The service XCancel is stopped until further notice

ryandrake•about 5 hours ago

I really don't think this is going to have the effect that X thinks it will have. I've always said that if XCancel and Nitter get taken down, I'm not going to suddenly decide to make an X account--I'm just going to stop reading their content.

Same for old.reddit.com. If they kill it, I'm not going to give in and create an account--I'm just going to stop visiting.

ticoombs•about 3 hours ago

They have killed old.reddit now. It forces you (or at least me) to login. Same with regular Reddit. Most threads I get an authwall after the top comment.

(Im now entirely on HN and Lemmy)

mrtesthah•about 1 hour ago

I use proxy software like redlib and teddit. The browser extension LibRedirect[1] makes these easy to use without conscious thought. They're read-only, but if you were going to post something, you'd have to sign in anyway.

1. https://libredirect.manerakai.com

gdulli•about 4 hours ago

I agree. I think of these alternatives as off-ramps, not replacements. In 2023 I ditched my Reddit and Twitter accounts thinking it would be very difficult. Today, the idea of losing the off-ramps no longer bothers me.

urbandw311er•about 4 hours ago

Just so you know – if you are reading this – X is no longer an effective form of publishing as I will not, now or ever, create an account just in order to read something that you have written on there.

xvxvx•about 3 hours ago

Read-only mode is a great way to entice new users to your platform. If you want to share or comment, you need an account. Blocking ALL access will not have that effect. I went from an active Twitter user to simply having a dozen X accounts bookmarked via xcancel. I can live without them.

bio-s•about 5 hours ago

On Monday 24th August at 8PM EST, we received at letter from X Corp. asking to cease and desist the service XCancel. The service XCancel is stopped until further notice. We are seeking legal advice and won't share more details for now. Thank you for the trust you have put in these two years of XCancel.

cxr•about 4 hours ago

Have you considered reaching out to users who actually create and own the material published on Twitter to work out a deal whereby xcancel.com would be permitted to publish their posts (regardless of what the cease and desist says)?

sea-gold•about 5 hours ago

big_toast•about 4 hours ago

I don’t get why ai labs and staff didn’t move to Bluesky or something more open.

Grok searching across x/twitter is too valuable to ignore or silo.

X is effectively a high signal comment layer for the entire internet + quasi internet (arxiv) + real world.

Same applies to any data silo I suppose, X just seems more straightforward to beachhead.

Hammershaft•about 3 hours ago

I think the signal on X has been deteriorating for years. Many valuable communities that existed purely on Twitter have scattered across the internet after Elon's transformation, often to many disconnected small communities across X, Mastodon instances, BlueSky, and reddit.

zmmmmm•about 3 hours ago

Moves like this are nearly always a precursor to a user hostile change of some kind. I suppose anybody who didn't leave already are likely so rusted on they still won't budge, but people should definitely look for open alternatives at this point.

HardwareLust•about 5 hours ago

Im surprised they let it run for 2 years. Still not going back to X though.

georgemcbay•about 3 hours ago

I guess I'll just never read another tweet again.

For the past year or so I've only ever read them (rarely, and only when tipped off about something worth reading from an external source) via xcancel.

Would rather just not read anything on twitter ever again than be forced to the actual site.

ChrisArchitect•about 2 hours ago

Some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49440786

The service XCancel is stopped until further notice

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