I saw this the other day, almost bought a yearly subscription. I'll buy it soon though, just whenever I start using Twitter more.
Show HN: Add what Twitter's missing - good thread editor, edit tweets and more
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Re: Show HN: Add what Twitter's missing - good thread editor, edit tweets and more
#42I 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.
This is it. All we need is the truth, and sometimes edits are the truth.
Re: Show HN: Add what Twitter's missing - good thread editor, edit tweets and more
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
for most people tweeting a link to your blog post is going to get WAY fewer eyeballs on the info you want to convey than you would have if you just put the text directly in twitter. there's a big difference in how they're consumed. There is still value in blog posts, but sometimes a twitter thread is a web better choice if you want people to see / interact with what you have to say.
Also, each separate tweet will now have its own distinct discussion threads instead of everything being mixed into one. Certain tweets can be quote retweeted and included in other threads, making exploration even easier.
This doesn't work though. Either stuff is taken out of context or you have to read the whole tweet thread for the context...
Re: Show HN: Add what Twitter's missing - good thread editor, edit tweets and more
#44Hey, 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?
So it does lose the likes and retweets of the tweets after the edited tweet?
Re: Show HN: Add what Twitter's missing - good thread editor, edit tweets and more
#45I have used this app many times. Love it to post larger content to Twitter which had way more value then just a link to a blog post for example. I think it provides a lot of value to Twitter. Thanks for building it!