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You know, I always feel a little guilty when the @nitter bot "corrects" my x.com links. But a problem is, if I use an xcancel link (like I did just below here) it doesn't get rendered. So I have to use a x.com link to get it to render, but then I always get the little Newman comment at the bottom of my posts.

xcancel + screenshot might be the move. hmm we can probably automate a screenshot.

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102 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 30 Jul 2025

but you can't click a screenshot a screenshot isn't necessarily a link

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also screenshots take a lot longer than posting a link (mostly because I clean my images and crop them to exclude parts of the image that aren't relevant)

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haha thats a cool easter egg, never seen that one.

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I'm out of the loop but why do we need nitter and what's wrong with just linking to x?

Feels a little too much like reddit activism...

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you can't view replies unless you're logged in and not everybody has an account

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113 sats \ 1 reply \ @gmd 30 Jul 2025

Ahh makes sense. Seems like strange behavior from their end, making it difficult for people to engage with their content. Getting immediately pushed into creating an account always pisses me off, I feel like it drives away potential users.

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except most of the replies on X are nonsense

edit: like most of the replies on Reddit and SN lol

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mhhh, good point

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