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

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Post by BinRoo » Wed, Jun 26, 2013, 6:46 PM UTC

tehwebguy wrote: post #26

thattallguy wrote: post #22

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?

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.

Try it out for yourself " rel="nofollow">http://snapchat.com/

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

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Post by deadairspace » Wed, Jun 26, 2013, 6:47 PM UTC

BinRoo wrote: post #10

mosselman wrote: post #8

I don't get it. What is this? Could you explain this a bit better so I know why it is so special?

Hi, I'm part of the Ranker.io team. We basically built something on top of Snapchat, which is a relatively-new social photo sharing app with no API for developers. So we made our own APIs and made Ranker.io work :)

You realise there is a reason that there is no API, right? Nice job on violating Snapchat's terms.

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

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Post by BinRoo » Wed, Jun 26, 2013, 6:57 PM UTC

eridius wrote: post #25

vivpan wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Check out our about page. We will remove images ASAP if the user requests it.

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

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Post by caublestone » Wed, Jun 26, 2013, 7:01 PM UTC

Really interesting solution to creating an API that doesn't exist yet. Cool project!

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

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Post by asr2bd » Wed, Jun 26, 2013, 7:04 PM UTC

Snapchat was really asking for this to happen, with exposing usernames publicly at snapchat.com/ and showing subsequent top friends. What was the rationale of doing that vs keeping it all inside the app?

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

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Post by johncoogan » Wed, Jun 26, 2013, 7:06 PM UTC

caublestone wrote: post #34

Really interesting solution to creating an API that doesn't exist yet. Cool project!

I love this type of hacking on undocumented APIs. Does anyone know if it's possible to bend or break the technical rules of SnapChat through this type of direct API access? It would be interesting to try and post a 20 second video... or send someone Lord of the Rings. :-)

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

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Post by atwebb » Wed, Jun 26, 2013, 7:08 PM UTC

BinRoo wrote: post #33

eridius wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Check out our about page. We will remove images ASAP if the user requests it.

You have to know about it to request removal. That doesn't fix the issue of user's not understanding that you're changing the expected behavior. I'd assume you meant it would be posted online and then removed shortly after.

You know exactly what you're being called out on.

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

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Post by LateNightAlumni » Wed, Jun 26, 2013, 7:19 PM UTC

I think this is a neat idea. Looking forward to more! It's creative website scraping, which is what developers did before APIs were mainstream (in case you were living in a cave). The posters here are just butt hurt they didn't think of this idea first. Haters gonna hate.

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

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Post by nedwin » Wed, Jun 26, 2013, 7:46 PM UTC

atwebb wrote: post #37

BinRoo wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Check out our about page. We will remove images ASAP if the user requests it.

You have to know about it to request removal. That doesn't fix the issue of user's not understanding that you're changing the expected behavior. I'd assume you meant it would be posted online and then removed shortly after. You know exactly what you're being called out on.

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

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

#40

Post by genwin » Wed, Jun 26, 2013, 7:57 PM UTC

tehwebguy wrote: post #26

thattallguy wrote: post #22

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?

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.

They created Facebook?