Twitter Has Started Blocking Unregistered Users

Currently, if you have attempted to access Twitter without login into your user account, you might discover that none of the content that was previously accessible to the general public is visible to you. Instead, you’ll probably encounter the Twitter window, which prompts you to either sign in to the service or set up a new account. This effectively prevents non-registered users from accessing tweets, user profiles, or browsing threads.

The problem appears to be affecting web access on both desktop and mobile devices, according to various users who have complained. Prior to this move, users without accounts could access Twitter to a limited extent; for instance, they could browse public tweets and user profiles but couldn’t like or comment on them. Before, after scrolling past an unknown number of tweets, a box preventing users from accessing more postings until they logged in appeared, but that at least gave some access to the platform.

Any attempt to access the website now results in a sign-in prompt that fully blocks your view, regardless of whether you use the homepage, a direct link to a tweet, or a profile. It doesn’t even provide a quick redirect to tease the material. Simply put, nothing is seen.

Since Twitter hasn’t made any official announcements, it’s now impossible to establish if this was an accident or an intended update. However, if Twitter sticks to the modifications, they both go against and are in favor of previous decisions Elon Musk, the company’s owner, has made recently. Musk hired renowned iPhone hacker George Hotz in 2022 to improve the search function and remove the login prompt that inhibits guests from accessing the website. Hotz quit his 12-week internship with the organization less than halfway through, saying he “didn’t think there was any real impact I could make there.” The platform’s search function for unregistered users was then completely removed by Twitter in April of this year.

If this is done on purpose, it indicates that Twitter may be compelling users to sign up as registered users, which could result in more users signing up for Twitter Blue. Even though many of the features that improve user experiences (like editing tweets and user verification) are hidden behind a Twitter Blue subscription, more of the platform’s essential features may soon follow. Free Twitter account holders can still access publicly posted tweets and other information. Users paying for premium features are likely to benefit the company financially, as US advertising revenue for Twitter fell by 59 percent during April and May of this year compared to the same period last year.