Hacker News now has an active (official) X account

ggm

Not to be too Elon like terse but: "Why" (I read the post)

BuyLowSellLow

Xcancel shut down after mostly being promoted on HN and now HN makes an official account there? hmmMmmMmmMMMmm

kevinfiol

Is there an official Bluesky or Mastodon? Especially after the Nitter cease-and-desist, I have run out of patience for Musk's propaganda machine.

k310

Hacker News is just trying to light a candle in the darkness. Of a gasoline station.

add-sub-mul-div

Haha. It's like creating a MySpace account in... 2026.

1attice

Capture advances

willmarch

Disappointing to say the least.

khiem2794

Good decision, since X posts are now auto translated to users prefer language. And X is still in the top social media in lot of countries.

angoragoats

Anyone got an Xcancel link? Oh wait... Not a great look, YC.

zem

timing is everything!

funlang

Well done, I will follow ...

ChiperSoft

Read the room, YC, jfc

ToyKeeper

Becoming active on Twitter in 2006: sunglasses Becoming active on Twitter in 2016: popcorn Becoming active on Xitter in 2026: red ballcap It makes a statement. Is it a statement you want to make?

dare944

Won't be reading any twitter post on HN. Is there a convenient way to block them?

rndidoedk

fuck you daniel gackle