Thank you. It’s infuriating to use Twitter as an unauthenticated user these days. If you scroll down far enough you get the uncloseable login gateway pop up, and I can never tell if it’s triggered by reaching the end of a thread, or after X posts in a thread.
Some popular sites have alternative interfaces, e.g. Twitter → Nitter. They are a much better user experience if you just want to lurk. Configure your browser to automatically redirect:
• https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect#custom-inst...
• https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ (use for Imgur → Rimgo until Privacy Redirect has it)
Nitter's settings page lists a bunch:
Youtube -> Invidious or Piped
Twitter -> Nitter
Instagram -> Bibliogram
Reddit -> Teddit
Most or all have numerous hosts and you can pick the one(s) that are most convenient or memorable to you. It's also possible to host these yourself, and I've suggested in the past that HN might consider doing so for Twitter specifically. Reddit possibly as well. (The others are fairly low-traffic on HN.)
Quora would be a nice addition to the list.