Show HN: I built "Big on X" to spot X's rising stars at any follower level

#1

Post by edgarasben » Sun, Aug 18, 2024, 8:35 PM UTC

Hey all! On X, big stars are easy to spot, but finding awesome smaller accounts isn't. I built Big on X - a talent leaderboard that finds rising stars early. Whether you've got 100 or 1M followers, if you're growing, we'll highlight you. Check it out if you're curious about up-and-coming X accounts:)

Show HN: I built "Big on X" to spot X's rising stars at any follower level
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Re: Show HN: I built "Big on X" to spot X's rising stars at any follower level

#2

Post by slater » Sun, Aug 18, 2024, 8:51 PM UTC

Two tiny bits of feedback:

- Don't link directly to an account's avatar image. None of them load for me, because of cross-domain blocking (macOS, Firefox)

- Make the tables sortable by clicking on table headers

Re: Show HN: I built "Big on X" to spot X's rising stars at any follower level

#3

Post by lqcfcjx » Sun, Aug 18, 2024, 9:09 PM UTC

this looks interesting. just curious how did you collect this data? i believe it's ridiculously expensive to use X api.

Re: Show HN: I built "Big on X" to spot X's rising stars at any follower level

#4

Post by mtmail » Sun, Aug 18, 2024, 9:14 PM UTC

slater wrote: post #2

Two tiny bits of feedback: - Don't link directly to an account's avatar image. None of them load for me, because of cross-domain blocking (macOS, Firefox) - Make the tables sortable by clicking on table headers

Took me a while to realize there are multiple tables.

Re: Show HN: I built "Big on X" to spot X's rising stars at any follower level

#5

Post by edgarasben » Sun, Aug 18, 2024, 10:08 PM UTC

lqcfcjx wrote: post #3

this looks interesting. just curious how did you collect this data? i believe it's ridiculously expensive to use X api.

It's public data, so it's quite limited. But even with limited data it's possible to be a little creative:)

Re: Show HN: I built "Big on X" to spot X's rising stars at any follower level

#6

Post by edgarasben » Sun, Aug 18, 2024, 10:09 PM UTC

slater wrote: post #2

Two tiny bits of feedback: - Don't link directly to an account's avatar image. None of them load for me, because of cross-domain blocking (macOS, Firefox) - Make the tables sortable by clicking on table headers

Thank you for the feedback! Is this specific to your browser? I would like to avoid hosting the images myself, at least for now.

For the sorting, good idea!

Re: Show HN: I built "Big on X" to spot X's rising stars at any follower level

#7

Post by edgarasben » Sun, Aug 18, 2024, 10:10 PM UTC

mtmail wrote: post #4

slater wrote: post #2

Two tiny bits of feedback: - Don't link directly to an account's avatar image. None of them load for me, because of cross-domain blocking (macOS, Firefox) - Make the tables sortable by clicking on table headers

Took me a while to realize there are multiple tables.

Fixed it! Each group meant to have only top 10 accounts. Will probably add "Show more" button, to reveal more accounts in a group.

Re: Show HN: I built "Big on X" to spot X's rising stars at any follower level

#8

Post by slater » Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 1:25 AM UTC

edgarasben wrote: post #6

slater wrote: post #2

Two tiny bits of feedback: - Don't link directly to an account's avatar image. None of them load for me, because of cross-domain blocking (macOS, Firefox) - Make the tables sortable by clicking on table headers

Thank you for the feedback! Is this specific to your browser? I would like to avoid hosting the images myself, at least for now. For the sorting, good idea!

Might be UBlock Origin, not sure.

Re: Show HN: I built "Big on X" to spot X's rising stars at any follower level

#9

Post by dankwizard » Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 3:38 AM UTC

1 - is this scanning every account? i thought X did some fancy stuff where an API hit would only ping a random ~1-5% of the total base. the 100k->1m tier list looks especially wrong

2 - whats time on growth? is it +x% in 24 hours / what time frame?

3 - cool

Re: Show HN: I built "Big on X" to spot X's rising stars at any follower level

#10

Post by edgarasben » Mon, Aug 19, 2024, 8:22 AM UTC

dankwizard wrote: post #9

1 - is this scanning every account? i thought X did some fancy stuff where an API hit would only ping a random ~1-5% of the total base. the 100k->1m tier list looks especially wrong 2 - whats time on growth? is it +x% in 24 hours / what time frame? 3 - cool

1 - good question! using public data only for now, so I have to add usernames manually, but I also have an automatic scaling mechanism, where I discover "recommended" usernames for each user.

2 - for now it's daily only, last 24hours. Once I have more data I will display 7 days, 30 days and 365 days switcher.

3 - thnx :D