Show HN: I made an alternative to Google Alerts that listens to social media • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative to Google Alerts that listens to social media

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Post by mickdaisy » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 4:41 PM UTC

okokok___ wrote: post #9

Man, this on-boarding is slick! well done.

Thank you!! That's all attributable to early adopter feedback, but I'll take the credit :)

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative to Google Alerts that listens to social media

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Post by cmg » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 4:47 PM UTC

This is really, really cool. And I love the home page! Being able to see results before signing up is great.

I'm not a potential customer right now, but the text on the pricing page "If you find a payment bug (incorrect charges, broken UI, etc), let me know and I'll give you the full version of PMAlerts for free, for life." would absolutely give me pause.

A simple addition if you're actually dealing with payment issues would be to add "I'll make sure your billing is straightened out ASAP - and never charge you more if you've been undercharged."

But ultimately, get your payment system functioning ASAP. I would not be comfortable putting my card info into a system that tells me ahead of time it might have bugs.

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative to Google Alerts that listens to social media

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 4:49 PM UTC

Looks nice!

I'm giving it a try on one of our projects.

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative to Google Alerts that listens to social media

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Post by mickdaisy » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 4:51 PM UTC

cmg wrote: post #12

This is really, really cool. And I love the home page! Being able to see results before signing up is great. I'm not a potential customer right now, but the text on the pricing page "If you find a payment bug (incorrect charges, broken UI, etc), let me know and I'll give you the full version of PMAlerts for free, for life." would absolutely give me pause. A simple addition if you're actually dealing with payment issu…

I very much appreciate the candid feedback, cmg. I'll update the copy now.

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative to Google Alerts that listens to social media

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Post by mickdaisy » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 4:56 PM UTC

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #13

Looks nice! I'm giving it a try on one of our projects.

Thanks Chris! My email is m@pmalerts.com if you hit any snags or want to share more about your particular needs/goals. Happy to chat.

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative to Google Alerts that listens to social media

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Post by bzb6 » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 4:56 PM UTC

The header of your website is sticky and takes up half the height of my screen.

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative to Google Alerts that listens to social media

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Post by mickdaisy » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 5:02 PM UTC

bzb6 wrote: post #16

The header of your website is sticky and takes up half the height of my screen.

Gah, the mobile UX is pretty horrible right now. I'll prioritize it, thank you bzb6

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative to Google Alerts that listens to social media

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 5:04 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: I made an alternative to Google Alerts that listens to social media

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Post by rathel » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 5:10 PM UTC

Nice tool, just in time I sought an alternative to Google Alerts, because they filter out most stuff and are biased towards bigger/news portals.

For now something is not quite right, whatever I search for, I only get results for Twitter and when I uncheck Twitter, I get nothing.

It'd be also cool to search by language (or would site:pl work to filter by TLD?)

Re: Show HN: I made an alternative to Google Alerts that listens to social media

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Post by pknerd » Fri, Nov 20, 2020, 5:14 PM UTC

I am surprised why no one thought about it? Awesome!