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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 emehrkay »

aldousd666 wrote: post #161

Nobody wants a damn web view. If I'm clicking off to a link, I may want to click to another app and back in and still be where it was... If it's in a webview that's gone as soon as I click out. Yes, you can open in Chrome or whatever, open in a browser, but that's a pain in the ass to do an the time. I hate web views, in all forms.

I clicked a link in IG once and and it opened via a webveiw. it was one of those "give us your email for a discount" popups so I put in "mark@aol.com" and at a later date, IG asked if I wanted to associate that email with my account (or something along those lines). I tend to take the extra step to "open in native browser" whenever webveiws popup

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

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Post by itsoktocry »

toyg wrote: post #177
ndr wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who is using Bluesky in the US? Whenever something big happens I keep getting x.com links from friends. Is it just my friends?

> Who is using Bluesky in the US? A lot of writers and creatives who could not stomach X.com anymore (and were then likely burned by Mastodon's geekiness). > Is it just my friends? If your friends are in the right-wing sphere (e.g. Joe Rogan listeners, etc), then yeah, likely.

I tried out Bluesky during the great migration about a year ago.

It was incredibly toxic, but of course the "left-wing sphere" thinks they are the purveyors of universal "good", thus their toxicity is fine.

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

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Post by scottcorgan »

itsoktocry wrote: post #205

I've been a long-time Twitter user. I don't hate Elon, so when he bought it I was cautiously optimistic. I deactivated last week. The platform is bad and getting worse. It's scammy and spammy. Everything is designed around garbage engagement, so that the X team can brag about how good the product is doing.

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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 chairmansteve »

the__alchemist wrote: post #176
nkohari wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I would try again, but not use discover, and aggressively mute/block.

Yep. I ruthlessly anyone who induces the slightest negative emotion in me, be it annoyance, fear, anger etc. You are what you consume.

I check the mainstream headlines once a day, kind of like checking the weather. There may be something I need to know. But then I move on.

Getting worked up about politics is like shaking your fist at the rain clouds, completely pointless.

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

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Post by Aurornis »

embedding-shape wrote: post #74
nwsm wrote: post #67

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From UI perspective you are right, but not for APIs.

The APIs definitly used to be open enough that you could hit a "Generate token", hit one endpoint with cURL and then receive a firehose of all public tweets from that moment on, no reviews or validation at all, all you needed was an account + token. I think this is a huge reason for the initial popularity, because it was trivial to build really fun experiences on top of that, until they cut it off for whatever reason…

> and then receive a firehose of all public tweets from that moment on

The complete firehose was expensive and paid-only.

You could get a sampling of Tweets at a lower rate through the API. It wasn’t the complete firehose, though.

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

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Post by rcpt »

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

It's not 2014 anymore. Check his tweets, right wing slop occupies most of his brain these days.

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

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Post by chairmansteve »

toyg wrote: post #175
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.

The discussion over X is always the same: "It's gone to hell" "No, it just reflects your tastes" "That's objectively false: create a new account and see what happens." "..."

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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 ceejayoz »

philipallstar wrote: post #200
ceejayoz wrote: post #120

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Musk's own lawyers did the work for us. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/tech/twitter-files-lawyers/in... > “Nothing in the new materials shows any governmental actor compelling or even discussing any content-moderation action with respect to Trump” and others participating in the suit, Twitter argued. > The communications unearthed as part of the Twitter Files do not show coercion, Twitter’s lawyers wrote, “because th…

Yes - it wasn't with respect to Trump. It was silencing negative stories about Biden and his son that was the proximate issue, and the general silencing of mostly Republican voices by mostly Democrat voices (though sometimes it went the other way, it was much less frequent[0]. [0] https://twitterfiles.substack.com/p/1-thread-the-twitter-fil...

Again:

> > The communications unearthed as part of the Twitter Files do not show coercion, Twitter’s lawyers wrote, “because they do not contain a specific government demand to remove content—let alone one backed by the threat of government sanction.”

That was the case for the Biden laptop story, too. (And SCOTUS, thus far, seems to agree; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murthy_v._Missouri)

Again: Musk's own lawyers argued in court that the Twitter Files don't actually show what Matt Taibbi claimed they do.

(Taibbi also publicly claims Musk is now censoring him. https://x.com/mtaibbi/status/1758230628355485979)

> though sometimes it went the other way, it was much less frequent

While I tend to doubt that assertion, "Left-wing terrorism outpaces far-right attacks for first time in 30 years" perhaps points to a reason for a difference if it exists. https://www.axios.com/2025/09/28/left-wing-terrorism-far-rig...

The current administration seems just fine with similar jawboning. https://www.theverge.com/policy/799473/facebook-meta-ice-jaw...

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

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Post by debazel »

carlosjobim wrote: post #181
PyWoody wrote: post #169

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Serious question: Why doesn't Google de-rank content that requires a login? I remember they used to claim they did but they clearly do not anymore.

Because people can get a login. If the best quality result is behind a login and a paywall, I still want it to be the first result. Only quality should decide ranking.

Please do tell how to get an X account? It instantly locked my account after registration and I have several friends have the same issue.

I would much prefer if Google just stopped showing inaccessible information completely.

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

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Post by chairmansteve »

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…

Another PSA. RSS is still very good.
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