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Twitter locked behind login page.
(lemm.ee)
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/513993
So today I clicked a twitter link because companies like to use it for official announcements, only to be greeted with a login page. Was annoyed then I remembered nitter exists. It just prompted me to install Privacy Redirect which I should have done ages ago.
Github: https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect
Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-redirect/pmcmeagblkinmogikoikkdjiligflglb/related
Firefox Browser Add-ons: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/
Looks like twitter waited for the reddit API changes to do push this change to try to do it under the radar.
It's honestly a crazy time this year alone, everything that has existed for basically 15 years is self-destructing, it may be something that is referenced in the future like the Dot/Com bubble.
It won't be the end of social media, but it will be a significant period of change and perhaps we will see the landscape change with new platforms etc. Obviously ActivityPub has a high liklihood of growing exponentially.
Also advancements in ai have been crazy too. This year is kinda insane with what's happening.