SOsodality2·May 15, 2021
https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta/ is one such alternative client
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Observed mentions: 2021-05-08 10:47:49 UTC to 2021-05-15 22:34:44 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 06:00 | 2021-05-08 06:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-08 12:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| May 8, 12:00 | 2021-05-08 12:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-08 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 8, 18:00 | 2021-05-08 18:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-09 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 9, 00:00 | 2021-05-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-09 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 9, 06:00 | 2021-05-09 06:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-09 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 9, 12:00 | 2021-05-09 12:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-09 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 9, 18:00 | 2021-05-09 18:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-10 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 00:00 | 2021-05-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-10 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 06:00 | 2021-05-10 06:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-10 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 12:00 | 2021-05-10 12:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-10 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 10, 18:00 | 2021-05-10 18:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-11 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 00:00 | 2021-05-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-11 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 06:00 | 2021-05-11 06:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-11 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 12:00 | 2021-05-11 12:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-11 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 11, 18:00 | 2021-05-11 18:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-12 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 00:00 | 2021-05-12 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-12 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 06:00 | 2021-05-12 06:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-12 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 12:00 | 2021-05-12 12:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-12 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 12, 18:00 | 2021-05-12 18:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-13 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 13, 00:00 | 2021-05-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-13 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 13, 06:00 | 2021-05-13 06:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-13 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 13, 12:00 | 2021-05-13 12:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-13 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 13, 18:00 | 2021-05-13 18:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-14 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 14, 00:00 | 2021-05-14 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-14 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 14, 06:00 | 2021-05-14 06:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-14 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 14, 12:00 | 2021-05-14 12:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-14 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 14, 18:00 | 2021-05-14 18:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-15 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 00:00 | 2021-05-15 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-15 06:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 06:00 | 2021-05-15 06:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-15 12:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 12:00 | 2021-05-15 12:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-15 18:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 15, 18:00 | 2021-05-15 18:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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There's also the FOSS app Barinsta available on Fdroid.
https://github.com/austinhuang0131/barinsta
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