Thread Reader

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Thread Reader (aka Thread Reader App) is a Twitter bot/service that will convert a Twitter thread into an article by replying to any tweet of a thread that mentions @ThreadReaderApp with the keyword "unroll". When ready, the bot will tweet back a link to a collection of the tweets.

They also support other languages:

• In Arabic, use the word "تنسيق"
• In French, use the word "déroule"
• In Japanese, use the word "まとめ”

Micropub support

Thread Reader announced the release of their support for Micropub on 2020-06-27. There is a tutorial on their Patreon.

History

In response to a post/tweet by Chris Aldrich on 2020-03-06, Thread Reader built an IndieAuth and Micropub workflow to allow users to post collections of their own Twitter threads (aka tweetstorms) back to their own personal websites.

On 2020-05-28, Chris Aldrich posted a thread to Twitter and afterward was able to use a beta version of their service to syndicate (or PESOS) a copy of it to his website in one of the first examples of this feature in the wild.

On 2020-06-27 ThreadReaderApp announced the release of their support for Micropub.

See Also

• tweetstorm
• Twitter
• Micropub
• PESOS
• syndication
• IndieWeb friendly support request by Jeremy Cherfas: https://twitter.com/EatPodcast/status/1580414675652861952
  • "I would like it to assemble the thread into cohesive paragraphs, add suitable microformats and use Micropub open standards to PESOS back to my personal website, for full indieweb goodness." @EatPodcast October 13, 2022