PwnallthethingsNov 20, 2022

Social networks need critical mass to sustain themselves.

Part of that is making sure this site has that critical mass by encouraging folks to come here.

Part of that is making sure bird site isn't a place where you provide free content anymore.

There's a good chance when you joined here, you cared more about the first of those as a hedge against bird site dying.

But if recent changes mean you want birdsite to affirmatively die, you'll need to do both.

#NoFreeContentForFascists

Show threaddiracdeltaNov 20, 2022
@Pwnallthethings good time to redirect twitter.com to 127.0.0.1 in your `/etc/hosts` (or `C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts`)
Show threadJacqueline HomanNov 20, 2022
@diracdelta @Pwnallthethings How can I do the equivalent of that on a Mac?
Show threaddiracdeltaNov 20, 2022
@jacquelinehoman mac should have it in /etc/hosts. You may need to modify the file as an administrator.
Show threadJacqueline HomanNov 20, 2022
@diracdelta only problem is that hosts is not a directory in my Mac, and I'm NOT at all tech savvy and don't want to screw anything up I won't be able to fix.
Show threadJacqueline HomanNov 20, 2022
@diracdelta
Show threaddiracdeltaNov 20, 2022

@jacquelinehoman you just need to add an extra line for:

127.0.0.1 twitter.com

at the end

Show threadJacqueline Homan
@diracdelta Will adding that line mean 127.0.0.1 no longer takes me to localhost?
Nov 20, 2022 at 11:42pmWeb
Show threaddiracdeltaNov 20, 2022

@jacquelinehoman

No, it's the other way around. The second entry is the thing that is being redirected to the first entry (which must be an ip address).