Firefox extension to redirect x.com to xcancel.com

Post by saubeidl » Wed, Jan 07, 2026, 2:14 PM UTC

distracted_boy wrote: post #129

saubeidl wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hate X, its anti-user patterns and how its oligarch owner uses it to manipulate discourse to steer society towards his right-wing extremist views. That being said, many public figures have not made the same judgement and post their communications there. Should I just stop informing myself on the public discourse because the place it happens got taken over by a shady character? I think using code to liberate the dis…

Do you apply the same logic to owners of popular newspapers such as BBC, CNN, Fox News etc? Since X is still highly popular, will you ever reconsider your position? Just curious, not looking for a fight or debate.

Post by brightball » Wed, Jan 07, 2026, 2:25 PM UTC

Timon3 wrote: post #135

brightball wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find the combination of a Grok button on every post to real time fact check it, along with eventual notifications when a Community Note is added to something you previously interacted with goes a long way to making it the most trustable of all social media platforms. I don’t see any similar attempts to transparently live fact check on any other platform.

Why does "a Grok button on every post to real time fact check it" increase your trust, given the obvious and open control Musk has over it? When Grok disagreed with him, he kept saying they'd "fix" it, and that's not to mention that infamous "white genocide" issue. It's undeniable that Musk is using his control to align Grok with his own opinions. How does that not decrease your trust? I can't understand the thought…

Post by brightball » Wed, Jan 07, 2026, 2:26 PM UTC

pickleglitch wrote: post #138

brightball wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find the combination of a Grok button on every post to real time fact check it, along with eventual notifications when a Community Note is added to something you previously interacted with goes a long way to making it the most trustable of all social media platforms. I don’t see any similar attempts to transparently live fact check on any other platform.

If you are trusting Grok to "fact check", you have already been bamboozled.

Post by RockstarSprain » Wed, Jan 07, 2026, 2:49 PM UTC

WebReflection wrote: post #35

I used to have an extension per each domain then I've decided to publish regurlator https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/regurlator/jfgfmidm... ... this case would be like `^https:\/\/(?:x|twitter)\.com\/(.+)?$` ` https://xcancel.com/$1 ` so you have a single extension with as many rules as you like and you can download/share/restore rules with ease (it's just a JSON file).

Post by 2Gkashmiri » Wed, Jan 07, 2026, 3:22 PM UTC

CalRobert wrote: post #30

2Gkashmiri wrote: post #2

very good. i find it annoying that whenever there is a new browser extension on HN, i ask for a "firefox version" to which the response is almost always kneejerk "eww no" or something to that end. So to see a firefox extension, that's refreshing. I hope you continue working on it and help improve the extension ecosystem

The same people bemoaning the war on general purpose computing or the surveillance state happily using Chrome has always been a truly bizarre disconnect I’ve never understood. Maybe it’s age? I used Firefox since firebird, and Phoenix, and Netscape, but saying “try Firefox” might feel like talking about an archaeological relic to a 28 year old who has never even seen Firefox running.