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Hey, the Chirr App author here! I released the initial version of the app in 2017 as a free and open-source tool (https://github.com/kossnocorp/chirrapp https:

Hey, the Chirr App author here! I released the initial version of the app in 2017 as a free and open-source tool (https://github.com/kossnocorp/chirrapp https://github.com/kossnocorp/chirrapp) even before Twitter threads become a thing. Later that year, Twitter gave me a lot of trouble when they added 280-chars support but didn't update API and the twitter-text library. I was about to close it, but thanks to Firebase, the running cost was $0, so I fixed the issues and kept it alive. With time, the app accumulated authority and users. Since 2017 when I first launched the app, it has been used by 9.5K people to publish 22K threads and 330K tweets! Happy users started coming to me with thanks and features requests more and more so I decided to rewrite the app and added tons of new features, like: - Drag-n-drop images - Editing published threads (yes, the edit button!) - Drafts - Scheduling - And much more! In case if anyone curious, the app is built with TypeScript, Preact, on top Firebase platform.

lucraft 6y ago
How does editing work given Twitter doesn't support editing tweets? Looking at the demo (https://twitter.com/chirrapp/status/1282608419321643009 https://twitter.com/chirrapp/status/1282608419321643009) I think it removes the tweet you edited AND any later tweet in the same thread, and republishes those - the first with updated text, and the rest with the same content as before. Is that right?
- kossnocorp 6y ago
  Yes, you got it right! I'm also working on adding a delayed publishing like in GMail, so you can edit typos even before the thread got published.
  - JoshTriplett 6y ago
    Have you considered adding a very short link into each tweet (or into the first/second tweet), whose contents (as a Twitter card) could be later updated to provide corrections?
    - kossnocorp 6y ago
      I didn't. It sounds like a fun idea but not sure if the content consumers would understand it, and also Twitter caches the card content (not sure for how long though), so it might just not work.
- AdriaanvRossum 6y ago
  So it does lose the likes and retweets of the tweets after the edited tweet?

lucraft 6y ago

How does editing work given Twitter doesn't support editing tweets? Looking at the demo (https://twitter.com/chirrapp/status/1282608419321643009 https://twitter.com/chirrapp/status/1282608419321643009) I think it removes the tweet you edited AND any later tweet in the same thread, and republishes those - the first with updated text, and the rest with the same content as before. Is that right?

kossnocorp 6y ago
Yes, you got it right! I'm also working on adding a delayed publishing like in GMail, so you can edit typos even before the thread got published.
- JoshTriplett 6y ago
  Have you considered adding a very short link into each tweet (or into the first/second tweet), whose contents (as a Twitter card) could be later updated to provide corrections?
  - kossnocorp 6y ago
    I didn't. It sounds like a fun idea but not sure if the content consumers would understand it, and also Twitter caches the card content (not sure for how long though), so it might just not work.
AdriaanvRossum 6y ago
So it does lose the likes and retweets of the tweets after the edited tweet?