Show HN: Hacker News with tweets from your friends (yc.backtype.com)

#1

Post by omakase » Sun, Jan 16, 2011, 2:13 AM UTC

Hacked this up really quickly for fun last night: http://yc.backtype.com

Shows the hn front page w/ tweets from your friends. E.g.: http://yc.backtype.com/?x=davemcclure

Re: Show HN: Hacker News with tweets from your friends (yc.backtype.com)

#2

Post by komlenic » Sun, Jan 16, 2011, 2:22 AM UTC

Very nice! Displaying the tweets on hover is a nice touch.

#3

Post by bakkdoor » Sun, Jan 16, 2011, 2:24 AM UTC

it's super effective!

#4

Post by sahillavingia » Sun, Jan 16, 2011, 2:52 AM UTC

#5

Post by PStamatiou » Sun, Jan 16, 2011, 3:18 AM UTC

#6

Post by jackolas » Sun, Jan 16, 2011, 4:55 AM UTC

Doesn't show the avatars for me.

#7

Post by ashleyw » Sun, Jan 16, 2011, 5:13 AM UTC

PStamatiou wrote: post #5

Nice! Screenshot for the lazy: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/186198/Screenshots/foyz.png

#8

Post by kingsidharth » Sun, Jan 16, 2011, 7:13 AM UTC

That is very interesting in filtering out stuff that might interest me. Very nice experiment - true way of adding a social layer, I must say.