text on the roads (twitter feed)

hi guys

thought of this while on the island…

So i remember a couple weeks/months back there was a suggestion that you allow people to write messages on the road - why not take it a step further and setup part of the road (or different parts) as twitter feeds.

 

So @zwift and different hashtags (on a foreign keyboard cant find the hashtag) so %zwiftsprint %zwiftKOM %SQUIRREL! etc…

Waaay too open to abuse! :wink:

Daren.  I agree with you during Beta.  But this is a cool idea.  You could even use this to write news headlines from the BBC on the roads (especially up the hills where I have loads of time to read them) or the local weather forecast !  Now that would be useful.

Once in live I think people writing messages could be a good idea because if you break the rules then you risk being reported and your account being suspended or terminated.  When people are paying for a service they tend to be a lot more responsible.

Have you met people?! :wink:

With something like this, particularly news headlines or such, it would have to be a configurable item so you can turn them off. Like sprays in CounterStrike or TeamFortress 2. 

I reckon it would also be good to have a similar system though - i.e. a “spray” that can be applied to a part of the road. Would be limited to being in one location. 

https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Sprays

I would appreciate to have the name of the winner of the climb on the road (owner of the jersey). It is a TdF-feeling to read the own name on the road. 

Konrad, you are onto something here! Love it! 

Worth showing how long theyve held it for (out of the hour)?

If possible too we could have the previous holder below with a chalk “X” through their name :slight_smile:

I like the idea of painting messages on the road for people you are following to see (maybe invisible to others…as might get a bit messy)  

Problem would be censoring.  Maybe the person you paint it for has to accept the message for them.  That way the person who see it censors it