So today I clicked a twitter link because companies like to use it for official announcements, only to be greeted with a login page. Was annoyed then I remembered nitter exists. It just prompted me to install Privacy Redirect which I should have done ages ago.

Github: https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect

Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-redirect/pmcmeagblkinmogikoikkdjiligflglb/related

Firefox Browser Add-ons: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/

Looks like twitter waited for the reddit API changes to do push this change to try to do it under the radar.

  • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    As much as I hate the idea of Yet Another Social Media App, I kind of wish there was some sort of official government-specific platform that was only available to state/local/federal government(s) or organizations for making important announcements. No memberships required (other than posters or commenters), no likes, upvotes, or retweeting or whatever, just postings of information that people can get to from anywhere. Something completely untied from any corporate entities.

    • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      They could easily have their own websites based on Mastodon or Lemmy, not federated with anything.

        • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          this is true, but that would require their audience to know about and use RSS.

          • lemmyvoreEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            People had to learn to use Twitter too, they can learn to use a feed reader. Or they can just read a website. It used to be common practice to just go to an official website, and optionally subscribe to its feed as well. Browsers used to make it super easy by prominently displaying a button that showed you that the website has feeds to offer.

    • bighi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      The Brazilian government send SMS to people for alerts. It’s independent of apps, and everyone with a phone can get them.

      Seems like a good solution for important warnings.

      • NevermindNoMind@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I don’t use twitter, but I’ll check the local utilities twitter if there is a power outage so I can learn about updates, or the local transit twitter if there are delays, things like that. SMS isn’t very practical for those kinds of infrequent uses.