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Unix had a shell language. DOS had a batch language. Lotus 1-2-3 had its macro language. Emacs is a programming tool as much as it is a text editor. We have gotten out of the habit of making programmable end-user products, but they are still just as important today as they were a couple of decades ago.

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What if there were a relatively simple and low-power programming language built into a Twitter client that allowed power users to build their own little apps on top of Twitter. User interfaces for grouping tweets, or flowing groups of ideas to two places, Twitter and somewhere else. So that the bits that end up on Twitter are coherent and useful to people who don’t use the client, but somehow more useful to those who do.

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For example, it’s been about two years since I first asked for an “unfollow-with-timeout.”

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I’d also like a “block-with-timeout” feature.

Shouldn’t have to block someone to remove a single tweet from view. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve blocked people just to get a turd they sent to me out of my @replies tab.

Rafer sez:
Please oh please don’t forget “follow-with-mute” so we can DM people without listening seeing their tweets.

Posted 29 November 2009 at 13h28 |  29 notes and  Comments