A few days ago, Elon Musk-owned Twitter made it compulsory blocked those without a Twitter account from viewing tweets. This meant that one could only view a tweet if he/she was logged in to Twitter. The move was widely criticised by users from across the globe as Twitter serves as the real-time news source for many people. And all of them don’t necessarily have Twitter accounts. Some netizens also perceived this as a move to force people into creating Twitter accounts.
And now, the micro-blogging site has reversed the change, allowing users to view tweets without having to create a Twitter account. However, there appears to be a catch. Users might not be able to see more than the first tweet in a Twitter thread if they aren’t logged in. Also, for some users, the restrictions might not have been lifted at all.
If you don’t have a Twitter account, you will still be able to view tweets. However, you can only view the tweet to which you have the direct link. Viewing multiple tweets is not possible. In addition to this, if you try and interact with the tweet in any way, the login requirement screen will pop up.
For instance, we tried viewing one of Musk’s tweets and were able to do that without signing in. However, only the tweet to which we had the direct link was available to view. There was no option to load multiple tweets.
Meanwhile, Twitter didn’t make any official announcement regarding the same. Elon Musk too, hasn’t tweeted about the reversal of the changes that were imposed about a week back.
