• Lilith [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    I can’t even log into my twitter account to follow accounts from nitter. This is a dog shit user experience.

    Pure :zizek-preference:

    • Saint [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      This is like complaining that when somebody links to an NYT article using archive.is, you can't use it to log in to the NYT site and add it to your saved articles.

      The whole point is being able to access without an account and without logging in.

      • Lilith [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        better example would be if archive.is for NYT only captured half the content or something. I’m just trying to understand what the utility of nitter is.

      • Lilith [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        how am I supposed to use it? one of the points of twitter is following interesting accounts, otherwise I’d have to bookmark them all or something. Does nitter have some kind of RSS integration I need to look for?

        • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          If you have a twitter account and you're fine browsing logged in, you're not supposed to use it. Twitter is openly hostile to anyone without an account, nitter allows people without twitter accounts to browse twitter without being forced to create an account.

          • Lilith [she/her]
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            3 years ago

            okay, so it’s a passive client then for drive-by browsing? I just don’t understand what not having an account accomplishes.

            • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Yes. It accomplishes not having an account. I don't want a twitter account, so I don't have one. Nitter lets me look at people saying dumb stuff on twitter. Simple as.

              • Lilith [she/her]
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                3 years ago

                that’s a lot of work for someone to build a twitter client, but alright. I’m definitely a design nerd, which is probably part of why the site bothers me

                • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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                  3 years ago

                  If you're a design nerd, consider that this is the twitter experience when I am not logged in: https://imgur.com/a/tQE1usg

                  Bright white theme, can't see shit past the constant login popups, can't click a link to another twitter account. Nitter saves me from all that horrible design.

                  • Lilith [she/her]
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                    3 years ago

                    oh yeah, thats’s a :dumpster-fire:. the mobile app’s dark mode though is :chefs-kiss: