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Re: Show HN: Add what Twitter's missing - good thread editor, edit tweets and more

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Post by kossnocorp »

lucraft wrote: post #9
kossnocorp wrote: post #4

Hey, the Chirr App author here! I released the initial version of the app in 2017 as a free and open-source tool ( https://github.com/kossnocorp/chirrapp ) even before Twitter threads become a thing. Later that year, Twitter gave me a lot of trouble when they added 280-chars support but didn't update API and the twitter-text library. I was about to close it, but thanks to Firebase, the running cost was $0, so I fixed…

How does editing work given Twitter doesn't support editing tweets? Looking at the demo ( https://twitter.com/chirrapp/status/1282608419321643009 ) I think it removes the tweet you edited AND any later tweet in the same thread, and republishes those - the first with updated text, and the rest with the same content as before. Is that right?

Yes, you got it right!

I'm also working on adding a delayed publishing like in GMail, so you can edit typos even before the thread got published.

Re: Show HN: Add what Twitter's missing - good thread editor, edit tweets and more

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Post by kossnocorp »

andrepd wrote: post #10
kossnocorp wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Threads is an excellent and unique medium that is easy to consume and share, take a look at these examples: - https://twitter.com/dannypostmaa/status/1282952961857970176 - https://twitter.com/robhope/status/1265278107088347136 Of course, you can make a blog post from such threads (and probably should, if the thread got traction), but it would look and read differently.

Can you explain why? Your reply is "it's better because it's better".

I never said that threads are better than blog posts. It's a different format and provides its advantages.

- First of all, threads are often long-living i.e., authors update it over time. It allows them to surface the content every time they update it.

- Secondly, often every tweet's a self-containing idea. Blog posts usually are worried and need more time to grasp.

- Also, it's not only easy to consume but also to share.

I like, write and consume both Twitter threads and blog posts.

Re: Show HN: Add what Twitter's missing - good thread editor, edit tweets and more

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Post by Jetroid »

andrepd wrote: post #10
kossnocorp wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Threads is an excellent and unique medium that is easy to consume and share, take a look at these examples: - https://twitter.com/dannypostmaa/status/1282952961857970176 - https://twitter.com/robhope/status/1265278107088347136 Of course, you can make a blog post from such threads (and probably should, if the thread got traction), but it would look and read differently.

Can you explain why? Your reply is "it's better because it's better".

From my personal experience, people are more likely to read and share threads for a number of reasons:

* They don't have to go off platform.

* the base tweet can be much more eye catching that a link, even with social cards set up

* People may be desensitised to links that lead off-platform, because that's how Ads generally appear on Twitter

Then there are other advantages, like the fact that it tends to encourage you to write in a concise and direct way, with each tweet in the thread being like a bullet point. I often see people retweeting and engaging with a specific tweet from the thread; it's harder (relative term) to do that with a section from a blog post.

Re: Show HN: Add what Twitter's missing - good thread editor, edit tweets and more

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Post by JoshTriplett »

kossnocorp wrote: post #11
lucraft wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How does editing work given Twitter doesn't support editing tweets? Looking at the demo ( https://twitter.com/chirrapp/status/1282608419321643009 ) I think it removes the tweet you edited AND any later tweet in the same thread, and republishes those - the first with updated text, and the rest with the same content as before. Is that right?

Yes, you got it right! I'm also working on adding a delayed publishing like in GMail, so you can edit typos even before the thread got published.

Have you considered adding a very short link into each tweet (or into the first/second tweet), whose contents (as a Twitter card) could be later updated to provide corrections?

Re: Show HN: Add what Twitter's missing - good thread editor, edit tweets and more

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Post by Finnucane »

kossnocorp wrote: post #5
Finnucane wrote: post #3

Why not just write a blog and post a link to it?

Threads is an excellent and unique medium that is easy to consume and share, take a look at these examples: - https://twitter.com/dannypostmaa/status/1282952961857970176 - https://twitter.com/robhope/status/1265278107088347136 Of course, you can make a blog post from such threads (and probably should, if the thread got traction), but it would look and read differently.

Those look terrible, like powerpoint presentations that you fall asleep in the middle of. And in any case, the link here was to a tool that was basically using blog-like editing tools to write blog-like threads. So, why not just blog?

Re: Show HN: Add what Twitter's missing - good thread editor, edit tweets and more

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Post by kossnocorp »

JoshTriplett wrote: post #15
kossnocorp wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, you got it right! I'm also working on adding a delayed publishing like in GMail, so you can edit typos even before the thread got published.

Have you considered adding a very short link into each tweet (or into the first/second tweet), whose contents (as a Twitter card) could be later updated to provide corrections?

I didn't. It sounds like a fun idea but not sure if the content consumers would understand it, and also Twitter caches the card content (not sure for how long though), so it might just not work.

Re: Show HN: Add what Twitter's missing - good thread editor, edit tweets and more

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Post by lefrenchy »

I may be alone in this, but I genuinely think editing is bad a feature in the context of the way twitter works. Considering the problems it already has a platform, the last thing it needs is for people to be able to edit tweets after they have reached critical velocity.
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