Olaf W. on Nostr: For those (like me) trying to wean of #twitter might I suggest nitter as an ...
For those (like me) trying to wean of #twitter might I suggest nitter as an intermediate step?
While the project isn't as active anymore as it used to be there are still servers that work (xcancel.com, nitter.poast.org are the ones I use) and their occasional downtime helps you realize that twitter isn't that important and you're just a monkey addicted to a dopamine hit. 😄
Nitter gives you a readonly view of twitter that:
- is ad-free
- has chronological order of tweets
- no algorithm injected nonsense
Following multiple profiles is as easy as adding them after the url like so:
https://nitter.poast.org/stackhodler,macroscope17and bookmarking the url.
More than a handful accounts per url might break the service more often/not work at all so I only use it for a few select accounts I deem high signal that aren't yet on nostr.
If you really need more, splitting into multiple bookmarks also works and makes it easy to group accounts by topic.
Published at
2024-07-18 19:43:00Event JSON
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