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Re: Show HN: Circular, an open source clone of Buffer

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post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sounds like not a great twitter/facebook feed you're managing with buffer, no? Do people care about the feed, if it's generic enough to warrant 200k+ queued posts?

He means across all accounts registered with Buffer, not one individual account.

Thanks for clarifying. Totally missed clicking his username :-)

Re: Show HN: Circular, an open source clone of Buffer

#44
post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sounds like not a great twitter/facebook feed you're managing with buffer, no? Do people care about the feed, if it's generic enough to warrant 200k+ queued posts?

He means across all accounts registered with Buffer, not one individual account.

Yep, across all Buffer accounts.

Re: Show HN: Circular, an open source clone of Buffer

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Circular developer here. Ok, so last month I launched an open source clone of Buffer, built on top of Backbone, Bootstrap and MongoDB, and named Tampon. Many people hated the name... However, the app as well as the open source project have seen some nice early adoption, so I've gone ahead and chosen a less controversial one. I've also implemented multi-account support, which was by far the #1 feature request from use…

I was this " " close to acquiring the domain. Congratulations on the new name.

I love .io domains because as they're slightly more expensive you only buy them when you need to use them.

Re: Show HN: Circular, an open source clone of Buffer

#47

Shame it's written in PHP

Why is it a shame?

Because it's not what the cool kids are using.

I was at a conference where pud spoke. As for using a "startup" worthy language versus what you feel most comfortable in, he said (more or less a quote), "98% of all web sites fail, and yours probably will too, so might as use the language you want and are most productive in"

Re: Show HN: Circular, an open source clone of Buffer

#48

Cool side project. I wish there was a features page listing exactly what's included in the app and what it looks like once setup.

You can check out the screenshots in the Chrome Web app's listing: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/circular/kagidkiei...

Re: Show HN: Circular, an open source clone of Buffer

#49
I'm curious to see how Joel, Leo, and Tom perceive this open-source version effecting their business.

I'm a long time buffer user, and paying customer, and think that this would actually help the sales pipeline for them. The MVP of Circular is so narrow (given only 1 dev), that it would make me wish for more, and with the attribution Julien gave to Buffer hopefully users will click-through.

Since the Buffer guys have a referral system already in place, maybe you can use Circular to generate some lead gen/affiliate income for you Julien. I would suggest reaching out to them, they are all really cool guys!

Just an idea - best of luck!

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