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why is nitter.net any better than just using the twitter app? it still depends on twitter’s backend and the front end seems to lack features

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this feels like an example of performative FOSS

edit: I can’t even log into my twitter account to follow accounts. This means I’m just copy/pasting into the twitter app again anyway, defeating the purpose

edit 2: every nitter page will reopen in twitter if you click the tiny twitter icon in the upper right corner. Thanks @brainwormfarmer for the tip.

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SickleRick [he/him]@hexbear.net
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I can view tweets on Nitter without logging in. On Twitter, I have to log in to scroll more than two tweets without Twitter capturing my mobile browser window and forcing me to sign up or login to use my browser.

If you want to have a Twitter account and doomscroll that slop all day, Nitter isn’t for you. But, if you don’t want to have a Twitter account and just want to view a few tweets once in a while it’s great, and I will die before I make a Twitter account just to look at clown girls.

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brainwormfarmer [any,comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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unlike twitter web it also doesnt instantly take 100% of the memory on my shitty 6 year old phone

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Lilith [she/her]@hexbear.netOP
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huh. I’ve never had that problem, but my phone maybe isn’t as shitty

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Lilith [she/her]@hexbear.netOP
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If you want to have a Twitter account and doomscroll that slop all day, Nitter isn’t for you

a lot of the same discovery-focused user flows are present in Nitter though?

before I make a Twitter account just to look at clown girls

:wut:

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Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.net
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:funny-clown-hammer:

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Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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One of the hottest girls I ever dated did birthdays parties as a clown. Never saw her in the outfit, she did make me a balloon animal a couple times though.

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aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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It actually allows me to use Twitter without an account

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Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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For everyone that’s currently banned, temp banned or refuses to have an account it’s basically essential just to be able to view the site.

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HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]@hexbear.net
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why would you log into a twitter account intentionally lol

your browser’s not making the requests to twitter, so you’re not surveilled directly. that’s the primary reason for any of these alt front ends. they might not have full feature parity, but they don’t transmit a constant stream of your activity to half a dozen data brokers.

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Pirate [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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:this:

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DragonballEvolution2 [any]@hexbear.net
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I prefer Nitter/Teddit because the actual twitter/reddit mobile UIs are actively hostile to non-logged-in users and keep trying to force me to download an app

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