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Pilotwings demos act differently depending on when the cartridge was made

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Re: Pilotwings demos act differently depending on when the cartridge was made

#92

I enjoyed this but I hate twitter as the delivery method for things of this length. Its a terrible way to digest the content.

Came here to say the same. Someone needs to tell these people that Twitter is not a blogging service...

Maybe some of us like Twitter as it is?

Re: Pilotwings demos act differently depending on when the cartridge was made

#94
post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Came here to say the same. Someone needs to tell these people that Twitter is not a blogging service...

Maybe he is emulating a blogging service with restricted technology?

The 5 1/4 disk blogging platform.

Re: Pilotwings demos act differently depending on when the cartridge was made

#95
post #4

I often enjoy foone’s discoveries, and this was a particularly interesting one. I just wish it wasn’t all on Twitter. Why not put the text, plus pictures and whatever else (links?), into a blog posting, or just some HTML page with basic formatting? And then link to it with just the first Twitter post. Provide an RSS feed if you feel extra charitable (which is the way I enjoy most of the content related to this that I…

Actually the Twitter thread format is really innovative. For Twitter users it’s a new way to consume stories and the limitation of each tweet gives the opportunity to the writers to be concise and get to the point.

But I agree with you, I think it’s more enjoyable to read it on a single page. I built Threader, a Twitter client that allows you to read these threads in an article format, without advertising clutter and fake news suggestions at the bottom:

https://threader.app/thread/1126996260026605568

Re: Pilotwings demos act differently depending on when the cartridge was made

#96

I enjoyed this but I hate twitter as the delivery method for things of this length. Its a terrible way to digest the content.

I agree, it seems like a bad choice.

threadreaderapp.com can help: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1126996260026605568.html

Re: Pilotwings demos act differently depending on when the cartridge was made

#98
post #2

Twitter is the worst platform for long-form content like this.

If you don’t like to read long-form content on Twitter, use Threader. (Disclaimer: I built it). It turns Twitter threads into a single page article. > https://threader.app/thread/1126996260026605568

Re: Pilotwings demos act differently depending on when the cartridge was made

#100
post #97

I'm not a fan of this essay type thing being on twitter, split into lots of little tweets.

Twitter seems to be in this weird space where they have enough usability positives over other social media (pretty broadly accessible, doesn't pester you to log in, you can post NSFW content without it getting taken down) that I guess people just force themselves to use it, even if a blog post would be better formatted.
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