XCancel also down, at least for time being

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oorange999 about 5 hours ago 14 comments

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Message on xcancel website:

"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."

https://xcancel.com/

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sea-gold•about 5 hours ago

tomhow•about 1 hour ago

Comments moved thither. Thanks!

xvxvx•about 4 hours ago

Yeah, it’s connected to Nitter.

I had a number of bookmarked X accounts I would check in on via xcancel. I’ll keep them for now but I assume they’re done for.

I have zero desire to ever crate an X account. Keep closing doors, Elon, and watch usage drop even more than it already has.

culi•about 3 hours ago

The LibRedirect extension lets you use any alt-frontend for [Twitter|YouTube|Reddit|Fandom|you name it] and automatically redirects you when you click a link. That way you can just save the original url and let your browser redirect for you. Would highly recommend

https://libredirect.manerakai.com/

It has some default options built in like Nitter for Twitter, Invidious for YouTube, Redlib for Reddit, etc

Yiin•about 3 hours ago

I don't understand being so emotionally attached to a personality to virtue signal about everything they're connected to. I'm no fan of the guy itself for many reasons, but it's just a service like any other, you either use it or you don't.

stuaxo•about 3 hours ago

Hardly any one is virtue signaling, but people vice signal all the time.

like_any_other•about 1 hour ago

Like most media, it's non-fungible. Many people post there and nowhere else. You may as well say "Oh the book you liked got pulled? Just pick a different book to read."

nozzlegear•about 3 hours ago

> I'm no fan of the guy itself for many reasons, but it's just a service like any other, you either use it or you don't.

It's not just a service, using it actively helps increase and spread his influence in the same way using Facebook/Insta/Threads helps increase and spread Zuck's influence, or using Truth Social helps spread Trump's influence.

frogperson•about 3 hours ago

The us system of government and many of its agencies are under attack by an administration that elon helped secure a win for. Excuse me for getting a little emotional towards a Nazi who supports the concentration camps we have on US soil.

I'll make every effort to avoid his products and bad mouth him every single time his name comes up.

he is hated.

hiddencost•about 2 hours ago

Have you considered that people actually have ethical beliefs and you're the one that is weird?

AlexandrB•about 2 hours ago

Have you considered that other's ethical beliefs may not match yours?