Twitter x TikTok = Twiktwok • Hacker News Board

Re: Twitter x TikTok = Twiktwok

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Post by homero » Sun, Aug 09, 2020, 4:49 AM UTC

llacb47 wrote: post #28

This is truly the most advanced algorithm ever seen ;) https://twiktwok.github.io/firstVids.js

I'd do that too but it would be cached and updated hourly. Why hit the Twitter api on each request?

Re: Twitter x TikTok = Twiktwok

#52

Post by jaquers » Sun, Aug 09, 2020, 4:54 AM UTC

Please bind mousewheel and arrow keys, thanks.

Re: Twitter x TikTok = Twiktwok

#53

Post by alanbernstein » Sun, Aug 09, 2020, 4:59 AM UTC

keenmaster wrote: post #39

hacker_newz wrote: post #23

Nothing is swipeable here.

Click and drag

Thanks, I never would have tried that...

Re: Twitter x TikTok = Twiktwok

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Post by yuz » Sun, Aug 09, 2020, 5:11 AM UTC

Reminds of a similar HN mobile reader with infinite scrolling I did last week.

https://yoazmenda.github.io/hn/

It tries to extract the main articles image and shows you a cat if it fails

Re: Twitter x TikTok = Twiktwok

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Post by Scaevolus » Sun, Aug 09, 2020, 5:29 AM UTC

This really makes you appreciate how much higher quality TikTok videos are than Twitter! (no account/app needed-- https://www.tiktok.com/foryou )

Re: Twitter x TikTok = Twiktwok

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Post by scumcity » Sun, Aug 09, 2020, 6:08 AM UTC

hrmh, this is about the level of stupidity I expect from hn at this pt.

Re: Twitter x TikTok = Twiktwok

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Post by aabbcc1241 » Sun, Aug 09, 2020, 6:12 AM UTC

Scaevolus wrote: post #55

This really makes you appreciate how much higher quality TikTok videos are than Twitter! (no account/app needed-- https://www.tiktok.com/foryou )

Unfortunately that doesn't work with web archive

Re: Twitter x TikTok = Twiktwok

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Post by mcintyre1994 » Sun, Aug 09, 2020, 6:16 AM UTC

Has it hit an API limit or something? I just get the tweet text but no video. Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/6TZTFkJ in Safari iOS

Edit: reloaded without content blockers and it worked! :)

Re: Twitter x TikTok = Twiktwok

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Post by mashpotato » Sun, Aug 09, 2020, 6:27 AM UTC

What was the hardest part of making this?

Re: Twitter x TikTok = Twiktwok

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Post by baby » Sun, Aug 09, 2020, 6:35 AM UTC

I was watching this on my ipad pro and every videos was muted by default. Had to click to unmute on each of em’