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I feel like a smuggler. I closed my Twitter account due to such shenanigans, and now read my favorite tweeters via Nitter RSS feeds. None of the various Twitter

I feel like a smuggler. I closed my Twitter account due to such shenanigans, and now read my favorite tweeters via Nitter RSS feeds. None of the various Twitter bovine excrement comes along for the ride, just the words of the people I intend to follow, in the order posted. No ads, no trending topics, no shocking takes from a friend of a friend of a friend. And for me the read-only nature of this arrangement is a bonus feature. So it's probably just a matter of time before this route is plugged.

abnercoimbre 5y ago
What do you mean plugged? Twitter will find a way to shut down Nitter?
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- tim-- 5y ago
  It wouldn't be too hard. Nitter is using a few unofficial APIs from Twitter.
  - Nextgrid 5y ago
    As far as I know, Nitter reverse-engineers and uses the same API that their official web frontend uses. So while it can be made difficult and turned into a game of cat & mouse, it can't be "shut down" per se without also shutting down their own UI.