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There were 2 reasons I did this; first of all the 'social' aspect: You can easily unfollow someone when you don't like what they're tweeting through Twitter. B
by jrnkntl 16y ago
There were 2 reasons I did this; first of all the 'social' aspect:
You can easily unfollow someone when you don't like what they're tweeting through Twitter. But, what if you want to 'tell' that person that what they're tweeting just isn't that interesting without having to tell them yourself? Then you'd use Unsocialize This :)
Secondly; on the technical side:
I setup a Linode with nginx and php-fpm, which was incredibly easy but I had never done before.
Played around with the Twitter API and some JS.
And, of course, it's for fun.
- rbarooah 16y agoWhy would you want to tell the person anonymously that what they are tweeting is uninteresting to you? Isn't that just a needless insult? It's not as if you are paid money to receive quality tweets. If you actually care what they think, why not communicate openly with them?
- mcantor 16y agoYou should focus more on the "why" aspect. I enjoy the cheeky, opinionated angle that this project is taking on the act of unfollowing, but I don't think you've taken it far enough. What are the different reasons someone might hit the unfollow button? They might unfollow because the other person tweets too much. This would probably warrant a polite notification: "Your tweets are cool and all, but they were getting in the way of other people's tweets!" They might unfollow because the other person said something that deeply offended them. This could involve a little more snark, but if you really want to sell the "let them know" approach, you should probably ask the unfollower to indicate which tweet was the "last straw." I really like the simple design and unambiguous layout. Keep tweaking it, dude!
- jrnkntl 16y agoThanks for your feedback! Next wednesday will be tweaking day. There's also more serious work to do ;)