Xcancel and Nitter Shut Down After X Corp Cease-and-Desist
Xcancel and Nitter have been taken down
Two popular tools for browsing X (formerly Twitter) without ads or login—Nitter.net and Xcancel.com—have been taken down following a cease-and-desist letter from X Corp. The shutdown marks a significant blow to privacy-focused alternatives and raises questions about the future of third-party X clients.
Nitter.net and Xcancel.com have been both taken down by the X Corp "cease and desist" letter
- OhMeadhbh
I stopped virtually all social media (except commenting on YouTube videos and telling people they're wrong in HN comments) years ago. No twitter, no mastadon, no bsky, no facebook. I keep hearing myspace is going to re-launch and I would consider getting an account there for the purposes of irony.
But... instead of tweeting for an hour a day, I spend that hour reading long form dead tree format texts. I'm not saying this is what you should do, just offering it as an observation that it is an option.
- matesz
Ex-x account holder here. Even if the world is going to fall and details about this even will be accessible exclusively behind X login wall, I am not setting up the account there again, NO WAY.
I wholeheartedly recommend you do the same - remove your account and forget about it. Almost certainly you won't miss it, as I didn't miss it. And there is a big chance you will get a big sight of relief, as I did.
If you really must, use https://twitterwebviewer.com/ which imo has better interface than Nitter.
- progbits
Proposal: Ban twitter domain for HN submissions.
Reasoning: inaccessible to HN users. OP should find another source or mirror.
- nicole_express
My hope is that this reduces the relevancy of Twitter; a lot of people who consider it a moral reason not use X.com proper end up still using Nitter/Xcancel to keep an eye on discussions, which has helped reduce the reason to leave the site.
But in reality I suspect that group isn't actually large enough to have much impact, especially since some will just give in and register on the Everything App.
- r721
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49437283 (1149 comments)
- shikck200
Who TF wants to use Twitter? Its the worst echo chamber out there.
- maelito
Just switch to Bsky.app or mu.social (european version, same global network).
- neuronsong
Stopped using social media a few years ago (deleted all content and stopped using the accounts). Finally got annoyed enough and wrote my own NopeMod in tampermonkey last year that scans all pages I visit and disables URLs of links I do NOT want to visit. X/twitter/facebook/etc...