Twitter's latest user-unfriendly move requires an account just to read
Twitter's latest user-unfriendly move requires an account just to read
Twitter is starting to fence off tweets behind a sign-in
![Twitter's latest user-unfriendly move requires an account just to read](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/kqnBWMEybC.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
In an unforeseen turn of events, Twitter has decided to test user patience by cloistering tweets behind a sign-in wall
You're viewing a single thread.
saw this too! looks like it broke a ton of tweet embeds too... Muskrat says its to mitigate scrapers but--this feels heavy handed
22 0 ReplyWhat damage do web scrapers actually cause Twitter? I don't understand Elon's logic in this move.
12 0 ReplyExtra traffic that their infrastructure can't handle since he fired all the people that knew how.
Like reddit, he also probably sees it as losing millions of dollars for data he wants to be paid for.
So losing money from degraded services and losing potential money from data being taken.
What's worth more - the loss of ad revenue from walled login, or the loss of potential revenue selling the data
30 0 ReplyYour first mistake is assuming that Elon Musk uses any kind of logic.
15 0 ReplyThere's no way they cause more damage than what they have done now. The vast majority of users (and eyes on ads, etc) are not going to have accounts. The majority of accounts that might pay money only do so because lots of people (who may not be logged in) see them.
11 0 ReplyYou have to assume flawed logic if you want to understand him.
11 0 ReplyElon doesn't understand how to use robots.txt.
10 0 ReplyTo be fair, many bots don't know how to use it either.
11 0 Reply
there is no Elon logic other than having an ego larger than this planet
5 0 Reply