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I use the mobile, no-JS Twitter, so I see an error message on every page load. Not as many pageloads lately. Most of my Twitter links come from IRC, where there are summary bots for the text. The pictures and videos are rarely worth the hassle.

I've noticed this when I click on embedded tweets for other apps. Safari opens up and I get the bug you're mentioning. A refresh usually fixes it, and I don't have a Twitter account, so I've never reported it.

Are we sure it's a bug?

I see the same behavior (I don't have an account either) when I look at Twitter pages with Firefox Beta on Android: "something went wrong," then a refresh displays the page. But isn't that supposed to defeat scrapers and otherwise mess up the API?

Twitter sucks since it started caring more about creating interaction no matter what the cost. They don't believe in good for all anymore.

Twitter: Something Went Wrong