Should StackerNews convert Twitter URLs to Nitter URLs automatically?
733 sats \ 27 comments \ @jp 13 Nov 2022 bitcoin
Undoubtably Twitter is where most Bitcoiners get their news. However, a lot of individuals (myself included) do not have a Twitter account and browse twitter through alternates (such as Nitter - a read-only version of twitter).
Should Stacker News automatically convert all twitter links to Nitter URLs?
Yes77.8%
No22.2%
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377 sats \ 3 replies \ @clr 13 Nov 2022
I have voted yes, but what I would really love is to have the option. I don’t think manipulating the URLs by default is a good idea (can be seen as censorship).
However, having the choice, for instance, showing the links as: “twitter.com/…/status/… [ Nitter ]” (where the anchor text “Nitter” would link to Nitter) would be really nice. Maybe do the same for YouTube, Reddit, and so on.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @selfish_gene 14 Nov 2022
информация доходит оригиналом... тут не цензуры.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nikotsla 14 Nov 2022
Having the choice is the way :)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @handsome_latino 14 Nov 2022
Agree. For those talking about extensions, some of us check SN on the phone and/or in browsers where it's not easty to get extensions. I'm not logged in on Twitter on the phone.
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91 sats \ 1 reply \ @sommerfeld 13 Nov 2022
Isn't this better handled by an extension, thus leaving users the choice?
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @Taranis 14 Nov 2022
http://github.com/libredirect/libredirect
the extension allows for custom backends too.
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86 sats \ 4 replies \ @TonyGiorgio 13 Nov 2022
As someone without Twitter, I would really settle for some button somewhere that I can click for nitter. I don't care where. Typically I go to the comments to see if someone posted it first.
Twitter users really don't understand how login walled twitter is for those without account. If I'm lucky the tweet loads. If I touch the screen at all or the scroll wheel, I get hit with login wall.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @jp OP 13 Nov 2022
Same. However, in the event SN doesn't want to implement this feature I would suggest checking out a "Privacy Redirect" extension for Chrome/Firefox that will leverage Nitter (and other read-only platforms for other social media sites)
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344 sats \ 2 replies \ @u 13 Nov 2022
Or an account preference you can toggle within SN
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryptocoin 14 Nov 2022
This is the reply I was just about to leave as well! In Settings.
But I still like the Twitter embed, especially for videos, so that I am not leaving SN just to see the contents of the Tweet. It's only on the threads (and thus launching to a new tab) where I prefer to use Nitter.
So maybe even if I have the Setting for auto convert to Nitter left off (disabled), I can still get the Nitter for it. So for Posts that are Tweets, it remains the Tweet showing the Embed but there's also a launcher link/icon for the Nitter for that Tweet, so I can see the Tweet and thread in Nitter.
In the comments, same thing ... next to the Twitter link, automatically show a link/icon for the Nitter for that Tweet.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jp OP 13 Nov 2022
Good idea!
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3 sats \ 1 reply \ @TheBTCManual 14 Nov 2022
Could just be an option in your settings, so for embeds you can set to nitter vs twitter, keeps everyone happy
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @02a9caab98 14 Nov 2022
+1
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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @02c142fbe9 14 Nov 2022
I host my own nitter. So I would like to use my instance.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ln123 14 Nov 2022
In general, it's poor form to share content that requires signup or imposes a paywall
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gd 14 Nov 2022
I voted no for this, as someone who does have a Twitter account and engages with content on Twitter.
I don't use Nitter at all and would prefer to keep it that way.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @irusensei 14 Nov 2022
Maybe. Automatically stripping the tracking code would also be a good quality of life enhancement.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @pony 14 Nov 2022
FUCKING YES
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @asdf 14 Nov 2022
Yes please
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @2bithits 14 Nov 2022
That would be useful
Twitter seems to stop me scrolling if its a thread
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ln123 14 Nov 2022
YES!!
And reddit should be converted to troddit
And FT articles / all the paywalled stuff should be auto converted to archives
This is more than just readability. It's also about privacy.
At the very least, the OP could get an alert when using such links about such facilities being available (should be relatively easy to scan for twitter / reddit etc links and make a corresponding frontend alert prior to submit)
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @cryptocoin 14 Nov 2022
Achive.ph doesn't have an API or any way to auto convert, as far as I can tell. Archive.org / Wayback has an API, but nothing I could see (from a quick scan) related to using the archive to request a snapshot be taken.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @thrown 13 Nov 2022
Nitter uses an unofficial twitter API. Feels janky and unreliable.
Also doesn’t twitter integrate with bitcoin??
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50 sats \ 3 replies \ @cryptocoin 14 Nov 2022
Also doesn’t twitter integrate with bitcoin??
What?
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200 sats \ 1 reply \ @sommerfeld 14 Nov 2022
Maybe he is from the future where doge collapsed and Elon can no longer shitcoin.
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25 sats \ 0 replies \ @thrown 14 Nov 2022
Jack has been a huge proponent of bitcoin for years. Square, Spiral, LDK etc etc.
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25 sats \ 0 replies \ @thrown 14 Nov 2022
Yeah it has been there for a year. I don’t think many ppl use it bc no privacy, but Jack is obsessed with Bitcoin. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2021/09/23/twitter-adds-tipping-with-bitcoin-as-it-rolls-out-tipping-to-all-users-plans-nft-authentication/?sh=17c7b2561dc6
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