From ed11738a6d84d44166509896fa998fe4fab1469b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oksana <107340025+Lubov66@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 12:31:52 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update README Update README --- README.md | 22 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4f8235d..5b68454 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ [![Test Matrix](https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/workflows/Docker/badge.svg)](https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/actions/workflows/build-docker.yml) [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/zedeus/nitter?style=flat)](#license) -A free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy and +A free and open source alternative X (Twitter) front-end focused on privacy and performance. \ Inspired by the [Invidious](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious) project. - No JavaScript or ads -- All requests go through the backend, client never talks to Twitter -- Prevents Twitter from tracking your IP or JavaScript fingerprint -- Uses Twitter's unofficial API (no rate limits or developer account required) -- Lightweight (for [@nim_lang](https://nitter.net/nim_lang), 60KB vs 784KB from twitter.com) +- All requests go through the backend, client never talks to X (Twitter) +- Prevents X (Twitter) from tracking your IP or JavaScript fingerprint +- Uses X (Twitter's) unofficial API (no rate limits or developer account required) +- Lightweight (for [@nim_lang](https://nitter.net/nim_lang), 60KB vs 784KB from x.com) - RSS feeds - Themes - Mobile support (responsive design) @@ -42,24 +42,24 @@ maintained by the community. ## Why? -It's impossible to use Twitter without JavaScript enabled. For privacy-minded +It's impossible to use X (Twitter) without JavaScript enabled. For privacy-minded folks, preventing JavaScript analytics and IP-based tracking is important, but apart from using a VPN and uBlock/uMatrix, it's impossible. Despite being behind a VPN and using heavy-duty adblockers, you can get accurately tracked with your [browser's fingerprint](https://restoreprivacy.com/browser-fingerprinting/), [no JavaScript required](https://noscriptfingerprint.com/). This all became -particularly important after Twitter [removed the +particularly important after X (Twitter) [removed the ability](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/twitter-removes-privacy-option-and-shows-why-we-need-strong-privacy-laws) for users to control whether their data gets sent to advertisers. Using an instance of Nitter (hosted on a VPS for example), you can browse Twitter without JavaScript while retaining your privacy. In addition to respecting your privacy, Nitter is on average around 15 times lighter than -Twitter, and in most cases serves pages faster (eg. timelines load 2-4x faster). +X (Twitter), and in most cases serves pages faster (eg. timelines load 2-4x faster). -In the future a simple account system will be added that lets you follow Twitter +In the future a simple account system will be added that lets you follow X (Twitter) users, allowing you to have a clean chronological timeline without needing a -Twitter account. +X (Twitter) account. ## Screenshot @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ To run Nitter via systemd you can use this service file: ```ini [Unit] -Description=Nitter (An alternative Twitter front-end) +Description=Nitter (An alternative X (Twitter) front-end) After=syslog.target After=network.target