Twtxt
Productivity
microblogging
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
3 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 9 critical, out of 36 comments about the project. Thread score -0.18.
Idea: 2 for, 6 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Nostalgic, reminiscent of finger .plan files
From 2 comments
I think you're being DV'd because people think you're saying "this is just finger." But I think you're actually reminding people of that old service, which won't be familiar to…
kzhahou on HNI still remember reading John Carmack's _amazingly_detailed_ and interesting .plan files back when I was in college.
gknoy on HN
Plain text readable by any browser or tool
From 1 comment
A bunch of game developers had .plan files back in the late 90s, but we Windows users had to visit a third-party site to view John Carmack's .plan because Windows didn't have a…
adiabatty on HN
Objections
Large data files must be re-downloaded in full for updates
From 2 comments
is it me or is this going to result in massively long data files that you KEEP having to re-downloading in their entirety every time you want to get an update from someone you…
masukomi on HNIt can help to avoid re-downloading a timeline that didn’t change but you’ll still have to re-download the whole file for each new status.
hk__2 on HN
No clear benefit over existing platforms or RSS/static sites
From 3 comments
Yeah. What is the benefit of using twtxt? Ok, it's decentralized, but what actual benefit does that bring? Just anybody can't see what you are saying? But is the communication…
746F7475 on HN"Decentralised"? How is this different from a static site generator and an RSS reader?
nyan4 on HNI don't understand why anyone would want to go to the trouble to do this. It feels like a huge step backwards.
optimuspaul on HN
Global @replies and discovery are hard without a directory
From 2 comments
Yes, it’s up to each user how he names the URLs he’s following. This makes it hard to implement global @replies, therefore there’s no recommend way of handling those at the…
buckket on HNIt would be great if there was a directory of users. I'd use it if I knew people in my network or people I'd be interested in following were already using it.
chishaku on HN
Requests
A user directory or discovery mechanism
From 2 comments
It would be great if there was a directory of users. I'd use it if I knew people in my network or people I'd be interested in following were already using it.
chishaku on HNI like this too, but it is pretty hard to use without a directory, so I created a simple one here where you can register your username: http://twtxt.reednj.com
reednj on HN
Standard way to handle history rotation and @replies
From 1 comment
The problem is that if you didn't fetch the file at the right time, you will lose some history after rotation happens. At the very least, it needs a standard way to deal with…
toyg on HN
Questions
How do nicknames and @replies work across users
From 2 comments
Are the nicknames created by each follower independently? In other words, would http://bobsplace.xyz/twtxt be bob for me but bobsplace for somebody else? How do @replies work…
akkartik on HNI see. So by default all @mentions show up on all followers' timeline, just like regular tweets?
akkartik on HN
Can old entries be changed or back-dated
From 1 comment
It's really cool. What happens if you add a new tweet with a date in the past? Isn't a bit weird to be able to change the history?
d0m on HN
Alternatives named
Freenet Sone
From 1 comment
Check out Freenet (https://freenetproject.org/), it is the perfect platform for implementing static content social media like this. There is already a decent microblogging plugin…
blorgle on HN
GNU Social / StatusNet
From 1 comment
Also: https://quitter.se/ (StatusNet/GNU social)
unicornporn on HN
Twister
From 1 comment
So how does this compare to Sone and Twister? I know both of those services are P2P but beyond that not much.
synchronise on HN
dis (git-based)
From 1 comment
Similar, but based on git: https://github.com/wilhelmtell/dis
vr_ on HN
IPFS
From 1 comment
Seems like something like this would be a perfect use case for IPFS[0], although I bet there already is something similar for it out there. [0] https://ipfs.io/
detaro on HN