Using X without an account

I stopped seeing value in having an X account some time ago but it’s still the best place to see AI related news etc. Or sometimes a colleague sends me a tweet, which I want to check out.

Unfortunately, X requires an account to view tweets and replies. You see just the linked tweet and nothing else if you’re not logged in.

xcancel.com to the rescue

The website xcancel.com is a nitter instance that allows you to view tweets without an account.

• xcancel.com

Opening links to X in xcancel.com

Found this mac browser launcher that allows you to call a browser based on the link. You can configure it to rewrite the urls. That’s what I’m doing with the x.com urls.

module.exports = {
  defaultBrowser: "Arc",
  rewrite: [
    {
      match: /x\.com/,
      url: {
        host: "xcancel.com",
        protocol: "https",
      },
    },
  ],
};

• https://github.com/johnste/finicky/wiki/Configuration#rewriting-urls