Firefox’s Enhanced Tracking Protection (Strict Mode) is known to cause issues on x.com

There were no “issues”; everything was working completely fine. This is a deliberate decision to force people to turn off tracking protection.

I saw a recommendation to use Firefox’s container extension https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers, but it’s disabled in private browsing windows, and I always use private browsing windows.

  • MaximilianKohlerOPEnglish
    141 month ago
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    I made accounts on Mastodon and Blue Sky but most people still use Twitter, so if there’s info you’re looking for, or if you want to share things, you’re forced to use what most people are using.

    • TootGuitar
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      I deleted my 2007-era Twitter account in 2022 and not once have I felt like I was missing out on any “info” or felt like I wasn’t able to share things.

      • RaoulDookEnglish
        81 month ago
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        I’ve never had a Twitter account and never felt the need for one, also haven’t been missing out on that junk. I’ve read lots of tweets, on occasions when I was offered a twitter link for whatever, but just never felt like I needed to join up at all. Just seems like a waste of time to get on social media where all the posts are just small bits of opinionated content without much depth.

      • PopOfAfrica
        31 month ago
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        Seriously, I just dont understand microblogging. It seems deliberately shallow.

    • Broken_Monitor
      141 month ago
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      Thats cool but it is a transitional thing. If you keep going back the transition doesn’t happen. Stand your ground.

    • bolexforsoup
      101 month ago
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      What info do you need from Twitter you can’t get elsewhere unless you’re a journalist? Genuine question this isn’t bait lol

      • blargerer
        81 month ago
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        I just accepted I’m not getting the information now; but a whole bunch of small creators will basically only talk about their content and schedule on twitter. Like if something is going to be late, they are going on vacation or they are doing an extra stream or etc.

      • TootGuitar
        21 month ago
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        I’m not sure, but wanted to add another hot take: if you’re a journalist and you use Twitter as a primary source for your work, you’re not a journalist.

    • Coasting0942
      81 month ago
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      You can do your part to get that info off of Twitter.

      Get a separate browser just for Twitter use. If there’s info that’s only on Twitter re-post it elsewhere.

    • maegulEnglish
      31 month ago
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      I hear you most people are still there (I’ve claimed in the past that it will be the MS Windows of social media, that no one really openly talks about using but is actually everywhere).

      But I feel it may be useful to distinguish FOMO and social media gossip from actual useful information. I’m not saying there’s nothing useful on Twitter (I don’t actually know). But we’re talking about microblogging and social media here.