Working on something similar. A free Twitter manager for individuals/teams that includes analytics and scheduling. A couple of screens http://i.imgur.com/0bCOizS.png http://i.imgur.com/rYfCKdN.png Interesting to see how you've done things, good luck! :)
Show HN: Echelon – A safe way to manage your company’s Twitter accounts
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Erm, yeah, I think the name collision is a little too overwhelming, name change might be in order.
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#23RIP CoTweet! :(
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#24How do you get rid of twitter's api limits, what if you have more than thousands accounts?
We don't...it's not particularly heavy on Twitter API usage. What are you thinking of?
I'm assuming he thinks of the token limit which is only for "traditional twitter clients" https://dev.twitter.com/docs/faq#10650
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#26Most of our Tweets come from events where users are on iPhone or Android, so access to Echelon through a mobile app is essential.
HootSuite offers this already, and it's only a little bit more expensive than Echelon, so why should we switch? Genuine question as HootSuite has its own problems so I'm always looking for alternatives.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
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?
Since only the tokens are stored on Echelon's server, any compromise might do some damage (tweets, bio change, etc), but you will not lose the account's password.
So that's a pretty good tradeoff if you ask me.
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#28Very nice, I like the flat design, but I don't think you're charging enough.
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#29Working on something similar. A free Twitter manager for individuals/teams that includes analytics and scheduling. A couple of screens http://i.imgur.com/0bCOizS.png http://i.imgur.com/rYfCKdN.png Interesting to see how you've done things, good luck! :)
Echelon looks quite good, but needs to include Tweet scheduling before we would be able to make the switch.
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#30May I just suggest a different name (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON)