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This should be interesting. Also, thanks for not making me visit twitter. Edit: because twitter doesn't load on this particular device I use for HN. Basically

This should be interesting. Also, thanks for not making me visit twitter. Edit: because twitter doesn't load on this particular device I use for HN. Basically the browser is too old. There is no "hate" ... ffs

StevigeHoning 4y ago
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- codetrotter 4y ago
  Because often when you click on a link that goes to Twitter and start reading a thread they will pester you to make an account and won’t let you read the whole thread if you don’t. Also, Elon Musk.
  - logicallee 4y ago
    For what it's worth, this behavior has always bothered me hugely (can't read a thread without registering), but disappeared shortly after the last point you cite. Now there is just a nag notification similar to a cookie acceptance bar, you can dismiss it and read the whole thread without interruption: https://twitter.com/vxunderground/status/1635427567271329792 https://twitter.com/vxunderground/status/1635427567271329792 Let me know if it works for you now. (I have no affiliation to Twitter, just curious.)
    - codetrotter 4y ago
      Thanks, that’s a nice change then :)
  - ikt 4y ago
    there's also a billion times where i've clicked on a twitter link which is a useless summary and a link to the actual article
  - CatWChainsaw 4y ago
    I manage to avoid that by using uMatrix to block scripts, and it's not even supported anymore.
- z3c0 4y ago
  Speaking for myself here, but: > It's a frustrating read past X amount of characters, promoting low-quality takes, or alternatively, a segmented mess of an essay > Low-quality discourse that usually only muddies the subject > JavaScript
- pengaru 4y ago
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- cbeach 4y ago
  Twitter used to be controlled by the blue tribe. Now it’s been bought by a (perceived) member of the red tribe. It’s a simple as that. People feel the need to signal their tribal affiliation and attack those from other tribes. Been part of human behaviour since humans began.
  - op00to 4y ago
    No.
  - IntelMiner 4y ago
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  - harvey9 4y ago
    Non partisan reasons to dislike Twitter as a tool of communication were posted before you made this comment. Anyway, your experience of any social media depends on how you curate it. For example I only follow professional photographers on Instagram so that's the only kind of content I see there.
    - ashwagary 4y ago
      >Anyway, your experience of any social media depends on how you curate it. That's not entirely true anymore. Many users of Twitter have recently mentioned the alarming number of violent videos being added to their "For You" suggestions. These users are largely self-siloed into the industry they operate in and self-describe as people that dont follow "fight video" accounts or people that consume that content. It seems either the suggestion algo has been broken, is being gamed by users, or the platform owners are choosing to feed users toxic content that they didnt request for some reason.
  - chaxor 4y ago
    On a tech forum one would expect the reasons to be more centered upon tech rather than (what I think you're referring to anyway) politics. Twitter sucks because it's full of JavaScript and tracking that you don't need, so I would imagine that most on HN would find it burdensome to even view the content, since many in tech whittle the content down to only getting the packets necessary - which Twitter/Facebook make very difficult. Nitter has a much better user interface and makes it much easier to see what is happening on your device. Other than that, the content is mostly just low quality as well, so there's little reason to use it.
- eps 4y ago
  You are getting downvoted for "lol".
- BLKNSLVR 4y ago
  Because it very quickly became difficult to read a narrative without losing ones way into... I don't even know, unrelated pointlessness that has no right to exist. It's a gateway to somewhere I've never had any desire to visit: other people's drama.
jeroenhd 4y ago
If Twitter doesn't work (well), I recommend nitter.net (or other instances of Nitter, it's open source software). Addons are available for various browsers to automatically redirect. Nitter is meant as a privacy-friendly Twitter front-end, but I mainly use it because Twitter takes literal seconds to load a 280 character post and Nitter works almost instantly. As an added bonus, it doesn't rely on Javascript to render. For example: https://nitter.net/vxunderground/status/1635427567271329792 https://nitter.net/vxunderground/status/1635427567271329792
- sourcecodeplz 4y ago
  Thank you men. I knew about it. But it didn't always work..

StevigeHoning 4y ago

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codetrotter 4y ago
Because often when you click on a link that goes to Twitter and start reading a thread they will pester you to make an account and won’t let you read the whole thread if you don’t. Also, Elon Musk.
- logicallee 4y ago
  For what it's worth, this behavior has always bothered me hugely (can't read a thread without registering), but disappeared shortly after the last point you cite. Now there is just a nag notification similar to a cookie acceptance bar, you can dismiss it and read the whole thread without interruption: https://twitter.com/vxunderground/status/1635427567271329792 https://twitter.com/vxunderground/status/1635427567271329792 Let me know if it works for you now. (I have no affiliation to Twitter, just curious.)
  - codetrotter 4y ago
    Thanks, that’s a nice change then :)
- ikt 4y ago
  there's also a billion times where i've clicked on a twitter link which is a useless summary and a link to the actual article
- CatWChainsaw 4y ago
  I manage to avoid that by using uMatrix to block scripts, and it's not even supported anymore.
z3c0 4y ago
Speaking for myself here, but: > It's a frustrating read past X amount of characters, promoting low-quality takes, or alternatively, a segmented mess of an essay > Low-quality discourse that usually only muddies the subject > JavaScript
pengaru 4y ago
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cbeach 4y ago
Twitter used to be controlled by the blue tribe. Now it’s been bought by a (perceived) member of the red tribe. It’s a simple as that. People feel the need to signal their tribal affiliation and attack those from other tribes. Been part of human behaviour since humans began.
- op00to 4y ago
  No.
- IntelMiner 4y ago
  [flagged]
- harvey9 4y ago
  Non partisan reasons to dislike Twitter as a tool of communication were posted before you made this comment. Anyway, your experience of any social media depends on how you curate it. For example I only follow professional photographers on Instagram so that's the only kind of content I see there.
  - ashwagary 4y ago
    >Anyway, your experience of any social media depends on how you curate it. That's not entirely true anymore. Many users of Twitter have recently mentioned the alarming number of violent videos being added to their "For You" suggestions. These users are largely self-siloed into the industry they operate in and self-describe as people that dont follow "fight video" accounts or people that consume that content. It seems either the suggestion algo has been broken, is being gamed by users, or the platform owners are choosing to feed users toxic content that they didnt request for some reason.
- chaxor 4y ago
  On a tech forum one would expect the reasons to be more centered upon tech rather than (what I think you're referring to anyway) politics. Twitter sucks because it's full of JavaScript and tracking that you don't need, so I would imagine that most on HN would find it burdensome to even view the content, since many in tech whittle the content down to only getting the packets necessary - which Twitter/Facebook make very difficult. Nitter has a much better user interface and makes it much easier to see what is happening on your device. Other than that, the content is mostly just low quality as well, so there's little reason to use it.
eps 4y ago
You are getting downvoted for "lol".
BLKNSLVR 4y ago
Because it very quickly became difficult to read a narrative without losing ones way into... I don't even know, unrelated pointlessness that has no right to exist. It's a gateway to somewhere I've never had any desire to visit: other people's drama.

jeroenhd 4y ago

If Twitter doesn't work (well), I recommend nitter.net (or other instances of Nitter, it's open source software). Addons are available for various browsers to automatically redirect. Nitter is meant as a privacy-friendly Twitter front-end, but I mainly use it because Twitter takes literal seconds to load a 280 character post and Nitter works almost instantly. As an added bonus, it doesn't rely on Javascript to render. For example: https://nitter.net/vxunderground/status/1635427567271329792 https://nitter.net/vxunderground/status/1635427567271329792

sourcecodeplz 4y ago
Thank you men. I knew about it. But it didn't always work..