Nitter is working again

#1

Post by linusg789 » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 12:33 PM UTC

Nitter is working again
github.com

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#2

Post by eterps » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 12:48 PM UTC

Displaying a timeline with multiple accounts seems still broken, but other than that it works fine.

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#3

Post by meepmorp » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 1:02 PM UTC

So, is the AI Scrapocalypse no longer a critically important issue?

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#4

Post by INTPenis » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 1:04 PM UTC

Is this really permanent? I'd love to know more about this bearer token.

Because in the other github issue thread it seemed like every time they found a way around Twitter's safeguards, it was shutdown.

It seems like they've literally hard coded a token into the source code. Meaning thousands of nitter-instances, thousands of users, around the world, will use the same token.

And potentially so will the AI companies.

So I just don't see how this can work.

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#5

Post by rompic » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 1:05 PM UTC

RSS does not work?

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#6

Post by sheepscreek » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 1:06 PM UTC

This is the most impressive project in Nim I’ve seen yet. Rewriting any major front-end, complete with working authentication and handling idiosyncrasies of the private API is a herculean task. For context, Twitter would have a team of two dozen or more supporting what this does, effectively. Kudos to the author for accomplishing this feat!

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#7

Post by lewantmontreal » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 1:09 PM UTC

We weren’t supposed to talk about fight club

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#8

Post by cmeacham98 » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 1:10 PM UTC

INTPenis wrote: post #4

Is this really permanent? I'd love to know more about this bearer token. Because in the other github issue thread it seemed like every time they found a way around Twitter's safeguards, it was shutdown. It seems like they've literally hard coded a token into the source code. Meaning thousands of nitter-instances, thousands of users, around the world, will use the same token. And potentially so will the AI companies.…

My guess is that this token is used in the official Twitter web/mobile app - making it hard for Twitter to just straight up disable/ban.

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Post by unsupp0rted » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 1:12 PM UTC

sheepscreek wrote: post #6

This is the most impressive project in Nim I’ve seen yet. Rewriting any major front-end, complete with working authentication and handling idiosyncrasies of the private API is a herculean task. For context, Twitter would have a team of two dozen or more supporting what this does, effectively. Kudos to the author for accomplishing this feat!

> For context, Twitter would have a team of two dozen or more supporting what this does

Of course, because if Nitter goes down nobody bats an eye.

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#10

Post by DeathArrow » Mon, Jul 10, 2023, 1:15 PM UTC

INTPenis wrote: post #4

Is this really permanent? I'd love to know more about this bearer token. Because in the other github issue thread it seemed like every time they found a way around Twitter's safeguards, it was shutdown. It seems like they've literally hard coded a token into the source code. Meaning thousands of nitter-instances, thousands of users, around the world, will use the same token. And potentially so will the AI companies.…

It seems the old API is working again.