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this is a voting-based site
by wahnfrieden 3y ago
this is a voting-based site
- kibwen 3y agoIf it were possible to downvote posts on HN, I'd have been downvoting every Twitter link for the past decade. Please post somewhere that's actually readable.
- MOARDONGZPLZ 3y agoOne cannot downvote submissions, only comments. This seems to be largely a non-sequitur as one can only not vote up something. I have, for example, downvoted your comment as it is not useful and is a bit snide or condescending (inclusive “or” to be clear), whereas had you posted your comment as a post, I would not have been able to do so.
- observationist 3y agoNitter allows people to see the context of a thread without having to log in to Twitter. By posting a nitter link, you're enriching the conversation instead of either annoying people or doing marketing for x/twitter. The platform shouldn't be the point of a conversation. If a platform makes itself the center of attention, there's something wrong with it.
- okr 3y agoWhy involving another website? Twitter links should be ok. Just create an account, its free.
- otterley 3y agoSome of us don’t want to provide material support to Elon Musk in any way, including providing Twitter a recorded history of our browsing habits related to the site which could later be used to monetize our individual behavior.
- okr 3y agoThat is correct. But those people on HN want to be able to read content, or lets say, to spy on a site they despise, from the, huuuh, evil enemy. They can not have it both ways and i find it hypocritical. Don't read twitter then.