for video? And to make money as a creator? And to sell ads? WTF is he thinking here?

Just stop making things worse! How hard is it to not screw up what was already working?

I doubt Elon has an account here. Maybe post that on Twitter.

 

[cash_longfellow]

F that cesspool truthfully. If you don’t have a Twitter account, don’t get one. You’re welcome ahead of time.

 

[Sub_Level]

I think this might hurt the website lol there was a lot of doomposting when Elon took over but this actually affects the average person’s experience.

 

[EviLore]

No longer going to be the default place to disseminate information if that information can’t be shared freely.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I like Elon Musk but I'll call him out on his stupidity and this is just really freaking stupid.

 

[Laptop1991]

i was viewing twitter now and again, but never had an account and i'm not going to create one either, so i'll stop looking at it then lol, i never did that much anyway, but this sort of control won't end well.

 

[LegendOfKage]

No longer going to be the default place to disseminate information if that information can’t be shared freely.

Exactly. That's what I meant when I said Musk is devaluing his product. I would think WAY more people read twitter posts than the amount who actually have accounts, and this action devalues the reach of everybody's posts considerably. And that's not even getting into all the ad views he's going to lose. Just a bad decision all around.

 

[belmarduk]

Sweet.
I always try to avoid it and this will make that so much easier.

 

[Fuz]

No longer going to be the default place to disseminate information if that information can’t be shared freely.

Exactly. That's what I meant when I said Musk is devaluing his product. I would think WAY more people read twitter posts than the amount who actually have accounts, and this action devalues the reach of everybody's posts considerably. And that's not even getting into all the ad views he's going to lose. Just a bad decision all around.

Interesting point of view.
Which means, they're gonna devaluate the screeching, very few but very vocal danger hair.
Thank you Elon, you truly are our saviour.

 

[Gp1]

This is probably one of the biggest cases of a company shooting itself on his own foot.

Twitter already is a cesspool as a community, now the you have to dive into this cesspool just to read the information. A fricking genius move.

 

[Syphon Filter]

F that cesspool truthfully. If you don’t have a Twitter account, don’t get one. You’re welcome ahead of time.

which social media to get then?

 

[PSYGN]

nice

 

[ReBurn]

Musk is wasting an opportunity with this move.

 

[Shtef]

which social media to get then?

why do you need one?

 

[Fuz]

which social media to get then?

Spoiler

 

[Syphon Filter]

why do you need one?

for business.

 

[Shtef]

for business.

Thats different than, you know your business and customers and just open whatever you think its appropriate.

 

[Batiman]

Who gives a fuck. I’m done making accounts for all these little things. Never had insta, Facebook or Twitter anyways. No need for these distractions in life. I stay connected to people the old ways.

 

[Celcius]

That's so dumb. Same for instagram as well. Sigh.
I just wanted to read them... I have no intention of ever creating accounts with either of them.

 

[cash_longfellow]

which social media to get then?

None of them….except Gaf of course lol

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I noticed the times I checked a Twitter link it didn't work past few days. It'd just take me to a sign up page.

No thanks.

My life hasnt changed one bit due to blocked tweets. Just as I thought.

 

[V1LÆM]

Just make an account?

Facebook/Instagram has been doing this for years.

 

[Mistake]

If it gets more people on the platform, this could actually work in his favor, at least at first

 

[CGNoire]

This will end up being really healthy for alot of people.

 

[Kilau]

This is a bad move. I only have twitter for Wario alerts but his feed has become so full of sponsored spam I have to mute him.

I really don’t care about any of the other changes he’s made but he’s limiting growth and reach big time.

 

[funkygunther]

We've all had to make accounts to visit the town square, this is just getting closer to that vision.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Other than Wario64, I don't really have a use for Twitter.

 

[Drew1440]

Wasn't this always the case? You could only browse someone feed for a few tweets before it prompted you to login.

 

[John Marston]

This is a bad move. I only have twitter for Wario

Other than Wario64, I don't really have a use for Twitter.

What's all this Wario stuff?
I never cared for Twitter so I feel like a retarded uncle who doesn't understand the TV remote ☹

 

[THE DUCK]

I can't be bothered to make a Twitter account, guess I won't be reading any more Twitter links. So sad, thier loss long term if they were counting on all of us without accounts to sign up.......

 

[Nobody_Important]

Yes finally. We are reaching the edge of the cliff. C'mon Musky. Just send that shit just a few more feet. Prove everyone right when they say you have no fucking clue what you are doing. Save the world from one of the most toxic and most corrupt forms of social media by ignorantly driving it into the ground by your own hand.


You know you want to.....

 

[Kamina]

What's all this Wario stuff?
I never cared for Twitter so I feel like a retarded uncle who doesn't understand the TV remote ☹

 

[DKehoe]

What's all this Wario stuff?
I never cared for Twitter so I feel like a retarded uncle who doesn't understand the TV remote ☹

Wario64 is a former gaffer who runs a popular Twitter account that posts various game deals.

 

[winjer]

I'm not creating an account on twitter to see the occasional post. And I guess most people won't.
This decision will just accelerate Twitter's downfall into obscurity and irrelevance.

 

[Wildebeest]

Good. Temptation to go to the cesspit and look inside, reduced.

 

[West Texas CEO]

What's all this Wario stuff?
I never cared for Twitter so I feel like a retarded uncle who doesn't understand the TV remote ☹

He's excellent when it comes to posting game deals and was even helpful tracking down PS5 inventory when they were scarce.

 

[Agent_Nobody]

Nail meet coffin.