> Reddit is now this way too.

Which is why OpenAI formed a partnership with reddit, in exchange for access to OpenAI's models, OpenAI gets access to reddit's data, and access to reddits live feed.

The reason X and Reddit started forcing accounts is to prevent or add barrier for web scraping, and forcing companies to pay for access to the data.

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ModernMech 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Notably this was called a “temporary emergency measure” by Elon Musk — yet another promise he couldn’t keep

https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-now-needs-users-s...

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sailfast 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

“Temporary emergency” should always be considered skeptically - especially when it comes to government. They almost always stay permanent.

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ibejoeb 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm fine with the criticism, but what's the solution? And what makes this a uniquely Elon problem when the rest of the social media industry does the same? There was backlash when the models learned computer programming from open source repositories, so I wonder if the same applies to casual speech.

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kelvinjps10 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Because it worked without an account before Elon came to Twitter and changed it?

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		Would've happened either way. Data is more valuable and also trivial to scrape now.