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.