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No thanks, I support an open web.

by ethanwillis 3y ago

beepbooptheory 3y ago
You support the open web by stealing from the closed one!
- Rodeoclash 3y ago
  I'm glad you get it!
- int_19h 3y ago
  Hack the planet!
mkl 3y ago
Ignoring the closed web is not the same as supporting the open web. I support whatever mirrors and tools get closed knowledge into the open. (Edited to remove snark.)
- ethanwillis 3y ago
  And yet a short time later: "Instance has been rate limited. Use another instance or try again later."
- kibwen 3y ago
  > Choosing ignorance over knowledge If there's some piece of knowledge that's absolutely, positively critical to my life, it will exist somewhere that actually matters, not on Twitter.
  - mkl 3y ago
    Sure, but almost no knowledge that is interesting, valuable, useful, etc., is absolutely, positively critical to your life. Almost nothing on HN has that level of importance, but you are here learning interesting things, and unfortunately the first place some of those things appear is still Twitter.
    - k8svet 3y ago
      Where does it end, fellow person? What is going to be the excuse/defense/workaround whenever Nitter instances are completely suffocated? Just suck it up and sign up so you can continue to participate on a increasingly hostile, toxic, manipulated platform in service of a narcasists deranged ego? Because Joe Bob Expert is too lazy to post elsewhere? No, I'm sorry, but when is enough, enough? I know I'm missing out on good content, and I don't care. I have _some_ self-respect.
  - k8svet 3y ago
    I don't even know if that's true, but I don't care. Twitter, at this point, is far more egregious than reddit, and I swore months ago I'd never contribute there. It blows my mind that people still play in Elon's piss-filled sandbox because they love the dopamine hits of bot-inflated engagement metrics. Yes, you casual reader that keeps posting on Twitter due to laziness and momemtum, I'm absolutely talking about you. Your laziness is hurting everyone. And I'm not alone, you're limiting your audience and prioritizing, well, people too lazy to get off Twitter, and ignoring the technical, prescient (observant, at this point?), informed crowd that have left for elsehwhere. /shrug
MBCook 3y ago
The really stupid thing is you have to know you’re missing stuff. If you’re sent a random link you can’t tell if it’s a one-off or a 45 tweet thread. It looks open but it’s clearly not.

No thanks, I support an open web.

beepbooptheory 3y ago

You support the open web by stealing from the closed one!

Rodeoclash 3y ago
I'm glad you get it!
int_19h 3y ago
Hack the planet!

mkl 3y ago

Ignoring the closed web is not the same as supporting the open web. I support whatever mirrors and tools get closed knowledge into the open. (Edited to remove snark.)

ethanwillis 3y ago
And yet a short time later: "Instance has been rate limited. Use another instance or try again later."
kibwen 3y ago
> Choosing ignorance over knowledge If there's some piece of knowledge that's absolutely, positively critical to my life, it will exist somewhere that actually matters, not on Twitter.
- mkl 3y ago
  Sure, but almost no knowledge that is interesting, valuable, useful, etc., is absolutely, positively critical to your life. Almost nothing on HN has that level of importance, but you are here learning interesting things, and unfortunately the first place some of those things appear is still Twitter.
  - k8svet 3y ago
    Where does it end, fellow person? What is going to be the excuse/defense/workaround whenever Nitter instances are completely suffocated? Just suck it up and sign up so you can continue to participate on a increasingly hostile, toxic, manipulated platform in service of a narcasists deranged ego? Because Joe Bob Expert is too lazy to post elsewhere? No, I'm sorry, but when is enough, enough? I know I'm missing out on good content, and I don't care. I have _some_ self-respect.
- k8svet 3y ago
  I don't even know if that's true, but I don't care. Twitter, at this point, is far more egregious than reddit, and I swore months ago I'd never contribute there. It blows my mind that people still play in Elon's piss-filled sandbox because they love the dopamine hits of bot-inflated engagement metrics. Yes, you casual reader that keeps posting on Twitter due to laziness and momemtum, I'm absolutely talking about you. Your laziness is hurting everyone. And I'm not alone, you're limiting your audience and prioritizing, well, people too lazy to get off Twitter, and ignoring the technical, prescient (observant, at this point?), informed crowd that have left for elsehwhere. /shrug

MBCook 3y ago

The really stupid thing is you have to know you’re missing stuff. If you’re sent a random link you can’t tell if it’s a one-off or a 45 tweet thread. It looks open but it’s clearly not.