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Re: Show HN: XDeck – An ad-blocking client app for macOS, like TweetDeck

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Post by kstrauser »

prmoustache wrote: post #27
add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #13

As Twitter and Reddit were going user-hostile past the point of no return last year I fought it for a while with actions like these. But eventually giving up and ditching them completely was unavoidable and, in hindsight, freeing.

For some reason, the fight of most social media against any third party way to access them comfortably helped people like me finding the motivation to get rid of them altogether.

Same. I left Reddit when they killed Apollo. In retrospect it was a blessing.

Re: Show HN: XDeck – An ad-blocking client app for macOS, like TweetDeck

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Post by rcarmo »

kstrauser wrote: post #30
dwighttk wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Refuse? Or tried and it was so complicated it didn’t work?

If you can use Twitter and email, you're capable of using Mastodon.

Tell that to the folk who are still on Twitter…

Re: Show HN: XDeck – An ad-blocking client app for macOS, like TweetDeck

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Post by dwighttk »

kstrauser wrote: post #30
dwighttk wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Refuse? Or tried and it was so complicated it didn’t work?

If you can use Twitter and email, you're capable of using Mastodon.

It’s been ~three years since the last try, but I’ve made multiple mastodon accounts and none of them took

Re: Show HN: XDeck – An ad-blocking client app for macOS, like TweetDeck

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Post by kstrauser »

rcarmo wrote: post #32
kstrauser wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you can use Twitter and email, you're capable of using Mastodon.

Tell that to the folk who are still on Twitter…

I can’t. I deleted my account when it went sideways.

Re: Show HN: XDeck – An ad-blocking client app for macOS, like TweetDeck

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Post by swores »

rcarmo wrote: post #32
kstrauser wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you can use Twitter and email, you're capable of using Mastodon.

Tell that to the folk who are still on Twitter…

"Capable of" isnt the same as "is willing to".

Re: Show HN: XDeck – An ad-blocking client app for macOS, like TweetDeck

#37

Post by zogrodea »

LukaD wrote: post #7
askl wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who else would still want to advertise on twitter?

I don’t understand why people even use twitter at all at this point.

All my friends are on there and haven't switched to another site. Some nice features are definitely getting removed from it though (like being able to hide a tweet so only a subset of your followers can see it).

Re: Show HN: XDeck – An ad-blocking client app for macOS, like TweetDeck

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Post by Groxx »

prmoustache wrote: post #27
add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #13

As Twitter and Reddit were going user-hostile past the point of no return last year I fought it for a while with actions like these. But eventually giving up and ditching them completely was unavoidable and, in hindsight, freeing.

For some reason, the fight of most social media against any third party way to access them comfortably helped people like me finding the motivation to get rid of them altogether.

Yep. Instagram has been so hostile up logged-out people that it drove me away, and I actively recommend businesses avoid. Prior to this, quite a few small businesses I ran across used Instagram as their website, but it's completely useless if people can't see anything.
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