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Show HN: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension

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Re: Show HN: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension

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post #96

what are your concerns and struggles with building a business on the Twitter API so far?

Platform risk and spam is definitely a concern.

I have seen a few people struggling with their Twitter SaaS being attacked by spammers and get suspended. Trying hard not to step into the same issue.

Other than that, I think Twitter Dev Community team is very supportive and encouraging. The new V2 API announcement is pretty awesome.

Re: Show HN: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension

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Hate to be the party pooper, but the fact that you could talk about nothing but marketing and money and never spend a single word telling us what the software even does, speaks volumes on where your priorities lie. I am left with the impression that the software probably does nothing special, or even useful, and if I ever have any issues with it or suggestions for improvement, I will probably be completely ignored un…

This sentence seems to sum up why the money was important to him

> I finally have the confidence to take things a bit slowly, take care more of myself, and go on this vacation I really need.

On top of that we don't know what else the money will help with (maybe they have an aging parent to take care of, we don't know).

Your comment reads in a very overyly negative tone to me when the article seems to purposely exist to go over the financial aspect of the product.

Re: Show HN: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension

#104
post #100

Hate to be the party pooper, but the fact that you could talk about nothing but marketing and money and never spend a single word telling us what the software even does, speaks volumes on where your priorities lie. I am left with the impression that the software probably does nothing special, or even useful, and if I ever have any issues with it or suggestions for improvement, I will probably be completely ignored un…

Sorry that the post give you that impression.

I do have some links in the post that link to the product, but yeah I agree the context is a bit vague for the HN crowd. I added a small notice to the post hopefully to fix it.

FYI, I'm not trying to promote the product, it's the story I want to share.

Cheers!

Re: Show HN: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry if I misused the Show HN. In this case, I want to show the journey and the story more than the product, and want to let people know I'm available for any questions like other Show HN posts. (I don't think the product itself is very interesting for the HN crowd)

I find your post very interesting. I don’t care what the “rules” about Show HN are, this is a good read and that’s it. Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Show HN: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension

#108

You do awesome and I love you devUtils App. Just installed it. But my personal guessing is, that your 25k Followers on Twitter make things a lot easier. :)

Thanks, Abimelex! I'm glad you like DevUtils!

I had almost 0 followers when I started building DevUtils & Black Magic :)

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