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Re: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

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Post by mk89 »

rcruzeiro wrote: post #133
mk89 wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure why it's so bad what the person wrote. There are studies showing how objectively bad Facebook and Instagram are for people, leading them to depression and so on. Isn't this hitting the fabric of our society? Our youth has severe issues also because of Zuckeberg, probably even more than due to Musk. Or is the fabric of our society only what's convenient to pick, such as whatever you guys dislike about Elon? S…

Remind me again what is the subject of this thread? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

Ok then how about we stay all in topic and focus on the "links will now be open in background when tweets are shown"? Instead of focusing on the rich billionaire who wants to conquer the world....

BTW: it's normal to diverge or even say "also xyz does that s*". The issue is bigger than X, and more related to social media itself. As long as there is some respect or some argument...

Re: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

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Post by as1mov »

input_sh wrote: post #37
teiferer wrote: post #31

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When was that? Already pre-Elon it was terrible.

Come on, pre-Elon you could click on a Twitter link and read the entire thread as well as the replies, now you just get a single tweet with no context above/below. And if you click on an account you just get top posts of all time instead of a chronological feed, so it's impossible to even find the context while being logged off.

Here's me complaining[1] about the login walls way back in 2021, this was before the Elon takeover.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28268365

Edit: Some more posts -

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28289263

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28281472

Re: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

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Post by seneca »

sporkxrocket wrote: post #123
ceejayoz wrote: post #109

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They did say building , not built . Starship R&D work is… tough to deny.

Musk constantly promises to build things that never get built. He's 99% vaporware. Unless it actually exists, it's safe to assume that it never will.

> Musk constantly promises to build things that never get built. He's 99% vaporware.

Absolutely laughable motivated reasoning. Hate the guy if you must, but claiming one of the most impactful business leaders in American history is "99% vaporware" makes you look silly.

Re: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

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Post by nkohari »

myko wrote: post #138
nkohari wrote: post #126

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There was a real attempt earlier this year to move to BlueSky, but it's become even worse than Twitter for different reasons. BlueSky's definitely gotten a lot of the technical side of things right (as compared to the fediverse, the complexity of which blocks mainstream adoption). Unfortunately, it's also now an incredibly unpleasant place to be unless you want to swim in constant political ragebait. Twitter also has…

Interesting, BlueSky's non-algorithmic feed makes it really easy to avoid political ragebait and focus on tech accounts imo Really depends on who you're following

I'd love to give it another try and be proven wrong. At the beginning it felt like "old Twitter", before it became mainstream, because it was almost entirely software engineers who had left Twitter. After Trump took office it felt like a constant deluge of hand-wringing and people shaking their fists at clouds, and it was tough to immerse myself in it.

Re: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

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Post by zetanor »

elAhmo wrote: post #70

Again, anyone still using Twitter should know they are contributing to the richest man in the world actively pushing to disrupt the core fabric of our society.

Is the implication here that the core fabric of our society isn't otherwise being disrupted, or that this particular disruption should be viewed as exceptionally egregious?

Re: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

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Post by darkwater »

nomdep wrote: post #81
elAhmo wrote: post #70

Again, anyone still using Twitter should know they are contributing to the richest man in the world actively pushing to disrupt the core fabric of our society.

Building rockets, moon bases, making fossil fuels less critical… yes, I agree

That was 5-10-15 years ago Elon.

Re: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

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Post by [deleted] »

thrance wrote: post #137
nomdep wrote: post #96

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The algorithm is a mirror: it show more of what you interact with. You see “shady content” because you pay attention to it. But you can also follow people and read only what they write, reply to them, and write yourself.

Open a private tab, navigate to x.com. All you see are heinous neonazis casually discussing the jewish question and fantasizing about race wars.

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Re: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

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Post by ryukoposting »

nomdep wrote: post #81
elAhmo wrote: post #70

Again, anyone still using Twitter should know they are contributing to the richest man in the world actively pushing to disrupt the core fabric of our society.

Building rockets, moon bases, making fossil fuels less critical… yes, I agree

https://youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4

Re: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

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Post by dbbk »

myko wrote: post #140
robot-wrangler wrote: post #17

Since we're doing PSAs, isn't it also now just a completely broken platform on mobile for everyone who isn't logged in? > Something went wrong, but don't fret - let's give it another shot. This is all I've seen for literally years now. No real error, does not even say to login or install an app, just blames it on my privacy extensions (I don't actually have any) and offers a button to pointlessly try again. No big lo…

It's been broken for anyone not logged in since Elon turned a bunch of servers off. It costs too much to make Twitter freely available. If users who weren't logged in could see the site it would crash constantly.

Not really sure how that's possibly true considering CDN caching exists

Re: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

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Post by nalak »

thrance wrote: post #137
nomdep wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The algorithm is a mirror: it show more of what you interact with. You see “shady content” because you pay attention to it. But you can also follow people and read only what they write, reply to them, and write yourself.

Open a private tab, navigate to x.com. All you see are heinous neonazis casually discussing the jewish question and fantasizing about race wars.

If you do that all you get is a login wall. Have you actually done this or is this what you imagine it to be?
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