Elon Musk has come up with a new way to boost Twitter’s user count, while at the same time screwing over people who are not on Twitter. According to Mashable, Twitter’s search functionality is now limited to people who have a Twitter account:
Twitter used to offer a search field even to unregistered users, but this is no longer so (via 9to5Mac). Now, visiting the site without being logged in will only let you scroll through the Explore tab, which offers a curated list of tweets. The search field is gone, and will only reappear after you’ve signed in.
The search field does reappear after you click on a tweet, but trying to use it will merely bring up a login prompt.
This forces users to create an account (even if it’s just a throwaway one) to find something on the site, which might be another one of Musk’s tactical moves to increase user count on Twitter.
I guess the only good news is that you don’t have to pay him $8 a month ($11 on iOS) to search. But mark my words, given Elon’s past behaviour, this will be made a paid feature. This is pretty underhanded if you ask me. But I guess I shouldn’t be surprised as this is Elon Musk we are talking about.
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Twitter Is Now Limiting The Ability To Search To Users With A Twitter Account
Elon Musk has come up with a new way to boost Twitter’s user count, while at the same time screwing over people who are not on Twitter. According to Mashable, Twitter’s search functionality is now limited to people who have a Twitter account:
Twitter used to offer a search field even to unregistered users, but this is no longer so (via 9to5Mac). Now, visiting the site without being logged in will only let you scroll through the Explore tab, which offers a curated list of tweets. The search field is gone, and will only reappear after you’ve signed in.
The search field does reappear after you click on a tweet, but trying to use it will merely bring up a login prompt.
This forces users to create an account (even if it’s just a throwaway one) to find something on the site, which might be another one of Musk’s tactical moves to increase user count on Twitter.
I guess the only good news is that you don’t have to pay him $8 a month ($11 on iOS) to search. But mark my words, given Elon’s past behaviour, this will be made a paid feature. This is pretty underhanded if you ask me. But I guess I shouldn’t be surprised as this is Elon Musk we are talking about.
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