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> This killed nitter. I suspect that was the intent.
by Jenk 3y ago
> This killed nitter.
I suspect that was the intent.
- jonathankoren 3y agoYeah. Honestly, at this point you have to think the ketamine isn’t being microdosed[0], or the whole Twitter escapade is an intentional op to burn down an account independent forum that has frequently been a source of pain for those in power. I suspect the later. We’ve seen billionaires do it countless times. [0] https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/elon-musk-ketamine-depression-microdose-b2365648.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families...
- labster 3y agoMan, you don’t need the special K to see that Elon is not great at non-engineering things.
- wombatpm 3y agoAn admitted Aspie not getting SOCIAL media. Color my surprised.
- halostatue 3y agoElon is not great at engineering things, either. The main thing that he’s great at is self promotion and convincing people that they should give him (even more) money.
- photonerd 3y agoLikely more of a bonus. I doubt anyone at Twitter factored nitter into any business decisions.
- lucb1e 3y agoNah, how many people are using Twitter without being logged in compared to how many people legitimately change every link they receive to Nitter? I used the 'redirect to nitter' Firefox extension and Android app but it got quite unreliable and nobody else that I know uses nitter at all. I think Nitter users would be a tiny, perhaps even immeasurable minority compared to casual readers that now are incentivized to either log in or fuck off (but... FOMO).
- Jenk 3y agoI didn't mean nitter _specifically_ but rather all forms of alternative/anonymous UIs for twitter (that strip all of the engagement/ad/tracking stuff from twitter.) Of anything I suspect Elon saw what happened woth reddit and had a "wait, we should do that!" Moment.