Comment by maipen
21 hours ago
You are replying on HN with an account. Just make an account on X if there's content you want to see.
We got used to something being free and open, doesn't mean this is how it should be.
21 hours ago
You are replying on HN with an account. Just make an account on X if there's content you want to see.
We got used to something being free and open, doesn't mean this is how it should be.
They collect your passport and facial scan for "security purposes" if they feel like it:
https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/verification-policy
This must be Musk's "free speech absolutism".
Sorry to move the goalposts on you, but the specific feature whose elimination I am lamenting is anonymous, read-only access. HN still supports this. Making an account kind of defeats the purpose.