# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 25, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442 "2022-04-25T22:50:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 274
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5466 "2023-07-04T02:18:40Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > For all the talk of Twitter and Reddit failing I’m surprised we don’t talk more about how godawful Google search has become. Google works great, and I use it daily as part of my job. Maybe I’m just really good at it. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5467 "2023-07-04T02:21:13Z")
Same Twitter use for me – get the email notices, go look at them, scroll through a few of the comments, maybe dip into my home feed to see a few more from people I follow. I’m on Post News and Spoutible, waitlisted for Bluesky, but so far nothing’s the same experience as Twitter and most of the folks I follow aren’t on the other sites yet. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5468 "2023-07-04T02:23:34Z")
And now for the best part! I click on the help and support. Take a wild guess what shows up on the web page that opens. Yep. “Nothing to see here.” ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5469 "2023-07-04T02:25:08Z")
> **[Tweets aren’t showing up in Google results as often because of changes at...](https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/3/23783153/google-twitter-tweets-changes-rate-limits)** > > ‘Websites have control over whether crawlers can access their content.’ I wonder if Musk has tried just punching himself in the nuts. Much cheaper than $44B. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5470 "2023-07-04T02:56:10Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > except Blue Sky, where I can’t get an invite ~~You’ve turned off DMs but message me if you want one (including anyone else). I have 4 to give right now.~~ ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5471 "2023-07-04T02:58:46Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > I’m just going to go back to rss. I like feedly. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5472 "2023-07-04T03:14:48Z")
I would appreciate one! ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5473 "2023-07-04T03:38:05Z")
> **[Twitter’s ‘new’ Tweetdeck lives behind a verified paywall](https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/3/23783092/twitter-tweetdeck-new-preview-force-legacy-apis)** > > You’ll have to pay to use TweetDeck very soon. Tweetdeck is hurriedly rolling out a new UI that was in beta testing for over 2 years because of how much users didn’t like the change. The old tweetdeck was using a legacy API that temporarily got around the rate limiting before someone noticed and turned it off. As an added fuck you, the new Tweetdeck will be limited to Twitter Blue users only after 30 days. As proof of how well thought out this rollout is going, the only place you can find this info is at @TwitterSupport. @Tweetdeck has not made a tweet since August of 2022. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5474 "2023-07-04T03:49:17Z")
Agile, low friction, UI! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5475 "2023-07-04T04:46:11Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > As proof of how well thought out this rollout is going, the only place you can find this info is at @TwitterSupport. And, as mentioned above, Twitter’s support is not exactly available in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5476 "2023-07-04T06:07:30Z")
That’s my preferred reader, too. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5477 "2023-07-04T08:41:27Z")
Meanwhile… > **[Instagram’s Threads app to launch 6 July amid mass backlash against Elon...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/04/threads-app-instagram-twitter-competitor-meta-to-launch-rival)** > > Interface of Meta’s app appears similar to Twitter, whose tweet viewing restrictions have driven users to join rival platforms BlueSky and Mastodon ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5478 "2023-07-04T09:18:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Twitter no longer has a press department. Questions sent to the former email address received a poop emoji as the auto-response. Musk is a child in a man’s body. I’m wondering whether he’ll give up on the idea of attracting advertisers and instead push his paid-for blue tick scheme as his main business model. Musk seems to have made Twitter beyond the pale for any reputable company to advertise on. > [@Al128](#): > > … but I have quite a few people whose UKR-war reporting I follow Here are links to some Ukraine war accounts, many from Twitter, on Mastodon: > [@](#): > > @helafella here are some accounts who post about #Ukraine. Some of them are twitter mirror accounts but its an opportunity to follow whats going on in Ukraine. > I will continue to add pro-ukraine accounts on this tooth. > > @SocraticEthics @ukrdef @UkraineWillWin @ukraine @ukraineaidops @UkraineWorld @Tendar @Capt\_Himars @nexta\_tv @visegrad24 @wartranslated @glasnostgone @olex\_scherba @zelenskyyua @noelreports @Official\_Nafo @osinttechnical @DarthPutinKGB @ChrisO\_wiki > **[Nora Y. (@Nora@swiss.social)](https://swiss.social/@Nora/110644288393238585)** > > @helafella@nafo.uk here are some accounts who post about #Ukraine. Some of them are twitter mirror accounts but its an opportunity to follow whats going on in Ukraine. > I will continue to add pro-ukraine accounts on this tooth.... ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5479 "2023-07-05T21:29:04Z")
Elmo has agilely backed down on the login requirement. > **[Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets](https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/05/twitter-silently-removes-login-requirement-for-viewing-tweets/)** > > Days after requiring users to log in to view tweets on the web, Twitter has silently removed these restrictions. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5480 "2023-07-05T21:56:52Z")
Not working for me ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5481 "2023-07-05T22:08:27Z")
Same. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5482 "2023-07-05T22:19:50Z")
Verified on desktop - can’t see tweets logged out. You just get a login box. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5483 "2023-07-05T22:45:19Z")
I think TechCrunch got fooled and believed an accidental (incompetence-based) and temporary failure of the login requirement represented some kind of intentional climbdown. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5484 "2023-07-05T22:45:49Z")
Another vote for Feedly! Even the free version is loaded with useful features. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/5485 "2023-07-05T23:06:51Z")
I’m now able to view tweets without logging in on a desktop. I can’t get anywhere if I go to the Twitter home page, but embedded tweets are visible now and I can follow the link and view the tweet in Twitter. However, I can’t see any comments or replies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=273) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442.md?page=275)