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Re: Show HN: Echelon – A safe way to manage your company’s Twitter accounts

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Thanks :)

Echelon is the name of a multi-country spy listening network that we here in NZ are part of. It includes the US. "Safe" is the last thing I feel my data would be.

Yes I noticed this name collision too. At least we didn't call it ECHELON :)

Re: Show HN: Echelon – A safe way to manage your company’s Twitter accounts

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Appreciate any feedback. We're only just getting started, there's a long way to go :)

I've long thought there was a market for a product like this, but I figured it would be hard to get people to use it if they have to ditch their preferred twitter clients to post (if that assumption is correct).

Re: Show HN: Echelon – A safe way to manage your company’s Twitter accounts

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Appreciate any feedback. We're only just getting started, there's a long way to go :)

I've long thought there was a market for a product like this, but I figured it would be hard to get people to use it if they have to ditch their preferred twitter clients to post (if that assumption is correct).

We have some plans to address this so people can continue to use the clients they love.

Re: Show HN: Echelon – A safe way to manage your company’s Twitter accounts

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I must admit I didn't sign up yet - just read the homepage - but something that would be super useful on such a system is throttling tweets.

I've seen more than a few instances where an employee screws up or goes 'rogue' and either goes off on a rant or posts the same thing over and over. It'd be great to only allow employees to post, say, once per hour or whatever, so any problems could be contained.

Re: Show HN: Echelon – A safe way to manage your company’s Twitter accounts

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I must admit I didn't sign up yet - just read the homepage - but something that would be super useful on such a system is throttling tweets. I've seen more than a few instances where an employee screws up or goes 'rogue' and either goes off on a rant or posts the same thing over and over. It'd be great to only allow employees to post, say, once per hour or whatever, so any problems could be contained.

Interesting idea!

Re: Show HN: Echelon – A safe way to manage your company’s Twitter accounts

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I must admit I didn't sign up yet - just read the homepage - but something that would be super useful on such a system is throttling tweets. I've seen more than a few instances where an employee screws up or goes 'rogue' and either goes off on a rant or posts the same thing over and over. It'd be great to only allow employees to post, say, once per hour or whatever, so any problems could be contained.

Or perhaps an employee kill switch that deletes every tweet they've made in the last user-defined number of hours?

Re: Show HN: Echelon – A safe way to manage your company’s Twitter accounts

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The service seems counter intuitive. You advertise "The safe way to manage your company’s Twitter accounts." yet using the service would mean giving access to a third party. We all know that security is hard and you're creating online password manager - if it will be popular, it will gain unwanted attention. Sure, you are using an access token and not a password for the accounts, but that's not explicitly said anywhe…

The landing page mentions that you don't have to share passwords, which is what makes it inherently securer than...well...sharing passwords. Agreed that perhaps it could be clearer that by using access tokens, access can be revoked at any time via Twitter directly which removes the risk (compared to people stealing passwords).

See, I'm bit confused here. I understood it so, that as a user of Echelon, as I wouldn't have to give the Twitter account password to colleagues. But what about to Echelon itself? How can I be sure that the Echelon won't be compromised and all hell wouldn't break loose? Does the account have one Echelon app authorized which then works as a middleman to the users?
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