Live data from Hacker News

Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a social contest

ranker.io

21–30 of 49 posts

Re: Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a social contest

#21
post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still doesn't make much sense. Everyone knows what Snapchat is - how are you grabbing the images?

We communicate with Snapchat's servers and pretend to be their mobile app. This gives us access to everything that you can do through the mobile app. For example, we can send messages, view (and save) messages, create new accounts...

If you really want to piss Snapchat off, turn this into a client that anyone can run.

Re: Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a social contest

#22
post #5
post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you get the 42k list of users? Looks like a fun idea!

[deleted]

Woah, woah woah. So by entering my username into snapgraph to "explore my snap chat network" aka see an animation of my top friends, I'm opting into your bullshit spam contest app, and anything else you plan on making?

Not a smart move dudes. My trust in anything you else make = Zero.

I'm I wrong here?

Re: Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a social contest

#24
post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still doesn't make much sense. Everyone knows what Snapchat is - how are you grabbing the images?

We communicate with Snapchat's servers and pretend to be their mobile app. This gives us access to everything that you can do through the mobile app. For example, we can send messages, view (and save) messages, create new accounts...

Why do you think this is OK? Data mining and extraction are clearly a violation of their terms.

Re: Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a social contest

#25
post #20
post #18

So basically, you spammed 42k users, and tricked them into sending what they thought were ephemeral pictures but were instead permanently saved and displayed publicly on your website. And now you're bragging about it.

We tell users in our snap that their response will be posted online.

Ok I suppose that's better than nothing, but you're still violating the most fundamental aspect of snapchat, and I guarantee you that a good chunk of your pictures came from people who didn't realize that you were actually saving their pictures.

Re: Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a social contest

#26
post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[deleted]

Woah, woah woah. So by entering my username into snapgraph to "explore my snap chat network" aka see an animation of my top friends, I'm opting into your bullshit spam contest app, and anything else you plan on making? Not a smart move dudes. My trust in anything you else make = Zero. I'm I wrong here?

In case anyone is wondering, the deleted comment that thattallguy replied to explained how they built something along the lines of a "friends network visualizer" and abused their users' trust.

Re: Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a social contest

#27
post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[deleted]

Woah, woah woah. So by entering my username into snapgraph to "explore my snap chat network" aka see an animation of my top friends, I'm opting into your bullshit spam contest app, and anything else you plan on making? Not a smart move dudes. My trust in anything you else make = Zero. I'm I wrong here?

[deleted]

Re: Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a social contest

#28
post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[deleted]

Woah, woah woah. So by entering my username into snapgraph to "explore my snap chat network" aka see an animation of my top friends, I'm opting into your bullshit spam contest app, and anything else you plan on making? Not a smart move dudes. My trust in anything you else make = Zero. I'm I wrong here?

Sorry about that. We had some miscommunication internally. We used publicly available usernames.

Re: Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a social contest

#29
post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still doesn't make much sense. Everyone knows what Snapchat is - how are you grabbing the images?

We communicate with Snapchat's servers and pretend to be their mobile app. This gives us access to everything that you can do through the mobile app. For example, we can send messages, view (and save) messages, create new accounts...

So you're just counting down the minutes until you get shut off, basically?

Re: Show HN: Programmatically sent 42k snapchats, created a social contest

#30
post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Woah, woah woah. So by entering my username into snapgraph to "explore my snap chat network" aka see an animation of my top friends, I'm opting into your bullshit spam contest app, and anything else you plan on making? Not a smart move dudes. My trust in anything you else make = Zero. I'm I wrong here?

Sorry about that. We had some miscommunication internally. We used publicly available usernames.

Uh huh.
Post reply on HN