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Linking to X is less useful than it used to be.

bee_rider 22d ago
IIRC you can’t even read a single post without an account, it is equivalent to posting a link to a private Facebook group or whatever from an outsider point of view.
- naasking 22d ago
  You can read posts you link to directly, but no comments. That's what makes it less useful.
  - iamnothere 22d ago
    They changed this slightly, and 1-3 “top” comments are now sometimes visible, but you can’t dig into the thread. And if you click anything you get popups asking you to log in.
- delecti 22d ago
  What's difficult is reading threads, or more broadly replies. But single posts? Absolutely fine, in fact it's about the only thing that is totally functional without being logged in.
  - bee_rider 22d ago
    Oh, weird. I didn’t think there was a way to get rid of the pop-over that hides the post on iOS Safari. But it turns out that there’s a button to close it, just, completely disconnected from the pop-over and hanging out with a bunch of unrelated UI.
  - lynndotpy 22d ago
    As others have said, this is broken in some contexts too. I also get blocked by a popup on mobile. I only get "See this post in the app" with "Use the app to view all comments and discover more posts." with only an "Open X" button in that dialogue. There is no button to disable this. I can only see the text by using "Page Zoom" buttons on my phone, so it's really not worth it.
    - bee_rider 21d ago
      If you are on iOS Safari (maybe it does this on Android too, I don’t have an Android phone to check) have you: * Looked at the top-right corner of that popup. * Then, scan upwards from that corner, maybe 1cm above it That’s where the x to close it is, for me. I’m not sure if it is screen specific or what, if it is a bug, etc. It doesn’t seem like a UI anyone would build intentionally but then, who knows?
- nomel 22d ago
  This is incorrect. You can see the last few posts of an account [1], and the contents of a single posts, but minimal or no comments [2]. Videos play after dismissing the login popup. [1] https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack [2] https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/2091983940609245467 https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/2091983940609245467
g-b-r 22d ago
It's actively harmful to many people, copy and paste the text if there's no other source

IIRC you can’t even read a single post without an account, it is equivalent to posting a link to a private Facebook group or whatever from an outsider point of view.

naasking 22d ago
You can read posts you link to directly, but no comments. That's what makes it less useful.
- iamnothere 22d ago
  They changed this slightly, and 1-3 “top” comments are now sometimes visible, but you can’t dig into the thread. And if you click anything you get popups asking you to log in.
delecti 22d ago
What's difficult is reading threads, or more broadly replies. But single posts? Absolutely fine, in fact it's about the only thing that is totally functional without being logged in.
- bee_rider 22d ago
  Oh, weird. I didn’t think there was a way to get rid of the pop-over that hides the post on iOS Safari. But it turns out that there’s a button to close it, just, completely disconnected from the pop-over and hanging out with a bunch of unrelated UI.
- lynndotpy 22d ago
  As others have said, this is broken in some contexts too. I also get blocked by a popup on mobile. I only get "See this post in the app" with "Use the app to view all comments and discover more posts." with only an "Open X" button in that dialogue. There is no button to disable this. I can only see the text by using "Page Zoom" buttons on my phone, so it's really not worth it.
  - bee_rider 21d ago
    If you are on iOS Safari (maybe it does this on Android too, I don’t have an Android phone to check) have you: * Looked at the top-right corner of that popup. * Then, scan upwards from that corner, maybe 1cm above it That’s where the x to close it is, for me. I’m not sure if it is screen specific or what, if it is a bug, etc. It doesn’t seem like a UI anyone would build intentionally but then, who knows?
nomel 22d ago
This is incorrect. You can see the last few posts of an account [1], and the contents of a single posts, but minimal or no comments [2]. Videos play after dismissing the login popup. [1] https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack [2] https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/2091983940609245467 https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/2091983940609245467

g-b-r 22d ago

It's actively harmful to many people, copy and paste the text if there's no other source