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Re: Show HN: A website to pitch your new startup ideas

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Post by lbr »

detcherry wrote: post #9
palakchokshi wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok then why not just ask to post tweets on my behalf? why ask for Update your profile., Read my tweets, etc. Not letting any unknown app update my profile. Sorry.

@lbr @palakchokshi That's right. I totally understand. The thing is... Twitter permissions aren't very precise. I just wanted to ask for the permission to write tweets from my app, not to edit your profile. But they don't allow you to do that... Anyway thanks for the feedback!

Interesting... Yeah, that is pretty consistent across other platforms too. Has it always been like this? I hadn't noticed this until recently.

Re: Show HN: A website to pitch your new startup ideas

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Post by Doctor_Fegg »

detcherry wrote: post #5
mkaziz wrote: post #4

Alas for all those twitter permissions it needs. Does it really need to read my tweets and post tweets for me? No thanks.

I ask for the Twitter connect just to make tweeting from the app easier. Tweets are like this one: https://twitter.com/spolu/status/443117201621413888 Nothing spammy.

Web intents. You can prepopulate a message but the user has to click 'Tweet'. No need to ask for permissions.

Re: Show HN: A website to pitch your new startup ideas

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Post by timdorr »

Doctor_Fegg wrote: post #12
detcherry wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I ask for the Twitter connect just to make tweeting from the app easier. Tweets are like this one: https://twitter.com/spolu/status/443117201621413888 Nothing spammy.

Web intents. You can prepopulate a message but the user has to click 'Tweet'. No need to ask for permissions.

More specifically, he means using this button: https://dev.twitter.com/docs/tweet-button

Re: Show HN: A website to pitch your new startup ideas

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Post by dexkiki »

I have a couple of thoughts.

1. I don't have a twitter account.

2. I found it strange that the landing page didn't have any pitched ideas. To see an idea, I had to read the bottom text, and click on one of the countries. I didn't know those were links at first either.

3. Can ppl only pitch the title of their idea? Is there a description or something.

Re: Show HN: A website to pitch your new startup ideas

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Post by KiwiCoder »

I've been playing with a similar idea - http://appworthy.co

One thing I've done on my site is abandon passwords. Authentication is by email (if you can receive a link you can "sign in" once with it - thereafter cookies).

This avoids the need to ask for permission (to tweet for me? really?) up front. Users can start reading and posting without giving up anything but their email.

This is not a new idea, but I think it works well to minimise barriers for potential contributors.

Re: Show HN: A website to pitch your new startup ideas

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Post by cykho »

detcherry wrote: post #3
vlokshin wrote: post #2

sounds a heck of a lot like LaunchSky.com :)

Nice! I had never heard of this website... Indeed, very similar!

Cool sites - I like this idea of sharing concepts and getting feedbacks. One other larger one is producthunt.co. I'd be curious to see a full list if you happen to do some more competitive research!

Re: Show HN: A website to pitch your new startup ideas

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Post by KiwiCoder »

cykho wrote: post #18
detcherry wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice! I had never heard of this website... Indeed, very similar!

Cool sites - I like this idea of sharing concepts and getting feedbacks. One other larger one is producthunt.co. I'd be curious to see a full list if you happen to do some more competitive research!

There are many sites like this, here's a list I started: http://appworthy.co/alternatives
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