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Comment by jonas_jensen | Hacker News Reader

Can I just say: thank you for posting an xcancel link and not linking to X directly! I forgot Xcancel was a thing, I might actually start using it occasionally now.

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I noticed that xcancel links are rewritten to x.com more often than not, probably due to the fact that xcancel will not last like xitter, nitter and all the ones before it.

I hope that archive services implement preserving twitter content.

nitter recovered, it works now

e.g. https://nitter.net/josefprusa/status/2054602354851254330

Nitter instances status pages: https://status.d420.de/

There is an open source web browser proxy thing called finicky [0]. I use at work that lets me redirect urls clicked in other apps like slack to specific browers (firefox / chrome) or even specific chrome profiles. It'll also allow you to rewrite the urls.

[0] https://github.com/johnste/finicky

Its pretty widely used on HN from what I notice.

I use https://github.com/johnste/finicky

I'm surprised xcancel even works. I thought all the nitter servers had shut down.

What are the benefits of using xcancel?

You don't have to login to X or download the app (if you're on mobile). X won't let you see the replies otherwise. I also prefer that the layout is denser and you can see more content at once, at least on my phone.

In addition to the other benefits, it's very lightweight. There is an anti-SPAM redirect but no huge JS bundles, just basic HTML.

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