Re: Alternatives To Xwitter

From	candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: Alternatives To Xwitter
Date	2024-11-23 19:00 +0000
Organization	the-candyden-of-code
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References	(1 earlier) <20241122161448.21706a81@ryz.dorfdsl.de> <XnsB2327DE91280Ahueydlltampabayrrcom@135.181.20.170> <vhqqd7$1b2t7$3@dont-email.me> <87v7wf3pyg.fsf@enoch.nodomain.nowhere> <vhr3ra$1cn29$1@dont-email.me>

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Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote at 23:24 this Friday (GMT):
> Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> 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".
>
> Sometime after the sale to Musk, twitter changed to a "you must be 
> logged in to view this" mode -- however their error messages were never 
> updated to tell anyone that fact.
>
> FWIW, for most "tweets" if you replace "twitter" in the URL with 
> "xcancel" (i.e. "twitter.com" -> "xcancel.com") then after some 
> "anti-robot" JS juggling, the 'tweet' will usually appear.


Mirrors still exist I believe.
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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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