idle musings about how i would redesign twitter:
- skip the peripheral shit, focus hard on hypertext/threading/network-of-thoughts and network-of-people
- search should be good by default but also have lots of options for power users
- skip the peripheral shit, focus hard on hypertext/threading/network-of-thoughts and network-of-people
- search should be good by default but also have lots of options for power users
- more and better options to filter notifications and timeline, for power users
- network visualization features built in (i.e. to understand how tweets or accounts connect to each other, @ollyrobot’s twitter graph thing was a good start)
- neue haas grotesk, probably
- network visualization features built in (i.e. to understand how tweets or accounts connect to each other, @ollyrobot’s twitter graph thing was a good start)
- neue haas grotesk, probably
- more stuff to help you discover new people
- if there’s to be some peripheral shit stuck on, it would be focused on connecting people—basic dating app functionality could be good
(as an aside, i think twitter has been focusing too much on *content*—fleets, spaces, etc.)
- if there’s to be some peripheral shit stuck on, it would be focused on connecting people—basic dating app functionality could be good
(as an aside, i think twitter has been focusing too much on *content*—fleets, spaces, etc.)
- no mysterious bullshit
- no bluechecks
- no trending page
- no topics
- possibly no hashtags
- possibly no likes
- rethink the way engagement metrics happen in general tbh
- federated, obviously (in fact most of this stuff could likely be built as a mastodon fork)
- no bluechecks
- no trending page
- no topics
- possibly no hashtags
- possibly no likes
- rethink the way engagement metrics happen in general tbh
- federated, obviously (in fact most of this stuff could likely be built as a mastodon fork)
- probably no edit button (and i’m even skeptical of deletion tbh) but there should be a way to disendorse a tweet—hiding it in many contexts and marking it as something you do not approve of
- empty spaces in UI sometimes have vaguely sinister slogans
- synchronize drafts
- empty spaces in UI sometimes have vaguely sinister slogans
- synchronize drafts
- improve bookmarks functionality, generally make it easier to keep tweets and organize them
(idk if a platform like twitter is ever going to be evergreen, but it could stand to be a little less ephemeral)
- maybe make it convenient to manage multiple identities with one account
(idk if a platform like twitter is ever going to be evergreen, but it could stand to be a little less ephemeral)
- maybe make it convenient to manage multiple identities with one account
but ofc all of that is software. i think the userbase is probably much more important overall, so i would want to figure out how to attract friendly smart people and run an instance with a specific focus, probably semi-exclusive membership
https://twitter.com/acidshill/status/1440076093944336385
this is all, of course, idle musing, but if were to actually build this, i’d want to have a plan for actually making money. ideas include
- power users can subscribe to get early access to the really fancy filtering features
- or just pay for specific features they want
- power users can subscribe to get early access to the really fancy filtering features
- or just pay for specific features they want
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