Let’s be honest, They won’t. The users won’t fund it, as they want to use it for free.
This is what happens when people say they will “donate” but will actually wait for others to do it and little to no one donates.
What you are seeing is the bystander effect. It is why projects like Nitter will end up raising capital from VCs as they actually have money.
rwmj•16m ago
Seems an unlikely investment for a VC. Xitter can shut down Nitter any time they want, and the end users don't want to pay for it.
1ba9115454•20m ago
Nitter is/was a free, open-source alternative front-end for X (formerly Twitter) that lets users view public posts without an account, ads, or tracking scripts.
andsoitis•18m ago
> that lets users view public posts without an account, ads, or tracking scripts
what’s the mechanism they use to get this content?
skeledrew•15m ago
Well, it was good while it lasted.
mitxela•13m ago
It's still lasting. Use xxcancel.com to be redirected to a random server.
bhouston•14m ago
I don’t think nitter can run legally. It would be like having a proxy for nytimes or cnn. I think its (or systems like it) only possible future is to acknowledge it doesn’t have a legal future.
jaggs•13m ago
Surely Nitter is open source and has 1.4K forks alread. So it should be easy to ramp that up to several thousand more, which can make it harder to stop? or am i being naive?
andsoitis•29m ago
What’s the purpose of Nitter?
Elevator pitch if you will?
And where can one read a bio of the creator(s)?
flawn•27m ago
andsoitis•26m ago
rvz•23m ago
This is what happens when people say they will “donate” but will actually wait for others to do it and little to no one donates.
What you are seeing is the bystander effect. It is why projects like Nitter will end up raising capital from VCs as they actually have money.
rwmj•16m ago