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  • Show HN some months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46513823
    by HelloUsername
  • Politics aside, Twitter/X has become a bad place to share information on and to link to. It's a bad option from a technical point of view.

    We can't read a multi-part tweet (or follow-ups from the author) or check the latest updates from an official account without an account, which requires a mobile phone number and sometimes extra verifications. A digital "town square" can't require an account and a phone number to read what's said there.

    Same with Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Linkdin, etc.

    by celsoazevedo
  • it's brave to look at other companies receiving cease and desist notices and treat it as a market opening
    by john_strinlai
  • It would be nice if URL schema was compatibile with X. In case of Nitter, I could’ve just replaced x.com with xcancel.com with a web extension and URL still works.
    by SoKamil
  • This service has since been discontinued:

    As of August 28, 2026, this website has been permanently discontinued, following a request from X Corp. Profile browsing, search, tweet viewing and video download have all been permanently disabled, and all cached content has been deleted.

    <https://twitterwebviewer.com/>

    by dredmorbius
  • API works great, for now

    https://api.twitterwebviewer.com/api/user/[username]

    https://api.twitterwebviewer.com/api/user/[username]&uid=[id...

    Beware the website is jam-packed with ads and tracking

    by 1vuio0pswjnm7
  • Anyone know the specifics of how this works under the hood? I assumed the people over at Twitter/X would aggressively block systems like this from working. Are they doing something creative to get around that?
    by andrewmutz
  • I used Twitter for over 10 years without an account then suddenly in 2022 that was completely disrupted and no longer an option. Reddit is now this way too.

    But I find it ridiculous that Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. get used by government agencies and local businesses to post announcements and these sites are increasingly if not completely unusable without being logged in (and in some cases requiring an app instead of the site). Even Bluesky has this problem!

    Sometimes this information is really important! And I even if I did have an account I may not have access to log in on every device (or even want to).

    It’s absurd that social media can become this like critical communications platform for severe weather alerts or business hours or anything but the sites hosting it are completely hostile to allowing you to see it.

    Sites like this are a bandaid on a gangrenous foot. Thanks for allowing me to see links from twitter but it isn’t a sustainable solution clearly.

    by kemotep

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