PlaintTweet
Consumer and social
social media client
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
5 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Idea: 4 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 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
Clean, minimal design that people like.
From 3 comments
Pretty neat! I switch between light and dark mode on all of my devices through the day depending on the lightning situation. I'd love to see the web app to switch automatically,…
WillYouFinish on HNLove it.
sidshere on HNNice job, thanks for bringing it to the world! Was looking for something exactly like that a few weeks back.
karolisram on HN
Interest in a polished native iOS version.
From 1 comment
Just FYI, I would pay for a native iOS app that is polished enough and looks exactly like this.
mrzool on HN
Objections
Layout breaks with long unbreakable strings like URLs.
From 1 comment
Great work! FYI there’s a layout bug: if the timeline contains a very long unbreakable string such as a long URL, it busts out of the container and causes the page to extend…
playpause on HN
Retweets appear in the home timeline despite the setting.
From 2 comments
I do see retweets. Anyway if getting rid of them? Don’t see anything in settings.
keeptrying on HNExample: David Chapman (@Meaningness): RT @michael_nielsen: I mention all this mostly because of the relative lack of attention the media in many countries have paid to…
keeptrying on HN
Replies are not shown, which breaks tweet threads.
From 1 comment
The lack of replies seems like it would break tweet-threads entirely? Honestly I like reading normal-person replies, but at a bare minimum, I would think you need to include…
bpodgursky on HN
Requests
Show replies or self-replies as a setting.
From 1 comment
I'm planning to add this as a setting in the next increment.
ramkarthikk on HN
Lists support.
From 1 comment
This is pretty sweet. Only fault is I can’t seem to find lists.
elorm on HN
Automatic light/dark mode switching.
From 2 comments
Pretty neat! I switch between light and dark mode on all of my devices through the day depending on the lightning situation. I'd love to see the web app to switch automatically,…
WillYouFinish on HNThe prefers-color-scheme CSS media feature could be a way of doing this without requiring any additional action from the user. The spec is still a draft but it has decent browser…
xwx on HN
Native iOS app.
From 1 comment
Just FYI, I would pay for a native iOS app that is polished enough and looks exactly like this.
mrzool on HN
Questions
Does it support markdown when tweeting?
From 1 comment
Does it support markdown when tweeting
mraza007 on HN
How long will it last given Twitter's API limits and past shutdowns?
From 2 comments
Didn't Twitter shut down apps like this in the past? I wonder how long this will last.
janwillemb on HNI'd second this. Although from memory (and I didn't re-check this so I might be wrong) Twitter's API has quite strict user limits, in order to prevent third party clients from…
g_p on HN
Alternatives named
Nitter, which needs no sign-in.
From 2 comments
There's also Nitter, which doesn't require sign-in: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
jlelse on HN> doesn't require sign-in This is a key why I would prefer to use Nitter.
app4soft on HN
TweetDeck.
From 1 comment
Perhaps try https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/ ?
bebna on HN
Tweetlogix iOS app.
From 1 comment
Check out Tweetlogix. I bought that app, been using it for months now, I like it
throwaway9482 on HN
Muting algorithmic keywords in Twitter settings.
From 1 comment
You can get similar results if you mute these words in your settings here: https://twitter.com/settings/muted_keywords ActivityTweet , generic_activity_highlights ,…
OctopusSandwich on HN