TwitterToNitter
Productivity
browser bookmarklet
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
4 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful way to avoid Twitter login walls and clutter
From 2 comments
Fantastic. I don't have a twitter account and it's really annoying to open a link and find out twitter thinks it's adult content (often not really) and get a login page. Or just…
MonkeyMalarky on HNNitter provides superior UX even though it takes 10 times longer to load. Think about that, I’m waiting 15 seconds because that is more enjoyable than Twitter’s native interface.…
labster on HN
Objections
Bookmarklets are dangerous for non-technical users
From 1 comment
They are great for us developers who can vet every line. But extremely dangerous for non technical users.
ramesh31 on HN
Does not work on mobile browsers without manual bookmarking
From 1 comment
The instructions provided in the README (about manually bookmarking a bookmarklet link) reflects the careful process that has to be followed to use bookmarklets on mobile…
pwdisswordfish0 on HN
Requests
Make it a browser extension for automatic redirects
From 2 comments
I wish this was a browser extension so the redirection could happen automatically! Would probably function similar to [1]. [1]: https://github.com/Jdhaimson/smilealways
cglong on HNExcept for the random choosing of instances it's easy to do with Redirector: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/redirector/ocgpenflpmgnfapjedencafcfakcekcd?hl=en…
Hitton on HN
Questions
Can Nitter bookmarks save the Nitter URL on Safari
From 2 comments
Mildly off-topic, but... One minor annoyance I have with one of the "open" Nitter hosting sites I use to follow Twitter accounts is that Nitter seems (at least on iOS) to save…
berkut on HNLooks like it's a Safari "issue", in that the HTML has: <link rel="canonical" href="originalURL"> in the main page, and Safari uses that, rather than the actual page, I guess by…
berkut on HN
Alternatives named
Redirector, Privacy Redirect, LibRedirect and Alternative Frontends extensions
From 4 comments
Except for the random choosing of instances it's easy to do with Redirector: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/redirector/ocgpenflpmgnfapjedencafcfakcekcd?hl=en…
Hitton on HNI use Privacy Redirect: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/ It also works for Invidious and Bibliogram, but I only use it for Nitter.
hadrien01 on HNI'm using libredirect, i never see the original frontend and it works like a charm. Related discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32916318
jonas-w on HNThere's also an extension called "alternative frontends", which does that and even more[0] [0]:…
ewuhic on HN