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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

by 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

by 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