Selfhosted @lemmy.world slug @lemmy.world 1 yr. ago

Has Twitter killed Nitter?

github.com R.I.P. Nitter 🪦😭 · Issue #919 · zedeus/nitter

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/30/twitter-now-requires-an-account-to-view-tweets/ the nitter crawler will need to be recreated...

pour one out.

edit 1: maybe temporary? paste cause i can't even put it on archive.is right now:

@AqueelMiq this is a temporary restriction, we will re-enable logged out twitter access in the near future

Privatliv @feddit.dk hippopotamuslobster @feddit.dk 1 yr. ago

R.I.P. Nitter 🪦😭 · Issue #919 · zedeus/nitter

github.com /zedeus/nitter/issues/919

18 comments

Yet another victim of the data rush.

How long until we'll search for information and get nothing besides SEO-optimized AI-geneted sites, instead of genuine human opinions?
Guess I'll be skipping Twitter links entirely now.
This is irritating. I use Nitter once a week to check if someone's still alive. If I see them posting crap I know they're still breathing.
- Best to move on. Don't let them live rent free. Anger consumes you and barely touches them.
Looks like https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/919#issuecomment-1615136091 is the reason. Smells like bullshit. There’s no way this is correct.

Kinda sucks. Been using it to check a few tweets here and there without an account.
I've run into this yesterday, and was puzzled not to be able to find any news about the change back then! It really does suck, and I wonder about the timing coinciding with the shutdown of Reddit APIs; yet another site full of useful content taking its toys and going home. 😑
- Play store blocking aurora store sessions
  
  Reddit API changes
  
  Youtube tests disabling videos for people who use ad blockers
  
  this Twitter thing
  
  Am i forgetting something?
  
  Maybe redhat?
  
  Is it economics pushing them all? Or if they all do it together there won't be as much push back against themindividually?
- I’m cynical and assume Twitter absolutely did it on Reddit day on purpose
  
  The cynical in me tells me this was Musks plan all along and had been coaxing Spez to get him to implode Reddit to take off heat from this move.
- I'm just waiting for Spez to follow his idol and restrict access to Reddit to all non-logged in users. How can I petition him to do so....
Didn't Elon say he hated the login-window-on-scroll just after purchasing twitter?
- Michael Scott: Haha, how the turn tables!
- Elon says a lot, occasionally it isn't out of his arse.

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