Twitter is perhaps the best source of chaotic information on the planet. If you know where to look, you can easily access the latest news and gossip, almost before you know it. Otherwise, you could be plunging into a pit of misinformation. Not only is it a pointless exercise, but it also takes up a juicy chunk of your precious time.

The safest course of action is, of course, to stay away from Twitter — and similar services — but that’s hardly a viable choice for most of us. That’s why today we’re taking a look at the next best option — telling you whether it’s possible to view Twitter and access its goodness without an account.

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Being a social networking site, you might rightly expect the worst from Twitter — restricting access without an account. Surprisingly, Twitter works much better with unregistered users than Facebook does. Yes, Twitter.com would still ask you to log in or create an account if you went through the official Twitter homepage — Twitter.com — but there is a fairly simple workaround.