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Re: Show HN: Write-Only Interface for Twitter

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Post by searchableguy »

mhd wrote: post #13
Schiphol wrote: post #6

This looks very nice. Me, I would rather need a read-only twitter client. I'd like to be informed about Dionne Warwick and the occasional new cogsci paper without periodically making a fool of myself.

I'd like a general "follow people" app, where I get an easily navigable interface (i.e. not just a dump) of posts on twitter, facebook, hacker news...

That's doable with a RSS feed service. Some providers which support reading twitter, youtube and other popular feeds without any setup.

https://www.inoreader.com/

https://feedbin.com/

https://feedly.com

If there are sources that they don't support, you can host your own rsshub instance or use the default.

https://rsshub.app/

Happy to help you get this set up.

Re: Show HN: Write-Only Interface for Twitter

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Post by dangoor »

mwcampbell wrote: post #21

Hmm, I'm not sure if encouraging people to shout without listening is a good thing. It seems to me like it would just exacerbate the problems with social media.

Two thoughts on this:

1. There are definitely times when I just want to post something I found interesting to Twitter and not, at that time, get sucked into other tweets

2. It also depends on what you think Twitter is. Wikipedia describes Twitter as a "microblogging platform" and "social network". I think this app looks good for the microblogging aspect of Twitter.

Re: Show HN: Write-Only Interface for Twitter

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Post by frankdilo »

ktpsns wrote: post #34

Typefully cuts a long text into several tweets. Apps like https://threadreaderapp.com/ or https://the.rip/ unroll these stories again. What's wrong with this network where sharing content requires to use such tools both for authors and readers? ;-)

That nobody reads what you write.

Jokes asides I am a big fan of blogging[1], but it's not the best medium for reach.

[1]: https://francescodilorenzo.com

Re: Show HN: Write-Only Interface for Twitter

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Post by jhunter1016 »

Despite what many comments here might suggest, Twitter is a microblogging site. You do not have to consume other tweets in order to contribute your own tweets to Twitter. That’s why you can follow 0 people and still tweet.

That’s why I love this idea. Imagine writing a blog but everyone suggesting to you that you have to consume other people’s blogs in order to contribute your own. Twitter can be toxic. But it can be great. If you are not in a mental space to consume the doom scroll, this is a good way to post your thoughts while protecting your mental health.

I’ve been tweeting from the command line for a few weeks now but will probably switch to this.

Re: Show HN: Write-Only Interface for Twitter

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Post by theelous3 »

swyx wrote: post #24
linuz90 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fair point, which I didn't think about a lot to be honest. On the other hand, this enables people to write more mindfully, without all the noise around them, and also think twice before "shouting", so I'd be very curious to see what kind of output this will produce.

it also feels a little disrespectful of people who follow you. if I reply to you I know you won't read it. so if someone bragged about using your app it'd be a prompt for me to unfollow them.

It's not permanent. They could easily check for replies a few minutes later.

Re: Show HN: Write-Only Interface for Twitter

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Post by linuz90 »

jhunter1016 wrote: post #36

Despite what many comments here might suggest, Twitter is a microblogging site. You do not have to consume other tweets in order to contribute your own tweets to Twitter. That’s why you can follow 0 people and still tweet. That’s why I love this idea. Imagine writing a blog but everyone suggesting to you that you have to consume other people’s blogs in order to contribute your own. Twitter can be toxic. But it can be…

Wow I couldn't have said it better. This is exactly what we're trying to achieve with Typefully, thanks for expressing it so nicely.

Re: Show HN: Write-Only Interface for Twitter

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Post by dyates »

ktpsns wrote: post #34

Typefully cuts a long text into several tweets. Apps like https://threadreaderapp.com/ or https://the.rip/ unroll these stories again. What's wrong with this network where sharing content requires to use such tools both for authors and readers? ;-)

Twitter is awful for longform, but it's where the eyeballs are.

https://blog.ayjay.org/thread/

Re: Show HN: Write-Only Interface for Twitter

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Post by knightbenax »

biz_booster wrote: post #10

1. 99.00% people don't even think before tweeting. 2. 0.99% think but tweet only one tweet at a time. 3. 0.01% only think and create a long thread. Hence is it really required? What REAL pain are your really trying to solve? For how many people will use this? Are people already searching/paying for this? This is a cold hard and harsh truth. May save you lot of your valuable time in the near future. Pls DON"T build so…

Did you pull these data from the air? I follow a lot of people who tweet long threads, a lot of the time
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