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Can I just say: thank you for posting an xcancel link and not linking to X directly! I forgot Xcancel was a thing, I might actually start using it occasionally
by jonas_jensen 5mo ago
Can I just say: thank you for posting an xcancel link and not linking to X directly! I forgot Xcancel was a thing, I might actually start using it occasionally now.
- ddtaylor 5mo agoIts pretty widely used on HN from what I notice.
- schnebbau 5mo agoWhat are the benefits of using xcancel?
- 16bitvoid 5mo agoYou don't have to login to X or download the app (if you're on mobile). X won't let you see the replies otherwise. I also prefer that the layout is denser and you can see more content at once, at least on my phone.
- jchw 5mo agoIn addition to the other benefits, it's very lightweight. There is an anti-SPAM redirect but no huge JS bundles, just basic HTML.
- himata4113 5mo agoI noticed that xcancel links are rewritten to x.com more often than not, probably due to the fact that xcancel will not last like xitter, nitter and all the ones before it. I hope that archive services implement preserving twitter content.
- homarp 5mo agonitter recovered, it works now e.g. https://nitter.net/josefprusa/status/2054602354851254330 https://nitter.net/josefprusa/status/2054602354851254330 Nitter instances status pages: https://status.d420.de/ https://status.d420.de/
- milofeynman 5mo agoI use https://github.com/johnste/finicky https://github.com/johnste/finicky
- milofeynman 5mo agoThere is an open source web browser proxy thing called finicky [0]. I use at work that lets me redirect urls clicked in other apps like slack to specific browers (firefox / chrome) or even specific chrome profiles. It'll also allow you to rewrite the urls. [0] https://github.com/johnste/finicky https://github.com/johnste/finicky
- AdmiralAsshat 5mo agoI'm surprised xcancel even works. I thought all the nitter servers had shut down.