Chances are, if you like video games and use Twitter, you’ve heard of Nibel. The veteran social media news scraper has been collating content for years, and his “fastest finger first” approach garnered him an audience of approximately 450,000 followers. But now, he’s decided to quit the platform.
“After some introspection, I've made the decision to focus my time and energy elsewhere and move on from Twitter,” he said in a statement on his account, which has since been set to private. “This marks the end of my video games coverage and my active participation in this platform. Thanks to everybody for the fun times!”
In recent months, Nibel had attempted to monetise his efforts through crowd-funding site Patreon, but alluded to a lack of support as one of the reasons behind his decision. In a blog post, he also cited issues with Twitter itself, especially in the wake of entrepreneur Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform.
Of course, fresh aggregators will emerge to fill the void that Nibel leaves behind, but it’s hard to imagine an alternative being anywhere near as exhaustive – or, indeed, outright rapid with the breaking news.
[source twitter.com, via patreon.com]
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Never heard of him.
Dang. Relied on his account as his record for posting news for stuff I liked was pretty good and fast. Almost like insider level.
I was today years old when I found out this person/account existed.
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Sad to see them go, but you can't argue with that reasoning though.
I don't blame them, people take for granted how much time and effort it takes to keep up to date with news and to centralise it in one location. Whether it a social media channel or a website etc.
They asked for small support after year's of free content and struggled to get it.
Then you got Twitters new issues to add to the frustration
Fresh alligators?! Where? 😳
I always liked his reporting while scrolling through Twitter, especially when there were livestreams going on. His threads detailing what was happening were great for when you can't catch streams.
It probably started as something of a hobby, and eventually grew to eat up too much of his time. If he wasn't getting paid for it, I agree with the decision to leave it behind.
Good luck to you, Nibel. I hope you find somewhere that pays well for the effort you put in.
Now its owned by Musk I deleted my account this morning.
Never going back.
Also never heard of this account but good for him nonetheless.
As usual this is all Elon's fault.
That sucks. He was always a good source of information after a State of Play or Direct.
I swear everytime PushSquare/NintendoLife makes an article about a person who isnt a game developer the very first comment is "Never heard of him/her"
@mariomaster96 its usually those of us that ignore twitter/influencers etc
@Titntin yeah, I would have done the same, if I had one.
I don't really get why Elon Musk was the straw that broke the camel's back for people to stop making their lives miserable on Twitter but hey better late than never I guess!
Never have used it, never will use it.
@Korgon You haven't missed anything, I can tell you that much.
@Korgon This. As if Twitter wasn't already a cesspool of people treating others like sh## while preaching they were paragon's of virtue.
@Korgon I hear you! In my case it was an account I had hardly ever used anyway, but I discovered a I still had it and deleted it yesterday
@Korgon Twitter was a hellhole looooong before Musk came into the picture, so I don't get this sudden exodus either.
Y'know, if it was just because of Patreon I would understand, no one wants to work without getting paid. But his Elon excuse sounds to me he doesn't want competition and decided to quit while he's ahead.
Musk means I’ll probably step away too. Don’t use it much but people like Nibel were a good way of seeing news quickly.
@CielloArc can you elaborate on how or why you think the Elon excuse/reasoning will bring competition?
Musk Derangement Syndrome. 🙄
Not sure what it’s called but I believe he’s already created an account at a twitter elsewhere recently.
Whatever🤷♂️
I knew it was about Elon but never heard of this guy before, good luck to him tho
@Korgon I'm just using Twitter to see the chaos and it's funny seeing people just quit twitter cause of Elon buying it
This is the worst gaming news of the year. Nibel was always a go-to source. I'm part of the problem though because I didn't support him monetarily in anyway. I do understand his decision because what he did is a lot of work.
I use Twitter as a read only media. Sports, games, etc...it has become a quick source of news. I've run across Nibel's account many times. Sad to see him go, but on to better things.
And Sammy keeps me updated on the Giants.
Im joining Twitter because Elon bought it.
@mariomaster96 It's a badge of honor around here to remain unaware of known figures. My twitter timeline is strictly gaming news and such so I'd see his name among others quite regularly.
Really like the last minute virtue signal in there to make it look like this was somehow selfless. The guy clearly wanted this to be a source of income, couldn’t make it happen, decides to leave but sites Elon as the reason. If you think for a second they’d have left money on the table over Elon then I have a bridge to sell you.
That's a shame, his tweets were a good source of keeping updated on the big gaming headlines. Anyway, I wish him all the best with whatever else he's doing.
Quit Twitter the other day too.
@Korgon You're supposed to be really upset and angry about musk buying twitter. Corporate media cartel can't let it go and neither should you
Only used Twitter to read news or contact businesses and that's it
i think i saw his posts a couple'a'times
citing Elon as part of the reason is kinda laughable, but even if it's so, godspeed. twitter is a hellhole when you use it a certain way, but i don't engage with that stuff and remain mostly unscathed for many years now. it's a good source of quick news where you can discover and stay up to date with every niche interest you can think of
musk is gona charge everyone a subscription to use it, i never bothered with bakebook and Twitter i prefer to waffle over a few pints lol
In a sea of ***** a news accounts, he was one of the good ones. He will be missed, but ***** Twitter. Hope the platform burns.
@crimsontadpoles @bpomber @RBMango @Deadlyblack @TechaNinja Nibel will be missed dearly, his account helped me keep track of news from all 3 consoles alot easier.
I guess I should start using NintendoLife and PureXbox more often lol.
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