From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Rich  wrote at 23:24 this Friday (GMT):   
   > 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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