Re: Alternatives To Xwitter

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.