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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 6510 »

blocked_again wrote: post #17
Finnucane wrote: post #3

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

If the idea is for no one to read, then yeah, that works.

I remember when platform farmers started to enforce comments without links on blogs. How almost everyone just bought into that bullshit. Before you could find blogs and blog postings covering the same topics (and/or personal interests) as your own blog, contribute high quality comments and get rewarded with traffic (depending on the quality of your comments) AND you got high quality comments from people who wrote entire blogs about the topic your article covered which was fantastic for the reader.

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

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Post by jrkatz »

kvothe_ wrote: post #26
lefrenchy wrote: post #20

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.

They should have an Edit feature and ALSO display edit history. So, you will see the most recent version of the tweet but can also see the edit history. Nothing will be hidden this way.

Nothing will be hidden except the edit history in the screenshot...

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

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Post by suzzer99 »

lefrenchy wrote: post #20

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.

I'm completely with you. Editing tweets would be a disaster.

The only way I could see it working is if you opt in to say a 5 minute grace period where you can edit. But then your tweets won't actually show up on anyone else's feed for 5 minutes.

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

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Post by oweiler »

lefrenchy wrote: post #20

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.

What I need is not editing but delayed publishing.

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

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Post by wwright »

lefrenchy wrote: post #20

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.

Adding a way to add "addenda" to a Tweet could be cool; have a little note under the tweet to say "aw fuck, I typo'd Michael Fassbender's name" but leave the original tweet otherwise pristine

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

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Post by dredds »

jrkatz wrote: post #32
kvothe_ wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They should have an Edit feature and ALSO display edit history. So, you will see the most recent version of the tweet but can also see the edit history. Nothing will be hidden this way.

Nothing will be hidden except the edit history in the screenshot...

Anyone can edit a screenshot.

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

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Post by beders »

oweiler wrote: post #34
lefrenchy wrote: post #20

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.

What I need is not editing but delayed publishing.

Add that and a read-mode, where the tweet you just typed appears word by word, so you read your goddamn rant before you post it ;)

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

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Post by Jetroid »

6510 wrote: post #30
Jetroid wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 yo…

Depending on what you are doing(!) users stuck on a platform OR users who don't do links might or might not be the desired audience.

Maybe, but the question is: who are they going to share it to?
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