Show HN: Contactive API – Turn telephone numbers into full profiles
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Show HN: Contactive API – Turn telephone numbers into full profiles
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Re: Show HN: Contactive API – Turn telephone numbers into full profiles
#2Wow, this is super cool!
Re: Show HN: Contactive API – Turn telephone numbers into full profiles
#3Seems like Full Contact? http://www.fullcontact.com/
Re: Show HN: Contactive API – Turn telephone numbers into full profiles
#4This seems incredibly invasive. Can anyone imagine something positive and constructive this could be used for?
Also what does "big data logic" mean?
Re: Show HN: Contactive API – Turn telephone numbers into full profiles
#5This seems incredibly invasive. Can anyone imagine something positive and constructive this could be used for? Also what does "big data logic" mean?
Hi. Thanks for the comment. We only use data that is publicly available (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Yelp (for businesses), etc.
Regarding the "big data" logic we use a lot of complex algorithms to provide accurate resolution and to be able to create compelling profiles. We consider ourselves as a "big data" solutions because of the principles we use to aggregate this data.
Re: Show HN: Contactive API – Turn telephone numbers into full profiles
#6Seems like Full Contact? http://www.fullcontact.com/
Yes. The difference is that our core data is based on phone numbers. Instead of an email address you can query a phone number and retrieve a profile associated to that phone number. Imagine "Full Contact" for phone numbers.
Re: Show HN: Contactive API – Turn telephone numbers into full profiles
#7Wow, this is super cool!
Thanks!
Re: Show HN: Contactive API – Turn telephone numbers into full profiles
#8This seems incredibly invasive. Can anyone imagine something positive and constructive this could be used for? Also what does "big data logic" mean?
Hi. Thanks for the comment. We only use data that is publicly available (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Yelp (for businesses), etc. Regarding the "big data" logic we use a lot of complex algorithms to provide accurate resolution and to be able to create compelling profiles. We consider ourselves as a "big data" solutions because of the principles we use to aggregate this data.
So the connected social networking data gathered from a person's use of the 'Contactive' app is kept separate and private?
As with everything, I'll assume nothing is free unless I'm the product.
Re: Show HN: Contactive API – Turn telephone numbers into full profiles
#9Seems like Full Contact? http://www.fullcontact.com/
Yes. The difference is that our core data is based on phone numbers. Instead of an email address you can query a phone number and retrieve a profile associated to that phone number. Imagine "Full Contact" for phone numbers.
Do you also work with email addresses? i.e. give you an email address and get a profile back in return?
Re: Show HN: Contactive API – Turn telephone numbers into full profiles
#10This seems incredibly invasive. Can anyone imagine something positive and constructive this could be used for? Also what does "big data logic" mean?
Sales. The more you know about the people you're cold-calling, the better chance you have of selling them something.
"Turning phone numbers into full profiles" is a primary objective of every telephone marketing/"lead-generation" campaign in the history of time, and automating part of it by aggregating publicly available data seems only natural.
I would guess this is aimed less at telemarketers calling people's homes, and more at telemarketers selling business services (especially B2B startups), where cold-calling is seen as more legitimate and is the way a lot of business gets done. You want to know, at the very least, that you're calling someone whose job title indicates that they have the authority to spend money.