[HN Gopher] Itter.sh - Micro-Blogging via Terminal
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Itter.sh - Micro-Blogging via Terminal
Author : rrr_oh_man
Score : 175 points
Date : 2025-05-09 14:02 UTC (8 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (www.itter.sh)
| codingdave wrote:
| I like the idea of having different options for content creation,
| but I don't understand why "micro-blogging" is still a thing. It
| originated in message length limitations of texting back when
| texting was a new thing. Why inject an outdated constraint into a
| new tool?
| import wrote:
| The same reason why people posting stories instead of actual
| posts. Or you really don't want to write masterpiece everyday.
| thenthenthen wrote:
| Not sure, but stories, threads, etc seem to be a rather top
| down/dark pattern thats shoved down our throats one doom
| scroll at a time
| konart wrote:
| You can write a 180 characters post\tweet\toot even when
| there is virtually no limitation.
|
| I think this is what was asked by a parent commenter: why
| enforce any limit (except for a sane ones) at all?
| soap- wrote:
| IMO it makes for better content. I'm not logging in to a
| microblogging app so I can read thoughtful, longform
| content, actually it's exactly the opposite.
|
| By enforcing a character limit you only allow a certain
| type of post to be made
| flutetornado wrote:
| I prefer it because it forces distillation to core ideas,
| consumable quickly. Busy people have too little time to
| read too much verbiage.
| lynndotpy wrote:
| And there is a mutually understood degree of nuance.
| There is no space to consider every route of uncertainty
| or qualify every statement. You can say "the Earth is
| round" instead of "most of us agree that the Earth very
| very likely exists and is very likely to be round".
| konart wrote:
| >IMO it makes for better content.
|
| Sorry but this even sounds wrong. You can write an
| eternal masterpiece in any form. Short story, a poem, a
| novel, an anecdote even.
|
| In fact shorter form is more challenging. You have less
| room for a mistake. And lets be honest: most people are
| terrible writers|composers|painters etc.
|
| This is one of the reasons you see threads and services
| that can present you threads in a more convenient form.
| konart wrote:
| On a side note: a platform can (potentially) provide a
| filter that will show user only posts shorter than length
| L1. Or longer than L1.
| badsectoracula wrote:
| > By enforcing a character limit you only allow a certain
| type of post to be made
|
| Yes, the one where all nuance and detail is lost after
| being trimmed to death so it can exist under the
| arbitrary limit and is much easier to misunderstand
| because the author couldn't put all of their thoughts in
| writing.
|
| It does help with engagement though.
| bigstrat2003 wrote:
| I think that the breakdown of public discourse in the US
| in the last 15ish years is directly attributable to
| Twitter. When the main mode of engagement with others in
| politics is to drop 140-char hot takes, it shouldn't be
| surprising people hate each other. The world would
| genuinely be a much better place, in my opinion, if
| Twitter or its like had never existed.
| rrr_oh_man wrote:
| _> why enforce any limit (except for a sane ones) at all_
|
| Some say Shakespeare was his (their?) best when he was
| limited to the fixed form of the sonnet.
| DyslexicAtheist wrote:
| Actually it's "his". Also Redditors at the time rated him
| merely as "one among many talented playwrights and
| poets". It wasn't until the 17th century that he's been
| been considered _the_ supreme playwright.
|
| ... is this^^ the type of content you want on Itter?
| Because that's what you get from this crowd.
| chneu wrote:
| It's the same reason I still like sports: humans operating
| within constraints produce interesting outcomes.
|
| It's why film photography is still popular. The constraints
| create unique ideas.
| caprock wrote:
| Agreed! I have enjoyed how the constraints will prod me to
| refine and distill an initial thought into more crisp
| phrasing.
| ravenstine wrote:
| People today don't read, they _skim_. If the text is too long,
| they won 't even do that. Nevertheless, I'm surprised text
| hasn't completely died in favor of TikTok style videos, butaybe
| we are still on our way to that.
| sundarurfriend wrote:
| > I'm surprised text hasn't completely died in favor of
| TikTok style videos
|
| You gave the answer yourself - TikTok style videos, short as
| they are, aren't as easy to skim through as microblogging
| sites.
| ravenstine wrote:
| Not quite, I think. Bite sized videos provide the illusion
| of promise that one won't miss any information, whereas I
| would think that promise isn't there when skimming over
| text.
| zwnow wrote:
| Because ain't nobody gonna read a 20000 word manifest
| nathan_douglas wrote:
| Can verify, I'm somewhere on the hypergraphic spectrum and
| one of the reasons I like computers in general and LLMs in
| particular is that they're literally forced to read what I
| write.
| antonvs wrote:
| Kinda. The large context windows that recent LLMs have
| tends to imply that their attention to your input is
| selective. They're just humoring you really.
| chairmansteve wrote:
| Yep. You can link to manifest in your tweet.
| add-sub-mul-div wrote:
| For the same reason that some of the things I say to people are
| single sentences while others are multiple full paragraphs.
| sneak wrote:
| Do you know why Formula 1 is called Formula 1? The formula
| refers to a specific set of constraints to which all of the
| participants must adhere.
|
| The cars could be totally different; more tech, features, etc.
| The whole sport and culture is defined around the system of
| shared constraints.
| _Algernon_ wrote:
| The medium is the message. Presumably the creators felt that it
| is such a fundamental part of the medium they want to recreate
| that they keep the constraint.
| rrr_oh_man wrote:
| <3
| bee_rider wrote:
| Something like 2-5 rows at some reasonable width (40? 80?)
| could be nice for a sort of live feed to put over to the side
| in a terminal maybe.
| rrr_oh_man wrote:
| that's a really cool thought, thank you!
| thunkle wrote:
| I like the self depreciation here: > itter.sh is built with TONS
| of bugs on:
| rrr_oh_man wrote:
| it's true, unfortunately...
| abhisek wrote:
| Wow. Reminds of the old BBS era.
| joshcsimmons wrote:
| This is AWESOME. Love the idea of totally navigating around the
| ad-noise that the modern html/css/js web has become. This is how
| I first experienced the internet and I still maintain that it is
| one of the sanest ways to do so.
|
| How is adoption so far?
| rrr_oh_man wrote:
| > How is adoption so far?
|
| 300-ish sign-ups, 12k posts
| csomar wrote:
| The SSH keystroke lag makes it un-enjoyable especially that you
| need to type to move around the interface. Otherwise, I like the
| concept. I'd rather have a terminal feed of random shit that I
| can filter than having to navigate around web pages.
| rrr_oh_man wrote:
| gotcha!
| alexrsagen wrote:
| Aw, it doesn't work :(
|
| > Error: User not found for posting eet.
| IncreasePosts wrote:
| I bet you tried to register a short user name.
| flaviuspopan wrote:
| This is so good. I love the name, logo, and bugs section.
|
| > exec request failed on channel 1
|
| Well, guess it's time to scale
| rrr_oh_man wrote:
| yeah, I screwed this up in all kinds of ways
|
| thx for the love tho <3
| tehlike wrote:
| This is timely.
|
| For my side project (pricetracker.wtf) i was hoping to build a
| terminal app that you can connect with telnet or ssh - and do
| navigate the app through a super simplified but interactive ux...
|
| Found a few libraries that seems to help with this...
| ilvez wrote:
| Curious how long it took to get it? Fun experiment. Missing
| readline support though :)
|
| I was at first thinking I could use it from my commandline
| directly..
| zipping1549 wrote:
| https://github.com/bbj-dev/bbj comes to mind as well.
| ramaro wrote:
| There's also https://pico.sh/
| MajesticWombat wrote:
| sounds cool
| MajesticWombat wrote:
| what am i doing wrong??
|
| Permission denied (publickey).
| Weetile wrote:
| Did you make sure to register first?
| roskelld wrote:
| Presuming that you're on Windows, you might need to configure
| your ssh keys first.
|
| https://4sysops.com/archives/powershell-remoting-with-ssh-pu...
| rrr_oh_man wrote:
| Holy moly, wow. What would be the best way to turn this into
| a TL;DR man for Windows users?
| ryan-c wrote:
| It didn't get much attention when I posted it earlier this week,
| but I made an SSH movie player:
|
| ssh ansi.rya.nc
|
| (currently shows Sneakers, complete with subtitles)
| rrr_oh_man wrote:
| HOLY FUCK, WOW. Can we have a call?
| IncreasePosts wrote:
| Just mplayer -vo caca myvideo.mp4
| ryan-c wrote:
| It's _way_ higher quality than that.
| ryan-c wrote:
| drop me an email
| adamkochanowicz wrote:
| It looks completely garbled on my end
| ryan-c wrote:
| It needs a terminal with 24 bit color support, and at least
| 80x24. In particular, gnu screen doesn't work.
| ryan-c wrote:
| here's a screenshot with a terminal that works with it https:
| //media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attach...
| muppetman wrote:
| Usually I get really annoyed with people who hijack a thread to
| post their own thing, but ok, yea, this is pretty amazing. The
| quality is superb.
|
| I do also love itter.sh
| solomonb wrote:
| Its neat but isn't it basically just `wall`?
| toshinoriyagi wrote:
| This is very cool. Feels a lot like old school internet. A
| refreshing experience compared to most social media.
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