| ▲ | jamiequint 10 hours ago |
| Here is the actual link, not a link to some weird third-party site that can't be trusted. https://x.com/RonanFarrow/status/2041127882429206532 |
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| ▲ | rounce 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| FYI xcancel is just a mirror that allows reading replies without needing an account. |
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| ▲ | SwellJoe 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Whereas X can be trusted? |
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| ▲ | jamiequint 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yes? It's the data source, not a third-party. How is this even a question? | | |
| ▲ | minimaxir 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | There's pedantic, and then there's needlessly pedantic. xcancel is a valid workaround for X links on Hacker News and is sufficient for original attribution. | |
| ▲ | SwellJoe 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | X restricts what you can view without logging in. Many folks don't want to log in to X, for obvious reasons. Posting an xcancel link is kinda like folks posting various `archive` URLs to bypass paywalls, work around overloaded servers, etc. That's an extremely common practice here that usually goes without comment. |
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