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Productivity

twitter writing client

SHOW HN2020

219points
91comments
#238of 3,028 in 2020
Top 8%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

18 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 12 critical, out of 40 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.

Idea: 10 for, 7 againstDesign: 4 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Focused writing without timeline distraction

    From 3 comments
    • 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…
      jhunter1016 on HN
    • I'm an ADHD person who is tired of being trapped by the doomscroll, but like the idea of sharing random thoughts with some friends. Sometimes I just want to write something, but…
      hezag on HN
    • This is fantastic. I had been wanting to make this exact tool for a while and so happy your team both built it and executed brilliantly. In particular, the mobile UI has a level…
      moeamaya on HN
  • Polished mobile UI and product craft

    From 2 comments
    • This is fantastic. I had been wanting to make this exact tool for a while and so happy your team both built it and executed brilliantly. In particular, the mobile UI has a level…
      moeamaya on HN
    • This is, by far, one of the best product marketing work I have seen in a while. A write-only interface for Twitter.... you, dear sir or madam, have my clicks. All of my clicks.
      tomgs on HN
  • Works without login so you can try it first

    From 1 comment
    • Cool! But also, thank you for allowing us to try it without logging in. This should be table stakes, but so many Show HN posts don't do this and I click right back out of them.
      paulgb on HN

Objections

  • Write-only posting encourages shouting without listening

    From 2 comments
    • 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.
      mwcampbell on HN
    • 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…
      swyx on HN
  • Requested OAuth permissions are too broad

    From 2 comments
    • I was going to try it out, but the OAuth scopes include way more than just posting in my timeline, is that something you are considering changing, reducing scopes?
      nakovet on HN
    • I’d like to use this, but I’m not approving that massive list of permissions.
      techstrategist on HN
  • Tweet threads are hard to read when written in this tool

    From 1 comment
    • I think this tool is not very useful, because writing tweets in the character limited box is what forces you to get to the essence of the idea that you are trying to communicate.…
      abdullahkhalids on HN

Requests

  • Support images and media in tweets

    From 2 comments
    • This is very nice indeed. I would totally use it for my twitter threads but I usually add images and other media to my tweets. Would you consider adding that feature?
      gdecaso on HN
    • Great idea!! It seems you can't paste an image inside the text though, which you can do on the regular Twitter webpage?
      bambax on HN
  • Read-only client or digest option

    From 1 comment
    • 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…
      Schiphol on HN
  • Same approach for email

    From 1 comment
    • I would like to have this for email. I try to stay out of email except for defined time slots so that I don’t get distracted. But sometimes I would like to send an email outside…
      d_theorist on HN

Questions

  • Why reduce OAuth scopes beyond posting

    From 1 comment
    • I was going to try it out, but the OAuth scopes include way more than just posting in my timeline, is that something you are considering changing, reducing scopes?
      nakovet on HN
  • Is there a real market need for this

    From 1 comment
    • 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?…
      biz_booster on HN

Alternatives named

  • Chirr

    From 2 comments
    • Congrats with the launch! Proud to see that https://chirr.app inspired you!
      kossnocorp on HN
    • Made this before discovering Chirr. But very happy to see another great product in this space from a fellow maker!
      linuz90 on HN
  • Birdhouse

    From 1 comment
    • Reminds me of the good old days of Birdhouse[1]. 1. https://sandwich.co/work/a-notepad-for-twitter/
      amwelles on HN
  • Mailbrew digests

    From 1 comment
    • We make a product[1] that might fix this for you. It's a tool to create digests from Twitter and other sources. You get the best content via email every day, and it's read-only.…
      linuz90 on HN

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