Nitter: Alternative Twitter Front-End

#1

Post by pcr910303 » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 5:09 AM UTC

Nitter: Alternative Twitter Front-End
github.com

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#2

Post by egfx » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 6:09 AM UTC

interesting that it’s automatically translating http://2fb.me links to use Nitter instead of twitter.com

There must be some specific logic to translate twitter links over

https://nitter.net/search?f=tweets&q=2fb.me&since=&until=&ne...

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#3

Post by rishav_sharan » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 6:35 AM UTC

nice to see a nim lang app in production. its a great language and this project looks nifty.

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#4

Post by regecks » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 6:57 AM UTC

Where does the authorization token come from? I notice it appears in quite a few projects on e.g. GitHub.

https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/blob/8836cf51e8a6b385e1ac0a...

The project is cool. The de-crapified interface is nice (no weird JavaScript loading, no nags to login, t.co). But that also makes me think that the hosted version (nitter.net) is pretty doomed, since it directly undermines Twitter commercially.

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#5

Post by bdibs » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 7:03 AM UTC

regecks wrote: post #4

Where does the authorization token come from? I notice it appears in quite a few projects on e.g. GitHub. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/blob/8836cf51e8a6b385e1ac0a... The project is cool. The de-crapified interface is nice (no weird JavaScript loading, no nags to login, t.co). But that also makes me think that the hosted version (nitter.net) is pretty doomed, since it directly undermines Twitter commercially.

IIRC it was leaked from some older version of the app, and they haven’t/won’t revoke it.

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#6

Post by mirimir » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 7:23 AM UTC

Cool.

But to tweet, you need a Twitter account. And as I recall, Twitter pretty much demands verification through a mobile account. Do virtual mobile accounts typically work for it?

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#7

Post by jonwinstanley » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 7:51 AM UTC

mirimir wrote: post #6

Cool. But to tweet, you need a Twitter account. And as I recall, Twitter pretty much demands verification through a mobile account. Do virtual mobile accounts typically work for it?

Presumably this project is for just reading?

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#8

Post by 2bitencryption » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 7:56 AM UTC

bdibs wrote: post #5

regecks wrote: post #4

Where does the authorization token come from? I notice it appears in quite a few projects on e.g. GitHub. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/blob/8836cf51e8a6b385e1ac0a... The project is cool. The de-crapified interface is nice (no weird JavaScript loading, no nags to login, t.co). But that also makes me think that the hosted version (nitter.net) is pretty doomed, since it directly undermines Twitter commercially.

IIRC it was leaked from some older version of the app, and they haven’t/won’t revoke it.

now THIS is something I'd love to see a HN or blog post about...

edit: A google search brings me to this. https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/my-bot-has-stopped-working...

Seems it is from twimg, which I believe is the image host used for tweets with images attached? I wonder why they can't revoke this.

And interestingly, the js file linked in that forum post is still alive... https://abs.twimg.com/k/en/init.en.37d4e85afd8ede9741dd.js

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#9

Post by eitland » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 8:02 AM UTC

That was a whole lot faster than the original!

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#10

Post by mirimir » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 8:04 AM UTC

jonwinstanley wrote: post #7

mirimir wrote: post #6

Cool. But to tweet, you need a Twitter account. And as I recall, Twitter pretty much demands verification through a mobile account. Do virtual mobile accounts typically work for it?

Presumably this project is for just reading?

OK. But it seems like lots of work for just reading.

And maybe I don't read enough to trigger roadblocks. Or maybe I just block enough stuff.