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Some feedback: 1. It is not clear to me what happens after updating the keyword list. Would the program then go find people and follow them based on those keywords? 2. "People you have followed (controlpanel.php?p=following)" is empty. Shouldn't this fill up instantaneously?

The program then goes and finds people and follows them based on those keywords, yes. It does so periodically with a cron job so no, it would not fill up instantaneously.

How can I communicate this clearer?

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I noticed your company's site has a header too. It's just not colored black. There is not much difference between your site and CustomerFind in that sense. In fact, your pricing page( http://agilezen.com/pricing ) is clearly inspired by basecamp. Absolutely nothing wrong with it(I don't think it is in ripoff category). But for someone to have such stringent standards when evaluating others, it's odd.

Sure, our pricing page is inspired by Basecamp... and practically every other SaaS offering out there. As I said in another comment, everyone (including myself) takes inspiration from other designs, but there's a difference between taking inspiration and taking a stylesheet.

taking a stylesheet

Can you elaborate? That is a pretty huge accusation.

Re: Ask HN: Please review my new startup. [Free account for HN community]

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Hey Zack, Firstly let me say that I love the idea. I can see it being very valuable. I am working on an idea myself, and I can definitely see us using this service once we are ready - who knows when that will be. I am sure you know how that process goes. Secondly, I must also commend you for charging from the get-go. The price point seems good, what I was looking for though was a 'pricing page' that tells me what I a…

> Thanks, keep me posted.

> Yeah, I agree. I'll consider changing it depending on how things go with this first round. The important thing is to demonstrate the value up-front.

> Actually, what I am planning on doing is mining the data from tweets of users who have followed-back. Then, looking for common bigrams...

> I guess I could make the "keyword suggest" account $30/month and a "light" account $15/month. I don't want to add features just for the sake of adding features, but I do agree that there should be multiple account options - c.f. the study of The Economist alluded to by Dan Ariely in _Predictably Irrational_

> Yes, that's possible but if not just email me: zackster@gmail.cøm

> Found a couple great candidates but geography seemed to be a problem for everyone. I am actually moving to NYC now and would be open to finding a cofounder there, with whom I could partner up on projects.

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zaid.farooqui at gmail Would love to give it a shot!

You got it. Register, and then once you get to the "submit payment" screen (step 3/3) let me know and I'll update your account.

i'd like to try it too. email: twitter@emoticards.com thanks

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Wow. Your website is a very blatant ripoff of Basecamp's design. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but yours is a little over the line.

Yeah, it means the guy is smart and is borrowing strength from what he knows works. 37 Signals published their conversion rates from the highrise landing page for a reason. Goal at this stage is to see if people will sign up for the concept. Once he proves that out (i.e. customer development), I'm sure he'll invest in some of his own graphic identity, logo selection, color schemes, etc.

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STEPS TO GET YOUR PAID ACCOUNT 1. REGISTER ON THE WEBSITE 2. WHEN YOU GET TO "STEP 3", WHICH ASKS YOU FOR PAYMENT, POST IN THE THREAD WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS My new website is CustomerFind.com. Remember my web app HipHopGoblin.com? Well, about a month ago, I wrote up a blog post detailing what I had learned and posted it up on HN [ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=824905 ]. In part, I explained how I had used Twit…

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STEPS TO GET YOUR PAID ACCOUNT 1. REGISTER ON THE WEBSITE 2. WHEN YOU GET TO "STEP 3", WHICH ASKS YOU FOR PAYMENT, POST IN THE THREAD WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS My new website is CustomerFind.com. Remember my web app HipHopGoblin.com? Well, about a month ago, I wrote up a blog post detailing what I had learned and posted it up on HN [ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=824905 ]. In part, I explained how I had used Twit…

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