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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026181 stories
“Tweet” and the bird logo apparently enter the public domain↗ blog.ericgoldman.org · HN · 132 comments · 227 points · Sep 09, 2026
Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice↗ github.com · HN · 410 comments · 930 points · Sep 06, 2026
Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account↗ twitterwebviewer.com · HN · 425 comments · 581 points · Aug 26, 2026
Meta deletes popular 1M follower account after Kuwaiti request↗ twitter.com · HN · 149 comments · 207 points · May 17, 2026
Instagram's URL Blackhole↗ medium.com · HN · 48 comments · 311 points · Feb 13, 2026
2025239 stories
Recovering Anthony Bourdain's Li.st's↗ sandyuraz.com · HN · 151 comments · 301 points · Dec 13, 2025
Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 517 comments · 647 points · Nov 04, 2025
Twitter Shadow Bans Turkish Presidential Candidate↗ utkusen.substack.com · HN · 189 comments · 389 points · Sep 02, 2025
Twitter's new encrypted DMs aren't better than the old ones↗ mjg59.dreamwidth.org · HN · 205 comments · 228 points · Jun 05, 2025
Automatically tagging politician when they use their phone on the livestreams↗ driesdepoorter.be · HN · 147 comments · 267 points · Mar 06, 2025
2024431 stories
Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks↗ sherlockproject.xyz · HN · 158 comments · 266 points · Dec 25, 2024
Twtxt is a decentralised, minimalist microblogging service for hackers↗ twtxt.readthedocs.io · HN · 115 comments · 310 points · Dec 22, 2024
X (Twitter) blocks links to hacked JD Vance dossier↗ theverge.com · HN · 124 comments · 210 points · Sep 26, 2024
Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts↗ theverge.com · HN · 476 comments · 231 points · Sep 23, 2024
Twitter's pivot to x.com is a gift to phishers↗ krebsonsecurity.com · HN · 385 comments · 370 points · Apr 10, 2024
20231,958 stories
OnlyFans↗ onlyfans.web.cern.ch · HN · 39 comments · 241 points · Sep 25, 2023
We reduced the cost of building Mastadon at Twitter-scale by 100x↗ blog.redplanetlabs.com · HN · 33 comments · 117 points · Aug 15, 2023
Twitter Is Blocking Likes and Retweets that Mention Substack↗ flipboard.social · HN · 24 comments · 96 points · Apr 09, 2023
Twitter open sourced the recommendation engine↗ github.com · HN · 80 comments · 222 points · Mar 31, 2023
Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023↗ tapbots.com · HN · 77 comments · 163 points · Jan 20, 2023
20221,992 stories
Why Twitter didn’t go down: From a real Twitter SRE↗ matthewtejo.substack.com · HN · 1341 comments · 1003 points · Nov 22, 2022
Twitter to employees: all office buildings closed, badge access suspended↗ twitter.com · HN · 1649 comments · 1068 points · Nov 18, 2022
The most unethical thing I was asked to build while working at Twitter in 2015↗ twitter.com · HN · 408 comments · 921 points · Nov 07, 2022
Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement↗ sec.gov · HN · 1455 comments · 1324 points · Jul 08, 2022
Dall-E 2 illustrations of Twitter bios↗ twitter.com · HN · 394 comments · 848 points · Apr 08, 2022
20211,013 stories
I resigned from Twitter↗ twitter.com · HN · 1061 comments · 1692 points · Nov 29, 2021
Twitter rolls back AMP support, no longer sends users to AMP pages↗ searchengineland.com · HN · 103 comments · 573 points · Nov 18, 2021
Twitter starts to require login to view tweets↗ reddit.com · HN · 619 comments · 912 points · Aug 24, 2021
Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over his rare Twitter handle↗ techspot.com · HN · 592 comments · 536 points · Jul 21, 2021
Tweeting “Memphis” autolocks your Twitter account↗ twitter.com · HN · 334 comments · 536 points · Mar 14, 2021
20201,158 stories
Someone has stolen my Instagram account↗ twitter.com · HN · 333 comments · 976 points · Sep 27, 2020
When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport number↗ mango.pdf.zone · HN · 340 comments · 2326 points · Sep 16, 2020
Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”↗ twitter.com · HN · 1467 comments · 1061 points · May 29, 2020
Disney claims anyone using a Twitter hashtag is agreeing to their terms of use↗ twitter.com · HN · 352 comments · 888 points · Apr 27, 2020
List of Twitter mute words for your timeline↗ gist.github.com · HN · 209 comments · 748 points · Jan 24, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice↗ github.com · HN · 410 comments · 930 points · Sep 06, 2026
“Tweet” and the bird logo apparently enter the public domain↗ blog.ericgoldman.org · HN · 132 comments · 227 points · Sep 09, 2026
Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account↗ twitterwebviewer.com · HN · 425 comments · 581 points · Aug 26, 2026
Ask HN: Indie hackers on X (Twitter) feels like a mega bubble these days↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 3 comments · 9 points · Sep 26, 2026
Ask HN: Alternatives to Twitter/X?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 13 comments · 9 points · Sep 18, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice↗ github.com · HN · 410 comments · 930 points · Sep 06, 2026
“Tweet” and the bird logo apparently enter the public domain↗ blog.ericgoldman.org · HN · 132 comments · 227 points · Sep 09, 2026
Twitter (Not affiliated with X Corp)↗ twitter.now · HN · 7 comments · 16 points · Aug 29, 2026
Ask HN: Indie hackers on X (Twitter) feels like a mega bubble these days↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 3 comments · 9 points · Sep 26, 2026
Ask HN: Alternatives to Twitter/X?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 13 comments · 9 points · Sep 18, 2026
Thoughts on Twitterviewer.net?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 3 comments · 7 points · Sep 04, 2026
X Corp blocks social media startup from using 'Twitter' name↗ reuters.com · HN · 1 comments · 7 points · Sep 04, 2026
New Twitter rebrands to Tweet.app after court's double-edged ruling↗ engadget.com · HN · 0 comments · 6 points · Sep 06, 2026
Judge blocks X rival from using Twitter name, but allows 'Tweet' for now↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 0 comments · 5 points · Sep 06, 2026
I Stay Off Twitter↗ jefftk.com · HN · 1 comments · 4 points · Sep 25, 2026

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