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Post by defrost »

frereubu wrote: post #109
NoboruWataya wrote: post #6

What is the main use case for X these days? Is it still as popular as it used to be? Clearly the exodus that happened when Musk took it over didn't kill it but I do seem to see fewer links to it than I used to. Whenever I do see it linked on here it seems to be because one of the big tech CEOs has said something on it.

In a UK context, journalists are on there because politicians are on there... and politicians are on there because journalists are on there. It's politicians that need to pull the plug - if they left en masse the journalists would go where they went, even if they stayed on X too - but nobody has the balls to do it. (Aside from one politician who for all practical purposes seems to do absolutely nothing: https://www.b…

A problem for the UK here is things like Rupert Lowe set to be paid as much for divisive posts on X as for being MP - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/24/rupert-lowe...

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Post by runjake »

seizethecheese wrote: post #135

Political stuff notwithstanding, I used to be an active X user with a large following, but stopped using it because I couldn't configure a client that reliably allowed me to 1) consume a non-algorithmic feed and 2) disable videos and photos in the feed. It's really quite a bummer to be forced into the engagement maximizing app.

You bring up a lot of good points, so just some general tips for other readers.

> Political stuff notwithstanding

Don't follow people who post about politics and use muting and mute words liberally.

> consume a non-algorithmic feed

New-ish: Following -> Latest. As an aside, the supposed algorithm is on GitHub[1].

> disable videos and photos in the feed

uBlock or Control Panel for Twitter.

1. https://github.com/xai-org/x-algorithm

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Post by redeeman »

gempir wrote: post #29
bbg2401 wrote: post #5

> You've gotta be kidding me. Unfortunately everyone still uses the Nazi app so this is actually a big problem. If the commenter truly believes it’s a Nazi app, why are they the slightest bit upset to lose access to any version of it? It’s astonishingly easy to not use toxic social media platforms.

I can't even read specific public transport updates in my city because they only post those to Twitter, only vague messages on their own website.

[flagged]

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Post by loeg »

Leynos wrote: post #134
NoboruWataya wrote: post #6

What is the main use case for X these days? Is it still as popular as it used to be? Clearly the exodus that happened when Musk took it over didn't kill it but I do seem to see fewer links to it than I used to. Whenever I do see it linked on here it seems to be because one of the big tech CEOs has said something on it.

It's mostly a porn site these days

This is one of those situations where describing your algorithmic feed tells us more about you than about Twitter.

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Post by derbOac »

TitaRusell wrote: post #52
NoboruWataya wrote: post #6

What is the main use case for X these days? Is it still as popular as it used to be? Clearly the exodus that happened when Musk took it over didn't kill it but I do seem to see fewer links to it than I used to. Whenever I do see it linked on here it seems to be because one of the big tech CEOs has said something on it.

Breaking news. If a bomb goes off or a plane goes down people post it to X.

They post it other places also in my experience. Twitter doesn't have the monopoly on that it used to.

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Post by dokyun »

mmooss wrote: post #123
erulabs wrote: post #53

The open web is dead. The open web remains dead. And we have killed it. I'm actually much less anti-Musk than the average HN commentator but it should be universally agreed here that a small handful of mega-corp websites dominating the majority of content on the web is a bad thing . Nitter was hardly a solution. Federated platforms like Mastodon and Bluesky are "culturally" closed, and "free speech" platforms like X…

> "free speech" platforms like X are "technically" closed. Musk boots off and/or limits distribution of people he disagrees with. I can't fathom how you think that's 'free speech' - it's the opposite. > Federated platforms like Mastodon and Bluesky are "culturally" closed I've heard that - what is your experience? Downvotes and exclusion? Are there more 'open' servers?

> I've heard that - what is your experience? Downvotes and exclusion? Are there more 'open' servers?

Fediverse has plenty of servers which are "free speech" adjacent, which most Mastodon servers close off since its easier for them to police what their users can see than let them do it themselves. The vast majority of them do not run the Mastodon software, and feel far more "wild west" with all the shitposters. But if you want to talk with actual hackers and are into that sort of thing, it's fun times.

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

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Post by loeg »

NoboruWataya wrote: post #6

What is the main use case for X these days? Is it still as popular as it used to be? Clearly the exodus that happened when Musk took it over didn't kill it but I do seem to see fewer links to it than I used to. Whenever I do see it linked on here it seems to be because one of the big tech CEOs has said something on it.

> What is the main use case for X these days?

The same as it ever was. Short-form gossip. News, discussion, jokes.

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Post by jerlam »

dwedge wrote: post #65
NoboruWataya wrote: post #6

What is the main use case for X these days? Is it still as popular as it used to be? Clearly the exodus that happened when Musk took it over didn't kill it but I do seem to see fewer links to it than I used to. Whenever I do see it linked on here it seems to be because one of the big tech CEOs has said something on it.

This is only tenuously related but every single Mac app I see advertised on X by verified accounts is malware. I reported one last week to them, they said it's not malware. I appealed it and said the install link is copy and paste obfuscated base64 into your terminal, and they said after review it doesn't break their terms. So whatever else they do, they take money to knowingly promote malware.

It's not just Mac apps. A Twitter ad is a negative indicator, and makes me less interested in the product.

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Post by runjake »

NoboruWataya wrote: post #6

What is the main use case for X these days? Is it still as popular as it used to be? Clearly the exodus that happened when Musk took it over didn't kill it but I do seem to see fewer links to it than I used to. Whenever I do see it linked on here it seems to be because one of the big tech CEOs has said something on it.

It’s still fairly popular, but the statistics show that X usage is gradually declining. Elon claims that X is more popular than ever, but the platform doesn’t publicly release its own stats, and publicly available stats say otherwise.

If you like AI and tech, there are some pretty thriving sub-communities. AI stuff, and a lot of tech stuff happens on X first. Claudebot/OpenClaw/Hermes all began on X months before I commonly saw them appear on other platforms.

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Post by sillysaurusx »

smalltorch wrote: post #137
sillysaurusx wrote: post #130

I’ve been writing an HN clone that’s literally a clone. It copies all front page posts and comments. I just wanted to say publicly that dang is awesome. Instead of shutting down the idea, he’s been actively helping the project by answering periodic emails and… well, not shutting it down. Not sure what to do with it yet. Maybe I could let users have custom filtering rules. But the point is, companies should support co…

Is it available? Would like to peek around, I also made a clone. There are lots of little details about the HN ui that were difficult to get just right.

Oh no way, a fellow HN cloning nerd! Hi!

You’re absolutely right. It’s taken almost daily work from April till now, but I finally have almost everything. Navigation links were particularly tricky. I’d love to see yours too.

Right now it’s running locally on my laptop, but I plan to deploy it to https://news.ycombinator.lol soon. I was gonna make AI generated comments but the API costs are pretty high.

Source is fully available: https://github.com/shawwn/sharc

I started with arc 3.2, which is ancient, and implemented every missing feature one by one until I’ve mostly run out. https://github.com/shawwn/sharc/tree/main/docs/agents/handof... shows a chronological journal of the whole process.

Is yours up somewhere? Would love to compare notes.

EDIT: Here's a side by side screenshot:

HN Simulator: https://i.imgur.com/iZk5ypK.png

HN: https://i.imgur.com/ZocuK0L.png

It's fun to tab back and forth and look at the diffs.

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