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Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

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Post by phplovesong »

SaltyBackendGuy wrote: post #949
OhMeadhbh wrote: post #909

I stopped virtually all social media (except commenting on YouTube videos and telling people they're wrong in HN comments) years ago. No twitter, no mastadon, no bsky, no facebook. I keep hearing myspace is going to re-launch and I would consider getting an account there for the purposes of irony. But... instead of tweeting for an hour a day, I spend that hour reading long form dead tree format texts. I'm not saying…

Same. My last vice is Reddit, which I really need to quit.

I got banned (always for some political stuff, like being too anti trump, anti isreal etc) for the Nth time so i just uninstalled the app. I browse sometimes in bed, but thats only as anon on some libreddit instance. Never poltical stuff, usually just programming and some related subreddits.

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

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Post by phplovesong »

stvltvs wrote: post #970
SaltyBackendGuy wrote: post #949

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same. My last vice is Reddit, which I really need to quit.

I boycotted with the API nonsense a few years ago and noticed I didn't miss it that much. Haven't really been back since. When a web search leads me back, it seems to have gone downhill with lots of low effort and bot-ish posts.

Reddit is gone. You can view it without an account. You get blocked by a popup that forces you to register. Its basically facebook at this time.

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

#983

Post by jsbisviewtiful »

stvltvs wrote: post #970
SaltyBackendGuy wrote: post #949

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same. My last vice is Reddit, which I really need to quit.

I boycotted with the API nonsense a few years ago and noticed I didn't miss it that much. Haven't really been back since. When a web search leads me back, it seems to have gone downhill with lots of low effort and bot-ish posts.

I pulled back significantly on reddit in that period too. Now I probably look at it 10% tops of what I used to. After being away from it and trying to enjoy looking at it these days... It's not the same as it was and simply not very good now. Most of the good communities died off, closed or got too big, the biggest communities are too big and the quality of posts+comments has plummeted. It feels either overrun with bots or it's the alternative: idiots that post so poorly they appear to be bots.

It was fun while it lasted, but with everything going on it often feels nicer to just not look at the internet and do something else. Rage baiting, copy cat posts and spam have become so common on Insta even that's become harder to enjoy.

It's been wild to see the Dead Internet Theory mature in real time after reading about it like... 15 years or more ago.

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

#984

Post by Markoff »

maelito wrote: post #902

Just switch to Bsky.app or mu.social (european version, same global network).

useless advice - Prague firemen are not on bsky, Prague public transport company is not on bsky, Czech state police is not on bsky (though at least this one seems to be unofficially on mastodon), literally no institution here use bsky

https://zpravobot.news/@PolicieCZ

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

#985

Post by phplovesong »

sliqqq wrote: post #926
matesz wrote: post #891

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.

Well looking at Elon and his nazi salute then, yeah its "uncensored". Its a clusterfuck of a platform.

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

#986

Post by Itoldmyselfso »

vintermann wrote: post #938
phoghed wrote: post #886

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Reddit voted itself out of my attention by requiring login for old.reddit.com browsing.

Redlib provides an even better experience than old.reddit.com, while also being truly private.

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

#987

Post by maelito »

Markoff wrote: post #984
maelito wrote: post #902

Just switch to Bsky.app or mu.social (european version, same global network).

useless advice - Prague firemen are not on bsky, Prague public transport company is not on bsky, Czech state police is not on bsky (though at least this one seems to be unofficially on mastodon), literally no institution here use bsky https://zpravobot.news/@PolicieCZ

Yes that's the main problem. I'm talking to them too.

Re: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices

#988

Post by metabagel »

DaSHacka wrote: post #305
yubblegum wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nitter permitted perusing of twitter (x-cremente) without being tracked by whoever has the keys to the backdoors to twitter. This is why nitter is being killed - it destroys the surveillance capability provided by twitter/x/musk to interested parties.

You can peruse Twitter with a VPN and see direct-linked post content while signed-out though, even Reddit doesn't let you do that.

I am able to search and browse Reddit forums and comments without logging in. Can't do that on Twitter.
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