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Validating projects via micro experiments on the web
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Scott Mathson
https://twitter.com/scottmathson/status/1378451049678139393?s=21
No offense meant, but I struggle to understand the point of tweet threads. Maybe I'm missing something, but essentially what you just wrote is a small article.
Why not just summarize the thought in 1-2 tweets and link to an article on your site, Medium, Ghost, etc., and get some SEO benefits?
I'm honestly curious, because I struggle with the format of tweet threads, from a readability standpoint.
So, I'd love to better understand how/why people use tweet threads. To keep people on Twitter? To have people be able to comment on multiple posts?
As for the experiment, I think is an interesting idea. Though when I visit your site on mobile, the image / logo link is broken, and the UX is not that great.
Also, when I get there, I don't know the reason you're asking me to post info of my truck. Maybe a small intro, like "Need help selling your classic truck? We can help. Click here for more info."
Btw, I'm huge fan of classic cars and trucks.
I have a 1968 GTO convertible (needs full resto) and 1970 Cutlass Supreme convertible.
But thinking about a classic truck or bronco next :)
That's awesome! Have seen some really cool Bronco restorations recently.
Distribution and acquisition channels, I did write an article first (see link to it for "further reading" in the thread here: https://twitter.com/scottmathson/status/1378451067902390273?s=20 (original blog post: https://scottmathson.com/blog/2021/04/03/making-micro-experiments-on-the-web-domain-names-social-handles/)).
That being said, I understand your points and I'm really experimenting with this - I rarely do threads like this, but it's just a repurposing of the original article's content, syndicated out to twitter for another acquisition channel ;-)
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Also: yes, the MVP-ish site isn't in a place of being complete, by any means. I was simply testing the domain and hypothesis of having an exact match domain + social handle. The real value realized thus far has been the 100% organic following on instagram https://instagram.com/cheapclassictrucks. Experiment to see if can seed some demand and then grow supply, if there's enough validation of the name/idea.
Thanks for chiming in :-)
Ok, that makes total sense :)
Thanks for the explanation!
/cc @thegrid22593 I know you’ve got something in similar space going on 👀 how’s that going?