From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   Mike Spencer  wrote:   
   >   
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  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.   
      
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