Fuck.
Any alternatives?
this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2026
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Leave. It sucks since so much info and live news is often stuck there but people need to realize ot is a dying platform, the less traction any of its content gets, the better.
That's not an option because I'm not on X in the first place. I used xcancel to access information from government agencies and some brands since you cannot browse X without an account, and I deleted mine after Elon Musk bought it.
twitee.co still works as of now.
Talk to your local representatives about it.
In my area they seem to send answer alerts that link to Xitter. And you can't see alert unless you have an account.
There's no good reason why they shouldn't post those details on their own site, but they won't until people put pressure on them.
Well, that also means you can’t verify if a post was actually made or not there. I stay the fuck away from twitter except through nitter if I’m checking a “source”. So now that’s gone I guess
Honestly, genuinely, and 100% seriously, if it is a twitter screenshot, it is probably better to simply disregard its veracity. Twitter screenshots are 80% dunking on random vermin, 30% bot posts, and 20% faked. (Percentages reflect the vent diagram of fuck that is twitter) I used to verify, until I realized that the people there are simply not worth knowing.
Well, the thing is like say you see someone share something outrageous that makes you ask “wait is this real? Did they really say that?” Being able to check veracity is important in the age of disinformation.
Also since I post a lot of comics I typically try to share the source. Now most artists have moved to other platforms, but their backlog might still be on that shithole. I don’t want to provide a link to that place, so being able to link to a proxy is preferred
I hope more people take this chance to leave X for good.
The people using this service are the ones who already left Twitter.
Or never had one, and are just checking one thing. Then twitter says you need an account to view. So you use these alternate viewing sites. I did that a few times.
Is there actual evidence it's dying? For a while it seemed like the momentum was there but now I don't hear much about mastodon or even bluesky from normies.
Mastodon and Bluesky will probably get another boost with this, then it'll go back to how it's been.
There are far too many bots for human account deletions to really make a dent in Xitter's numbers.
Unfortunately I seem to hear much more mentions of Threads than Mastodon.
Just what we need, more market share for Meta...
If anything of consequence happens on Twitter, you'll hear about it elsewhere.
100%
Plenty of Xitter screenshots even here.
Sadly my state representative pretty much only posts on there and I feel like I can better tailor my complaints and insults towards him when he fucks up by reading his drivel
Could someone create a bridge account that reposts their tweets to mastodon?
Xcancel was most useful when someone else posted a link to Twitter. That doesn't stop being useful when you personally don't use the site.
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You better start believing in alternatives. You're on one.
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Bit of a shitty comment mate.
Wasn't meant that way. Meant it like, everyone slowly realizes how great the joke is, applause builds...
Libdirect has a list of alternative frontends that it can pick from. I've been using it to redirect xitter links so I found that helps when one goes down.
Edit: I meant to say libredirect
What is that? Can you link it? Searching “libdirect” turned up nothing
Yeah, but the one on that list is what's been taken down…
https://bird.makeup/ should allow you to follow twitter accounts from the fediverse. Obviously interactions don't make it back to twitter, but could be useful nevertheless. See for example @franceskalbs@bird.makeup. Unfortunately twitter is full of trolls, so many instances block bird.makeup to avid spam from seeping through.
It's not an alternative to xcancel as it doesn't allow you to read feeds you don't follow, but it's good if you want to keep up to date with what users post.
To me it is Twitter and all of twitter’s content is plain trash no matter where you read it from.
Sometimes i look at my shit because it can say something about my health. Despite the content being trash, doesn't mean there can be no value in being able to access it.
I did write “to me” it means that, I did qualify. Oh well.
Could Xcancel become a search engine with an "AI" that provides all the info in the destination pages? I.E. use the Google model?
I hope this means that Shitter is starting to be in some trouble.
Somebody in Xitter HQ is shitting themselves because Daddy Elon just made a demand that the business must actually be profitable this quarter.
I deleted my account when Musk announced he was going to buy it and even then i barely visited the site or opened the app, then moved on to Reddit and now i'm here and if someone posts something short to read here then i'll read it, otherwise it's not important and not worth the effort.
I mean outside of everything else it was never my bag. Feels to cult of personality to follow people. I like it by subject like forums do. I mean it makes sense with things like youtube where its content driven.
Fucking apartheid beneficiary again.
It's kinda crazy how little I care. Although I do respect them for having provided the service for those who wanted it.
There's just nothing on Twitter that I want to read about. Mastodon is all I need for microblogs. I just wish more comic artists posted their content there instead of Twitter/Instagram.
I am not worried about twitter, but I am worried about corporations coming after other platforms; and I especially don't want youtube getting any ideas.
yeah its kinda funny because its not like folks who used xcancel are going to use x. it just means less traffic overall for them if xcancel traffic goes away.
Could anyone explain what this xcancel is/does for someone who never used twitter?
It displays tweets without generating traffic to Twitter
Ah, OK. That's why they are pissed off.
Me knowing I'm building the same thing for Spotify and it allows DRM free streaming
I stopped using Twitter many, many years ago. It was just full of shit and a place for people that can't keep thoughts in their head, no matter how uninteresting and pointless they are to speak aloud.
I've been fine. Much better than those that still use it, as far as is clear to me. Just leave. It'll only be an improvement.