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Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

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Post by mentalgear »

0xblinq wrote: post #904
matesz wrote: post #892

Ex-x account holder here. Even if the world is going to fall and details about this even will be accessible exclusively behind X login wall, I am not setting up the account there again, NO WAY. I wholeheartedly recommend you do the same - remove your account and forget about it. Almost certainly you won't miss it, as I didn't miss it. And there is a big chance you will get a big sight of relief, as I did. If you real…

I do want to remove my account there. But when I was doing it, I got a big warning that anyone could come up and register that handle for themselves. So I instead ended up just deleting every post, my personal details, and left the account alone (not using it anymore). I know they do this intentionally (it's bad intentions all over the place on social networks nowadays, except HN, of course). I'm terrified of somebod…

Pin a post that you leave X (or any major SM): say its your last post because they have become a greedy, amoral cesspool and add links where they can find you instead.

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

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Post by Gareth321 »

philipallstar wrote: post #894
shikck200 wrote: post #870

Who TF wants to use Twitter? Its the worst echo chamber out there.

> Who TF wants to use Twitter? Its the worst echo chamber out there. It's certainly more diverse than Bluesky, if this is an echo chamber-measuring contest.

It's crazy to see the same people accusing X of being an echo-chamber suggesting Bluesky without a hint of irony or interospection.

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

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Post by expedition32 »

docdeek wrote: post #880
shikck200 wrote: post #870

Who TF wants to use Twitter? Its the worst echo chamber out there.

There’s likely some information on there that some people must want to share if services like Xcancel and Nitter exist and allow you to share it without being on X itself.

There are unfortunately a few times a year that I need to read something posted on Instagram, Facebook or X.

And they all require accounts that I don't want to have.

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

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Post by ljm »

nicole_express wrote: post #909

My hope is that this reduces the relevancy of Twitter; a lot of people who consider it a moral reason not use X.com proper end up still using Nitter/Xcancel to keep an eye on discussions, which has helped reduce the reason to leave the site. But in reality I suspect that group isn't actually large enough to have much impact, especially since some will just give in and register on the Everything App.

Going cold turkey on Twitter (and Facebook and the like) was amazing, but the problem for a while was that you'd still end up browsing it by proxy because it would all get screenshotted for Reddit.

It's been a long time since I've seen them (thank god), but the worst culprits were subs like facepalm, white people twitter, leopards ate my face, and pretty much any left-leaning or liberal sub.

They did a fantastic job of platforming the ideologies they stand against simply by screenshotting the most vocal advocates and talking heads and sharing them so commenters could get angry. That shit lived rent free in the subscribers' heads to an unhealthy degree and for everybody who hate-engaged, there were plenty more who saw it as an introduction.

One day I'll do for Reddit what I did for the rest of social media but for now it's easy enough to stay off Popular and All and just stick with the smaller subs with a specific subject matter.

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Post by phoghed »

angoragoats wrote: post #896
phoghed wrote: post #887

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reddit is worse imo just because of how the site is structured and the power of mods.

Option A: You occasionally encounter power tripping mods on a site where you are free to create your own community and become the mod yourself. Option B: a power tripping drug-addled Nazi billionaire owns the entire site and can change the site behavior for every user on a whim, with no recourse. This doesn’t seem like a hard choice to make.

An echo chamber isn’t inherently bad, and moderation is required to maintain any semblance of a well functioning online community.

Reddit can be good if you stay in your niche and off the default subs. Twitter is good if you similarly curate your experience and don’t let it push you into garbage.

I don’t use either much anymore.

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

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Post by sliqqq »

matesz wrote: post #892

Ex-x account holder here. Even if the world is going to fall and details about this even will be accessible exclusively behind X login wall, I am not setting up the account there again, NO WAY. I wholeheartedly recommend you do the same - remove your account and forget about it. Almost certainly you won't miss it, as I didn't miss it. And there is a big chance you will get a big sight of relief, as I did. If you real…

Why? X is one of the rare uncensored publishing / communication networks we have. Do you prefer living in a highly regulated, censored pre-gated world where information is hidden if somebody "feels offended" by it or state / ngo actors dont want something to go public?

The brainwashing against free, open, uncensored and community-corrected platforms is crazy.

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Post by mnls »

You can still selfhost it. You might lose the privacy benefit and you got to have an account to get session token etc but the tracking is way less than using X's app/browser and Nitter is extremely lightweight on resources both at server level and at client.

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

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Post by sliqqq »

shikck200 wrote: post #870

Who TF wants to use Twitter? Its the worst echo chamber out there.

Everybody who's not totally limited in their mindsets. Twitter/X is uncensored. I think open minds who are hungry for the raw, real truth prefer such platform, rather than one that's regulated by one political party of one particular country.
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