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pino83 4 hours ago

There is no reason for xcancel to exist.

Either you cancel X. Meaning: NOT consuming X content.

Or you just visit X.com.

Right? Right?

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embedding-shape 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> There is no reason for xcancel to exist

A bit like your comment.

It's possible that other people you want to read, are using a platform you don't want to use. Have this perhaps never happened to you, even once?

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pino83 3 hours ago | parent [-]

A good idea would be: Make a decision. A trade-off.

Either these people are important enough to you, and you don't disfavor the platform soo much. Then visit that platform.

Or you dislike the platform so much that you even wonder why these people are there. You definitely don't want to be in contact with the platform. If so, then give up these people.

There's no free lunch, right? You also (typically) cannot buy steak, but then somehow not pay the money by showing some fake credit card. That would typically involve crime, right?

Make decisions, guys!!! Make decisions!

Your cat and mouse games are embarrassing...

And that doesn't get better in any way just by downvoting me. ;) ;) ;)

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immibis2 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

One possible decision is to use a deshittifying front-end, like Nitter.

	▲	kijashdkujdfhas 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It is a half-measure, though. It reduces Twitter's traffic a little. It screws with some of their metrics a little, with the shared accounts having access patterns of several humans all mixed together. It might affect revenue a little. It doesn't do much to address the underlying issue of there being people who you might want to hear from who primarily post their content on a platform owned by a white nationalist. If you want that to get better, you have to something other than continue to use the platform. The platform's user base, including accounts created for XCancel/Nitter purposes, forms the value that causes others to post there. Accessing the platform through a proxy still provides value to the platform in terms of user attention.

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zeratax 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

These people includes pretty much every politician. I personally do have an X account and I do use X, but I completely understand why someone would want to read what their politicians are saying without wanting to create an account anywhere

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tekla 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Of course not.

Xcancel allows HN users and adjacent to swear that they have left Twitter because it has nothing to offer them because its all shit, but still consume Twitter content because every other similar platform really sucks and is boring and has no content

	▲	bananaflag 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The way the platform works can be shit while the content on it can be good.

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bananaflag 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	pino83 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Well, there's X.com for that.