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SHOW HN2016
106points
34comments
#346of 2,264 in 2016
Top 16%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
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3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.32.
Idea: 2 for, 0 against
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Useful for following someone's timeline via lists.
From 3 comments
Should be useful in exactly the same way that the WSJ's excellent Blue Feed, Red Feed (http://graphics.wsj.com/blue-feed-red-feed/) is. Thanks for sharing!
Brendinooo on HNI have been looking for this for a long time! +1 Twitter should build this!
ameyamk on HNNice!
helloguille on HN
Objections
Creating a public list notifies every member, so lists should be private.
From 3 comments
Do not set the created list as public, this generates notifications to every person in the list. Kinda fun to explain afterward :D
Fiaxhs on HNDo these lists to default to Private or Public? Want to experiment with this but don't want to send out notifications (if that applies here).
ideafarmer on HNprivate
waldfee on HN
Requests
Twitter should build a native way to subscribe to a user's timeline.
From 2 comments
I have been looking for this for a long time! +1 Twitter should build this!
ameyamk on HNAuthor here: In developing this I discovered that Twitter really doesn't care about lists. The limits on API usage and aggressive following are well documented, but anything…
killwhitey on HN
Questions
Do lists default to private or public?
From 2 comments
Do these lists to default to Private or Public? Want to experiment with this but don't want to send out notifications (if that applies here).
ideafarmer on HNprivate
waldfee on HN
Alternatives named
TweetDeck timeline column
From 3 comments
You're not. There was a little button on profile pages that did exactly this. I remember them removing it in a hurry when people took notice.
blackphace on HNI remember this was a feature in TweetDeck, so you can pin a column of this
rilut on HNI am sure there's an endpoint to get the timeline of someone else because tweetdeck had such a feature some time ago. If you're concerned about API usage limits, just use the API…
cocotino on HN
Tweetbot custom list timeline
From 1 comment
I don't get this as well. The only reason i use Tweetbot instead of the official client is because it allows me to set a list as a custom timeline. This is such a wonderful…
huskyr on HN