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Can we please stop posting twitter links? It's a horror show of a website, especially if you don't have an account.

by redrove 3y ago

rosmax_1337 3y ago
There should be an extension or greasemonkey-script that will allow you to curate the frontpage to your own liking.
andrewstuart 3y ago
You could choose not to click on it.
dataengineer56 3y ago
One forum I frequent automatically replaces Twitter links with nitter.net, which still isn't great but at least lets you see the post.
- masklinn 3y ago
  It’s a lot better as it lets you see the replies / thread which xitter has stopped showing and does not drive engagement it.
  - rvbissell 3y ago
    > xitter has stopped showing and does not drive engagement. In the specific case in Xitter, I perceive that as a good change. I like seeing what was linked to, without otherwise getting engaged there.
    - masklinn 3y ago
      Using nitter is the part which avoids engagement-ing with xitter. Not having any context is the part which makes links to xitter useless, most of the time you get a link to a reply but without context it’s difficult to impossible to understand what it’s about, and the link is functionally useless.
      - rvbissell 3y ago
        I know this doesn't help you in the particular circumstances you mentioned, but: for that I would place the blame on the person who provided the link, for not giving sufficient context to understand.
        masklinn 3y ago
        > for that I would place the blame on the person who provided the link, for not giving sufficient context to understand. I would not. First, I would assume logged users do get context so they likely are not even aware of the issue, and second that is what link for, if you have a to quote everything you're linking to in full then the web is broken. xitter is what's broken.
- fyokdrigd 3y ago
  install the nitter app (available on fdroid) and associate Twitter/x.com links. problem solved for good
rvz 3y ago
Good luck trying to make the posters stop posting to Twitter / X. It's almost as if lots of people still use Twitter / X to post content, yet a year later people still crying and moaning about it. The hundreds of millions of users still posting their content on the platform don't care regardless.
- matsemann 3y ago
  The problem is that the content is not accessible unless you're logged in, with some recent changes. And even worse, it doesn't tell you what it's hiding, so you don't really know that you're only seeing parts of it. Makes it really confusing when linked to a twitter post.
deleted 3y ago
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anonzzzies 3y ago
Hear, hear
joenot443 3y ago
I’m confused - what are you specifically having problems with? I’m not logged in and the site loaded fine on mobile and then again on desktop. The video played immediately, I didn’t see any ads. Are you hoping to be able to comment without an account? That’s usually not how things work. I’m guessing this is another case of Elon induced nerd grumpiness?
- diffeomorphism 3y ago
  The cookie terror footer? The additional giant sign up bar? The fact that after a few seconds it will just hide everything behind a giant black pop-up about enabling notifications? Malware websites are less awful than this.
  - masklinn 3y ago
    Also that it has stopped showing either the post being replied (unless RT-replied) to or any of the replies so you just have one item with no context available.
- phatskat 3y ago
  Not who you’re replying to but: Im on iOS using the HACK app and the built in safari web view wouldn’t play the videos, and same in chrome. So now I’ve given up. Also, if I clicked into the tweet (xeet?) in the web view and hit “open in system browser”, I just got an X “something went wrong” page. Also if I opened the first video that failed to play, closed it, and clicked the second video, the first would attempt to load again instead until I reloaded the whole page and clicked the second…that still failed to play
  - Alifatisk 3y ago
    > Im on iOS using the HACK app and the built in safari web view wouldn’t play the videos, and same in chrome. So now I’ve given up. I use HACK on iOS without any account and everything renders fine, the video plays with no issue for me.
- croes 3y ago
quickthrower2 3y ago
Meh the paywall / medium / etc. ship has sailed. Post a workaround if needed.
ChrisArchitect 3y ago
Does the link load so you can see the content OP thought worth sharing here and join the discussion? Yes. What else do you need?
- allarm 3y ago
  > What else do you need? Some damn sanity. Thank you.
- croes 3y ago
  >What else do you need? The twitter comments.
- piva00 3y ago
  Nope, it didn't until I hit refresh for the 5th time, somehow Twitter/X has been broken for me where it will always display the "signup" page even for non-NSFW content. I need it to load the content when I click, it's pretty simple.
- guappa 3y ago
  excluding the popups to sign away my privacy, 90% of the time it asks me to login and shows no content.
travoc 3y ago
It loaded faster than a YouTube video would have for me. Since I don't have an X login, there wasn't even a temptation to get drawn into any other pointless content. I like it.
deleted 3y ago
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prepend 3y ago
Works ok for me in safari. This post shows a video and I was able to watch and close with no popups or anything. Certainly the least scary horror show I’ve seen in a while.
olalonde 3y ago
I can help you create an account if you need.
jasode 3y ago
>Can we please stop posting twitter links? Friendly fyi... the moderator allows Twitter links and previously explained the reasoning: >We're not going to ban Twitter because, like it or not, it's the source of some of the most intellectually interesting material that gets posted here. -- from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30430760 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30430760 There's also a related moderator's post about allowing "paywall" articles : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989
runiq 3y ago
https://nitter.net/multikev/status/1724908185361011108 https://nitter.net/multikev/status/1724908185361011108
stanac 3y ago
FF + Nitter Redirect extension solved most of the problems I had with Twitter.
harryvederci 3y ago
https://holllo.org/re-nav/ https://holllo.org/re-nav/ Solved!

Can we please stop posting twitter links? It's a horror show of a website, especially if you don't have an account.

rosmax_1337 3y ago

There should be an extension or greasemonkey-script that will allow you to curate the frontpage to your own liking.

andrewstuart 3y ago

You could choose not to click on it.

dataengineer56 3y ago

One forum I frequent automatically replaces Twitter links with nitter.net, which still isn't great but at least lets you see the post.

masklinn 3y ago
It’s a lot better as it lets you see the replies / thread which xitter has stopped showing and does not drive engagement it.
- rvbissell 3y ago
  > xitter has stopped showing and does not drive engagement. In the specific case in Xitter, I perceive that as a good change. I like seeing what was linked to, without otherwise getting engaged there.
  - masklinn 3y ago
    Using nitter is the part which avoids engagement-ing with xitter. Not having any context is the part which makes links to xitter useless, most of the time you get a link to a reply but without context it’s difficult to impossible to understand what it’s about, and the link is functionally useless.
    - rvbissell 3y ago
      I know this doesn't help you in the particular circumstances you mentioned, but: for that I would place the blame on the person who provided the link, for not giving sufficient context to understand.
      - masklinn 3y ago
        > for that I would place the blame on the person who provided the link, for not giving sufficient context to understand. I would not. First, I would assume logged users do get context so they likely are not even aware of the issue, and second that is what link for, if you have a to quote everything you're linking to in full then the web is broken. xitter is what's broken.
fyokdrigd 3y ago
install the nitter app (available on fdroid) and associate Twitter/x.com links. problem solved for good

rvz 3y ago

Good luck trying to make the posters stop posting to Twitter / X. It's almost as if lots of people still use Twitter / X to post content, yet a year later people still crying and moaning about it. The hundreds of millions of users still posting their content on the platform don't care regardless.

matsemann 3y ago
The problem is that the content is not accessible unless you're logged in, with some recent changes. And even worse, it doesn't tell you what it's hiding, so you don't really know that you're only seeing parts of it. Makes it really confusing when linked to a twitter post.

deleted 3y ago

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anonzzzies 3y ago

Hear, hear

joenot443 3y ago

I’m confused - what are you specifically having problems with? I’m not logged in and the site loaded fine on mobile and then again on desktop. The video played immediately, I didn’t see any ads. Are you hoping to be able to comment without an account? That’s usually not how things work. I’m guessing this is another case of Elon induced nerd grumpiness?

diffeomorphism 3y ago
The cookie terror footer? The additional giant sign up bar? The fact that after a few seconds it will just hide everything behind a giant black pop-up about enabling notifications? Malware websites are less awful than this.
- masklinn 3y ago
  Also that it has stopped showing either the post being replied (unless RT-replied) to or any of the replies so you just have one item with no context available.
phatskat 3y ago
Not who you’re replying to but: Im on iOS using the HACK app and the built in safari web view wouldn’t play the videos, and same in chrome. So now I’ve given up. Also, if I clicked into the tweet (xeet?) in the web view and hit “open in system browser”, I just got an X “something went wrong” page. Also if I opened the first video that failed to play, closed it, and clicked the second video, the first would attempt to load again instead until I reloaded the whole page and clicked the second…that still failed to play
- Alifatisk 3y ago
  > Im on iOS using the HACK app and the built in safari web view wouldn’t play the videos, and same in chrome. So now I’ve given up. I use HACK on iOS without any account and everything renders fine, the video plays with no issue for me.
croes 3y ago

quickthrower2 3y ago

Meh the paywall / medium / etc. ship has sailed. Post a workaround if needed.

ChrisArchitect 3y ago

Does the link load so you can see the content OP thought worth sharing here and join the discussion? Yes. What else do you need?

allarm 3y ago
> What else do you need? Some damn sanity. Thank you.
croes 3y ago
>What else do you need? The twitter comments.
piva00 3y ago
Nope, it didn't until I hit refresh for the 5th time, somehow Twitter/X has been broken for me where it will always display the "signup" page even for non-NSFW content. I need it to load the content when I click, it's pretty simple.
guappa 3y ago
excluding the popups to sign away my privacy, 90% of the time it asks me to login and shows no content.

travoc 3y ago

It loaded faster than a YouTube video would have for me. Since I don't have an X login, there wasn't even a temptation to get drawn into any other pointless content. I like it.

deleted 3y ago

[deleted]

prepend 3y ago

Works ok for me in safari. This post shows a video and I was able to watch and close with no popups or anything. Certainly the least scary horror show I’ve seen in a while.

olalonde 3y ago

I can help you create an account if you need.

jasode 3y ago

>Can we please stop posting twitter links? Friendly fyi... the moderator allows Twitter links and previously explained the reasoning: >We're not going to ban Twitter because, like it or not, it's the source of some of the most intellectually interesting material that gets posted here. -- from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30430760 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30430760 There's also a related moderator's post about allowing "paywall" articles : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10178989

runiq 3y ago

https://nitter.net/multikev/status/1724908185361011108 https://nitter.net/multikev/status/1724908185361011108

stanac 3y ago

FF + Nitter Redirect extension solved most of the problems I had with Twitter.

harryvederci 3y ago

https://holllo.org/re-nav/ https://holllo.org/re-nav/ Solved!