Scripting News: How does Twitter threading work?

Saturday February 22, 2020; 10:32 PM EST

This came up in an email discussion. #
Doc said he doesn't really understand how Twitter threading works. I'm not sure I understand it either, and I've implemented it in two of my tools, first Electric Pork and now LO2. #
Here's how I do it.#
Suppose you have a sequence of four bits of text you want to turn into a Twitter thread.#
Label them A, B, C and D. #
When you post a tweet you can optionally specify which tweet it is in reply to.#
First I post A to Twitter, not a reply.#

Then I post B, in reply to A.#

Then C, in reply to B.#

And D, in reply to C.#

Twitter will display that as a thread. Like this. #
Could I have had them all in reply to A? Not sure. I haven't tried it. #

Last update: Saturday February 22, 2020; 11:12 PM EST.

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