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Could someone explain what nitter is?

by keyle 4y ago

woofcat 4y ago
https://github.com/zedeus/nitter https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
- zugi 4y ago
  > It's impossible to use Twitter without JavaScript enabled It's important to note that this is not a technical requirement but an intentional choice by Twitter. I used to surf Twitter with Javascript disabled. They'd show a little message telling me the experience was better with Javascript but that was all. A year or so ago they intentionally blocked reading Twitter without Javascript.
smegsicle 4y ago
it's a twitter scraper
- cuteboy19 4y ago
  It's not scraping anything (implying storage). It's an alternative frontend.
  - DigiDigiorno 4y ago
    I've never used this, but took a quick look... An alternative frontend would simply be an alternative frontend to the backend... This is an alternative frontend to an alternative backend... (requests do not go from client to and from Twitter. Because of this, I find the "alternative frontend" terminology misleading at best.) Also, one man's "pulling data from an unofficial API" is another man's scraping, but I'm not gonna die on this hill because I see why it's arguably not.
qbasic_forever 4y ago
Lets you browse Twitter without being logged in and not getting the constant "you need to log in to keep reading!!" wall of messages. It just calls in to their API and builds a similar experience as the real site.
- kgodey 4y ago
  The "you need to log in to keep reading!" prompts on Twitter seem to be gone now.
  - tech234a 4y ago
    Yep, removing it was an important goal for George Hotz https://twitter.com/realgeorgehotz/status/1595259161205301248 https://twitter.com/realgeorgehotz/status/159525916120530124...
    - matheusmoreira 4y ago
      I clicked that link and got three near fullscreen dialogs one after the other: sign up nag screen, turn on notifications nag screen and sign in with Google prompt. I just wanted to see geohot's post but apparently whoever's in charge of Twitter user interface just can't help themselves. If they break nitter, I'm not coming back.
    - koyote 4y ago
      Although I applaud the goal (I browse away from twitter whenever the login popup appears) I think it's a bit funny that you need someone of geohot's calibre to remove a "feature" that most probably sits behind a single switch/condition somewhere.
      - deleted 4y ago
        [deleted]
    - timeon 4y ago
      Apparently I'm one of unlucky 1% then. Not only it is still there - there is also another one.
dinosaurdynasty 4y ago
It's an alternative front end to Twitter. Used for privacy, faster loading of pages, and/or RSS.
toofy 4y ago
you can change any twitter link to nitter.net (or any of the mirrors) and it will display the tweet, media, and replies. it’s been super useful for people who don’t have a twitter account or for people who don’t want to feed the twitter beast. multiple of the mirrors have been down today—nitter.net has also been showing “…not found…” messages to me all day as well.
- cf100clunk 4y ago
  Also the Privacy Redirect add-on to Firefox can be set to automate changing the twitter link to nitter. EDIT: you can set Privacy Redirect to choose a random nitter instance, so by opening several tabs with it you are much more likely to strike an operating instance.
  - mastazi 4y ago
    Privacy Redirect is no longer developed and it's been superseded by LibRedirect which is a fork with a lot of additional functionality
    - cf100clunk 4y ago
      Thanks, I'll look into it. Here are the links for both projects: https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect/ https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect/ LibRedirect looks good!
MikusR 4y ago
Like z-library for books or copilot for source code
jonnycomputer 4y ago
Nitter is what twitter should be and will never be.

Could someone explain what nitter is?

by keyle 4y ago

Could someone explain what nitter is?

woofcat 4y ago

https://github.com/zedeus/nitter https://github.com/zedeus/nitter

zugi 4y ago
> It's impossible to use Twitter without JavaScript enabled It's important to note that this is not a technical requirement but an intentional choice by Twitter. I used to surf Twitter with Javascript disabled. They'd show a little message telling me the experience was better with Javascript but that was all. A year or so ago they intentionally blocked reading Twitter without Javascript.

smegsicle 4y ago

it's a twitter scraper

cuteboy19 4y ago
It's not scraping anything (implying storage). It's an alternative frontend.
- DigiDigiorno 4y ago
  I've never used this, but took a quick look... An alternative frontend would simply be an alternative frontend to the backend... This is an alternative frontend to an alternative backend... (requests do not go from client to and from Twitter. Because of this, I find the "alternative frontend" terminology misleading at best.) Also, one man's "pulling data from an unofficial API" is another man's scraping, but I'm not gonna die on this hill because I see why it's arguably not.

qbasic_forever 4y ago

Lets you browse Twitter without being logged in and not getting the constant "you need to log in to keep reading!!" wall of messages. It just calls in to their API and builds a similar experience as the real site.

kgodey 4y ago
The "you need to log in to keep reading!" prompts on Twitter seem to be gone now.
- tech234a 4y ago
  Yep, removing it was an important goal for George Hotz https://twitter.com/realgeorgehotz/status/1595259161205301248 https://twitter.com/realgeorgehotz/status/159525916120530124...
  - matheusmoreira 4y ago
    I clicked that link and got three near fullscreen dialogs one after the other: sign up nag screen, turn on notifications nag screen and sign in with Google prompt. I just wanted to see geohot's post but apparently whoever's in charge of Twitter user interface just can't help themselves. If they break nitter, I'm not coming back.
  - koyote 4y ago
    Although I applaud the goal (I browse away from twitter whenever the login popup appears) I think it's a bit funny that you need someone of geohot's calibre to remove a "feature" that most probably sits behind a single switch/condition somewhere.
    - deleted 4y ago
      [deleted]
  - timeon 4y ago
    Apparently I'm one of unlucky 1% then. Not only it is still there - there is also another one.

dinosaurdynasty 4y ago

It's an alternative front end to Twitter. Used for privacy, faster loading of pages, and/or RSS.

toofy 4y ago

you can change any twitter link to nitter.net (or any of the mirrors) and it will display the tweet, media, and replies. it’s been super useful for people who don’t have a twitter account or for people who don’t want to feed the twitter beast. multiple of the mirrors have been down today—nitter.net has also been showing “…not found…” messages to me all day as well.

cf100clunk 4y ago
Also the Privacy Redirect add-on to Firefox can be set to automate changing the twitter link to nitter. EDIT: you can set Privacy Redirect to choose a random nitter instance, so by opening several tabs with it you are much more likely to strike an operating instance.
- mastazi 4y ago
  Privacy Redirect is no longer developed and it's been superseded by LibRedirect which is a fork with a lot of additional functionality
  - cf100clunk 4y ago
    Thanks, I'll look into it. Here are the links for both projects: https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect/ https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect/ LibRedirect looks good!

MikusR 4y ago

Like z-library for books or copilot for source code

jonnycomputer 4y ago

Nitter is what twitter should be and will never be.