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cross-posted from: https://radiation.party/post/32518

[ sourced from The Verge ]

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[–] Qiz 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Will this affect Google search? That’s got to be a good driver for Twitter right?

Maybe trying to get people that end up there after a search to sign up would be a better tactic.

[–] abhibeckert 2 points 1 year ago

Google is happy to link to news sites with a paywall, I don't see why they'd have an issue with a free signup.

[–] rs5th 2 points 1 year ago

I tried to set my browser user-agent to the Google Bot one and got a "Nothing to see here" page. :/

[–] Bldck 1 points 1 year ago

That’s how it used to be. Musk wanted to remove the login prompt after some browsing but they saw the conversion numbers on the feature and kept it.

[–] MrMonkey@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I'm sure they give the content to the google bots, just not end users. So you see a teaser, click on it, then have to log in.

Screw that, I'm out!