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Re: "If nothing changes, all remaining Nitter instances will go down eventually"

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Post by timeon »

Dalewyn wrote: post #23
neilv wrote: post #16

If all Nitter instances get shut down, that's another reason for people to stop putting information into the Twitter/X walled-garden. Nitter has had the effect of a pressure release valve, for the people who object most to Twitter/X. Without the Nitter compromise, more people will stop linking to Twitter/X threads, indulging people who still post there, etc.

I am quite sure the people who use Nitter or otherwise detest Mysterious Twitter X are a vocal minority of people.

I do not think that people without account are minority.

Re: "If nothing changes, all remaining Nitter instances will go down eventually"

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Post by koito17 »

mastazi wrote: post #25
koito17 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The important part is the linked GitHub comment from the primary maintainer (and owner) of the Nitter project. To save readers a click Guest accounts have been removed, they weren't just led to believe that. With real accounts getting rate limited immediately and likely banned, I don't see any path forward for Nitter. Source: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/983#issuecomment-191... The way I interpret this com…

> (and owner) of Nitter. I would say that Nitter as a whole is not owned by anyone, that person is the owner of one of the Nitter instances, in addition to being the primary maintainer of the project as you correctly stated. I agree with the second part of your comment about all instances being in danger. It is unfortunately a common problem faced by many privacy-respecting frontends (Nitter, Libreddit, Proxigram, Pi…

I really meant to say "owner of the Nitter project", but you are nonetheless correct about ownership of Nitter instances. I have edited my post.

Re: "If nothing changes, all remaining Nitter instances will go down eventually"

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Post by echelon »

timeon wrote: post #31
Dalewyn wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am quite sure the people who use Nitter or otherwise detest Mysterious Twitter X are a vocal minority of people.

I do not think that people without account are minority.

They just aren't the ones posting on the platform.

Re: "If nothing changes, all remaining Nitter instances will go down eventually"

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Post by sphars »

Has there been any guides about self-hosting Nitter and using your own personal account, rather than trying to generate a bunch of guest accounts?

I ask because while I no longer use Twitter, I have been using the RSS feature from Nitter to follow a few accounts that aren't available elsewhere. So if there's any way to keep doing that, I'd appreciate it if anyone has a solution. And I really don't want to login to Twitter anymore.

Re: "If nothing changes, all remaining Nitter instances will go down eventually"

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Post by timeon »

add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #20
Me1000 wrote: post #11

This is disappointing because often times people link to threads on Twitter but if you’re lucky enough to not get a login wall, the full thread wont be visible without logging in. (Which I’m not going to do) I really wish people would just stop linking me to twitter (or better yet, stop using it altogether).

It's a terrible site though and calls to disallow submissions from there (in comments here) were common going back well before Musk took over, so the Twitter dislike originated independently of anyone's views about him.

Dislike is not priority or let say common denominator. Problem is that X/Twitter cannot be viewed without login. This was not the case before.

Re: "If nothing changes, all remaining Nitter instances will go down eventually"

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Post by AstroJetson »

koito17 wrote: post #7

On one hand, this is unfortunate since X always directs me to a login page, and Nitter was the only way I could view whatever gets posted nowadays. On the other hand, the cynical side of me is thankful that I have no more desirable means to see the contents of posts on X. Edit: a similar thing happened with Reddit and Teddit(?). API restrictions effectively killed alternative frontends, so I simply don't look at Redd…

Yep, it will be easier to cut the X habit off. I'll miss Nitter, but I'll be happier in the long run.

I was a Reddit Apollo user, and it was easier to wean off of Reddit when I had to use their horrible app or their website. Even using old.reddit has been painful.

Re: "If nothing changes, all remaining Nitter instances will go down eventually"

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Post by DistractionRect »

walterbell wrote: post #27

Would a self-hosted private instance of Nitter be an option to avoid rate limits, or are Twitter accounts being penalized for using any third-party API client?

You could, but you'd have to make your own personal twitter account. At that point you're using Twitter with extra steps.

Re: "If nothing changes, all remaining Nitter instances will go down eventually"

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Post by system2 »

mvdtnz wrote: post #17
Me1000 wrote: post #11

This is disappointing because often times people link to threads on Twitter but if you’re lucky enough to not get a login wall, the full thread wont be visible without logging in. (Which I’m not going to do) I really wish people would just stop linking me to twitter (or better yet, stop using it altogether).

If we're lucky this will discourage HNers from linking to Twitter at all.

Especially those stupid blog-like formatted ones.

Re: "If nothing changes, all remaining Nitter instances will go down eventually"

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Post by davorak »

Dalewyn wrote: post #23
neilv wrote: post #16

If all Nitter instances get shut down, that's another reason for people to stop putting information into the Twitter/X walled-garden. Nitter has had the effect of a pressure release valve, for the people who object most to Twitter/X. Without the Nitter compromise, more people will stop linking to Twitter/X threads, indulging people who still post there, etc.

I am quite sure the people who use Nitter or otherwise detest Mysterious Twitter X are a vocal minority of people.

Comparing traffic, pre sale, of logged in twitter users vs traffic generated by those without accounts would give insight into what percentage of users have to take action to continue to use twitter normally.

I spent a 1-2 minutes googling and could not come up with numbers though.

I know I am part of the percentage of people that used to read twitter without an account, or at least not logged in, and now read twitter a trivial amount.

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