In an unforeseen turn of events, Twitter has decided to test user patience by cloistering tweets behind a sign-in wall

    • lozunn
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      12 years ago

      “Temporary” in corpo-speak means permanent if it generates profit and there-were-some-technical-issues if it doesn’t, so this is just Felon Muskrat testing the waters.

      • nameless_prole
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        12 years ago

        Right, they will do a cost/benefit analysis to see if the amount of traffic and engagement that they lost cost more or less than what they made or saved by forcing log in.

    • Jarmer
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      12 years ago

      “we were getting data pillaged” … LOL I wonder what on earth that means in his feeble mind.

      • eliz
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        22 years ago

        Just some deranged rich snob who thinks UGC is … his? Kinda sad if you think about it. People posted on Twitter with the expectation of it being public, not some man’s sandbox.