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One forum I frequent automatically replaces Twitter links with nitter.net, which still isn't great but at least lets you see the post.
by 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 agoIt’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 agoUsing 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 agoI 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 agoinstall the nitter app (available on fdroid) and associate Twitter/x.com links. problem solved for good