I understand the need to spread the word, etc... and you are giving out free stuff.. but forcing people to follow and retweet your message, without even giving the option to edit the text.. I don't like it.
Startup Pack for Marketers
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#12Has anyone on HN been successful in a previous startuppack round?
Had no idea what you meant until I saw:
We check applications then draw lots for 500 winners
To put it mildly, it's very misleading to submit a story that states, "Startup Pack gives away $5,000 worth of tools" when the reality is "Startup Pack holds sweepstakes for $5,000 worth of tools".
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#13Has anyone on HN been successful in a previous startuppack round?
I Got the Dev Pack which was pretty good. Just started using the New Relic coupon on my Rails app actually.
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#14I understand the need to spread the word, etc... and you are giving out free stuff.. but forcing people to follow and retweet your message, without even giving the option to edit the text.. I don't like it.
I'm curious what happens if you use the Inspector to modify the text.
It's a pack for hackers, after all. It's not a bug, it's a secret test of character!
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#15I want the developer one :)
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#16I understand the need to spread the word, etc... and you are giving out free stuff.. but forcing people to follow and retweet your message, without even giving the option to edit the text.. I don't like it.
I'm curious what happens if you use the Inspector to modify the text. It's a pack for hackers, after all. It's not a bug, it's a secret test of character!
I agree with this. I should have changed it to talk about my startup trying to get the startup pack, instead of a blatant form tweet for them.
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#17I understand the need to spread the word, etc... and you are giving out free stuff.. but forcing people to follow and retweet your message, without even giving the option to edit the text.. I don't like it.
The act of forcing someone to retweet a message could be reasonably construed to violate the consideration clause in Federal and State sweepstakes laws.
http://contests.about.com/od/c/g/consideration.htm
Any sweepstakes that requires consideration from an entrant is illegal.
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#18Has anyone on HN been successful in a previous startuppack round?
Had no idea what you meant until I saw: We check applications then draw lots for 500 winners To put it mildly, it's very misleading to submit a story that states, "Startup Pack gives away $5,000 worth of tools" when the reality is "Startup Pack holds sweepstakes for $5,000 worth of tools".
Yes indeed it is. after reading that I wanted to withdraw my application.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also not happy that they Tweet from your account without making it explicitly obvious that they're going to do it.
To be fair with them you can see this line below the registration form. "Therefore, by applying you will automatically follow @startuppack and tweet the above pre-formatted tweet."
True - I went back and checked, but I would prefer if they didn't do it at all. When a brand tweets on my behalf in this way, it always makes me feel less favourable towards that brand.
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#20I understand the need to spread the word, etc... and you are giving out free stuff.. but forcing people to follow and retweet your message, without even giving the option to edit the text.. I don't like it.
I'm curious what happens if you use the Inspector to modify the text. It's a pack for hackers, after all. It's not a bug, it's a secret test of character!
Changing the content of the textarea with the inspector doesn't affect the final tweet text sadly. Just tested.