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by matttb 1324 days ago
I have an account and every time I hit that signup/in wall I just close the page rather than sign into my account
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You can get a much better experience by using nitter[0]. Easiest way to do it is by replacing twitter.com with nitter.it (or some other nitter instance) in your link.

0: https://nitter.net/about

Nitter is so much better. It successfully loads every time, is faster, and has less junk.
Question is: why is it allowed, and will Musk continue to allow it.
I use it but it's slow at times. Other than that it's great.
It always loads much faster than Twitter for me. Maybe it depends on which instance you're using, if nitter.net is slow for you, the other popular instances I know of are nitter.42l.fr and nitter.kavin.rocks; these two have been around for some time and been stable, you can settle on whichever one is fastest for you.
+1, for anyone who doesn't stay signed in it's a "go away" signal - which is ironic because those people are more likely to sign in if they are allowed to read more.
On Android I use Fritter. You can even follow people and get notification without an account. Great for following news and feed type accounts that are only on Twitter.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.jonjomckay.fritter/

Thanks, I'll check it out!
This is literally THE reason I don’t use twitter. Somehow my 2FA is associated with an old phone number and I’ve tried once or twice to fix but… bleh, at least let me read.
Someone told me a while ago that if you hit "log in" a close button appears in the top left, and you can close the dialog without signing in.