Can't wait for this to take off!
Show HN: Alias – Google Alerts for your favorite people
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Like will this be useful for someone who is following thought leaders in MMA fighting, Pornstars, DIY Guns and Drugs? We haven't quite been considering the latter folk for obvious reasons, but we have been pondering the general question of "which types of people should we index?" I think this is an interesting question to consider. One framework we've been using to try to answer this question is the old vitamins vs…
So I followed over 1,000 people on Twitter because I valued them for "some field" or other, but that may have been years ago. And I did a terrible job organizing my follows into lists. So now my Twitter is full of somewhat useful people, but I can't really use it quickly populate a list on your site. I'd like it if your signup process included easy access to suggested lists on topics like "longevity" or "virtual real…
Hey this is great feedback. We should definitely make it easier to come up with names and suggest more folks for you to subscribe to based off of topics
Re: Show HN: Alias – Google Alerts for your favorite people
#43I like the concept. But I found myself thinking "who that I follow is prominent enough to be listed". I'd love to say "this is my Twitter account, tell me who of the people I follow is listed on your service". Note that you shouldn't need to make me link my Twitter account or give you any permissions to do that; the list of people I follow is available to anyone with a Twitter account.
Yep, we do need to improve our onboarding flow a bit. We plan to include that Twitter followers list integration, and also suggest you people based on your interests. Thanks for the feedback.
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#44Have been following Alias for over a year now and am truly impressed by the amount of progress that you guys have made in such a short period of time! One quick feedback that I have is on the homepage when you click on "Show More", maybe display more than just 1 row (3-4 would be idea) so I don't have to click it multiple times! :D
Thanks! Agreed — and simple enough for us to fix. :)
Re: Show HN: Alias – Google Alerts for your favorite people
#45Seems to be heavily biased in favor of silicon valley personalities.
For now, but we're trying to not be! Who are some folks you think we should add? I'd be happy to get them indexed.
Re: Show HN: Alias – Google Alerts for your favorite people
#46Seems to be heavily biased in favor of silicon valley personalities.
Again, like stated in my other comments, we initially started out with these people because they were the people we mainly read, but we plan on expanding outside of the bubble.
Let me flip it back on you - which types of people would you want to see?
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#47Re: Show HN: Alias – Google Alerts for your favorite people
#48cool service! you might want to checkout courier.com, would be a great service to offer alerts across different channels
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#49Not sure if I want more alerts in my life, but i absolutely LOVE a picture of Paul Graham with anime eyes!!
Re: Show HN: Alias – Google Alerts for your favorite people
#50Seems to be heavily biased in favor of silicon valley personalities.
Again, like stated in my other comments, we initially started out with these people because they were the people we mainly read, but we plan on expanding outside of the bubble. Let me flip it back on you - which types of people would you want to see?
Can't you build workflows for auto addition? This way, your platform would have exponential more content and therefore interest
- if more than x ppl searching for a person then add
- if more than x followers on twitter
- if more than x citations on google scholar
You get the point.