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mickdaisy

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    We have similar backgrounds, and similar struggles. There is light at the end of the tunnel. FWIW, I'm also about a decade behind-the-curve because of childhood trauma. I'm reminde…

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    > How did Tesla manage to create this when GM has been making cars for decades and that is the singular focus of the company? (replaced the subjects with auto-industry corollaries)…

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    Hi everyone - just wanted to drop a message here in case you sent me an email and I haven't responded yet. First - thank you for the super supportive and encouraging vibes here, an…

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    a sentiment I wholeheartedly embrace

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    Ooh this is implemented! If you click on "Filters" at the top of any selected alert, you'll see options for keyword filtering, username filtering, and domain filtering. The UI/UX i…

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    Comment #25171542

    No you don't! You can use PMAlerts without even providing your email if you'd like.

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    Comment #25171521

    Pleasure to connect, and congrats on the success! I envy your alert times :). I actually don't scrape all of GitHub (or any platform)... I just simulate a user performing a keyword…

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    Thank you! Most platforms have a combination of "poll via search engines" and "poll natively". Native polling mirrors the functionality of performing a keyword search using the pla…

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    Thanks for the heads up about this

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    Hey Kevsim - thanks for the heads up and sorry about that - that's a familiar bug that I thought was fixed. I'll try to repro, would love to connect via email to confirm any attemp…

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    Yes, for sure. If you'd like to help me nail down the MVP for this, feel free to send an email (m@pmalerts.com). Would love to have some company over there.

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    I like this a lot. I'll incorporate it - thank you!

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    Thanks uberneo! I'm using Sendgrid for emails (looking to switch to something with high deliverability, high trust, and easy analytics if you have any suggestions!) and Twilio for …

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    Thanks nyellin - and for sure! If you used the onboarding flow or "result preview" functionality, you'll only see recent Twitter results. But if you create an alert for your person…

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    Thank you! Right now LinkedIn results show you what you'd see from a timeboxed google search, like "ryanr site:linkedin.com", but this will change once I have either 1) time to imp…

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    Thanks very much! And yes it is - I'm using PMAlerts to learn how to listen, and Karma is teaching me how to think and write (though it's a bit less mature)

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    I'm hearing similar feedback from others on all three items - if you shoot me your email to m@pmalerts.com I'll upgrade + verify you manually while I troubleshoot. Thanks for confi…

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    Woohoo! Email is m@pmalerts.com if you need anything (a bit behind at the moment, but I generally aim for responses within a day). Would love to connect + learn more about your use…