"my nitter instance broke containment and started scraping Twitter...."
this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2026
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LMAO, yes! I feel like I should start throwing different bot farm projects at the wall and see what "sticks" enough to get me rich ... Except I don't have a clue how to start
Start typing into chatgpt, that's a viable business model now apparently
A company known for scraping and stealing copyrighted material is butthurt that someone else is scraping their content. "Do as we say not as we do."
The phrase you want here I beleive is "rules for thee but not for me."
Do as we say, not as we do is also broadly used. No need to split hairs.
Would be horrible if loads of people made independent clones/mirrors of that repo while it's up again
Could you also imagine how terrible it would be if people started also hosting a bunch more nitter instances now it's up? Think of the shareholders!
Oh shit, real talk.
[Edit, for clarity,] But without open source search engines, most are at the mercy of the oligarchy.
Well, if it dies again, I’ll leave Twitee.co here as a backup
Firefox reader mode counts as scraping too. Should Firefox block that feature?
Seems Xcancel maybe too? It shows a Nitter logo though.
Exit: Iys working, but it redirects to a Nitter clone of some kind with a Nitter domain.
Which is great because it means my DNS redirexts on Twitter links work again.
Was Barbara involved, or did they just fear her?