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Re: Alternatives To Xwitter

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On Fri, 22 Nov 2024, Mike Spencer 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".
>
> I finally got a cell phone because neither of us is able any longer to
> walk home from just anywhere -- old, y'know?  And opted for a smart
> phone because it seemed stupid to pay through the nose for the service
> and not have the advanced features available should I ever come to
> want one of them.  I hate the touch-screen GUI, inaccessibility of the
> system, inability to write scripts that modify network interactions,
> opacity of nearly everything etc. etc.
>
> In any case, I'm not reading blogs or mail on the phone, just on a
> Linux desktop and all those Xitter references are effectively null.
>
> Ho hum.

This is the truth! Whenever someone gives me a link to one of those sites 
that does not work with firefox, I do not read it. It is sad that 
businesslife forces me to have a chrome spy program installed on my 
computer for work.

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Alternatives To Xwitter Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-11-22 06:47 +0000
  Re: Alternatives To Xwitter Marco Moock <mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de> - 2024-11-22 16:14 +0100
    Re: Alternatives To Xwitter David LaRue <huey.dll@tampabay.rr.com> - 2024-11-22 17:22 +0000
      Re: Alternatives To Xwitter Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-11-22 19:01 +0000
      Re: Alternatives To Xwitter Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-11-22 20:43 +0000
        Re: Alternatives To Xwitter Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2024-11-22 17:42 -0400
          Re: Alternatives To Xwitter Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-11-22 23:24 +0000
            Re: Alternatives To Xwitter candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-11-23 19:00 +0000
          Re: Alternatives To Xwitter Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-11-23 00:49 +0000
          Re: Alternatives To Xwitter D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-11-23 10:56 +0100
      Re: Alternatives To Xwitter Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> - 2024-11-23 08:51 +0000
    Re: Alternatives To Xwitter yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> - 2024-11-23 01:26 +0042
      Re: Alternatives To Xwitter Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-11-23 00:51 +0000

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