▲ 408 ▼ Nitter is shutting down (github.com) submitted 2 years ago by morrowind@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11136426 https://nitter.d420.de Goodbye twitter I guess. There's no longer any way to see twitter things people send you without an account
[–] pathief@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (4 children) I have never been much of a Twitter fan but I have idea why people don't just move away from it. What more incentives do people need? 🤷♂️ permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] morrowind@lemmy.ml [S] 6 points 2 years ago Well normies are still on it, and they keep sending me Twitter links, so need a way to view them permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 1 point 2 years ago The problem is that there isn't a singular replacement. People use Twitter for that feeling of being up to date with everything happening in the world. Until one of the alternatives can deliver that on a larger scale, Twitter will retain a considerable userbase. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago I'm pretty sure the people who still use Twitter use it for the drama. Mastodon and Bluesky just aren't as spicy to them. Hell, Mastodon takes setting up to even get anything interesting. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Scout339@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago The dumbest people are the ones that never, ever want to change habit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml [S] 6 points 2 years ago Well normies are still on it, and they keep sending me Twitter links, so need a way to view them permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 1 point 2 years ago The problem is that there isn't a singular replacement. People use Twitter for that feeling of being up to date with everything happening in the world. Until one of the alternatives can deliver that on a larger scale, Twitter will retain a considerable userbase. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago I'm pretty sure the people who still use Twitter use it for the drama. Mastodon and Bluesky just aren't as spicy to them. Hell, Mastodon takes setting up to even get anything interesting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Scout339@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago The dumbest people are the ones that never, ever want to change habit. permalink fedilink source parent