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So what does "Connect your Twitter account to Dropbox" actually mean? They're asking for read/write permission, which makes me wonder if it's going to post every time I change a file or something. No thanks.
Yeah, I'm sorry but I'm not clicking "Connect your Twitter account" without telling me EXACTLY what will happen afterwards.
I work at Dropbox and came up with this page. Thanks for throwing confounding variables in this soft launch experiment, Hacker News. A few points that might interest yall: 1. We won't publish to facebook or twitter without your explicit permission. 2. We ask for information about your facebook profile because it will make Dropbox better. It's mainly about learning about our users without annoying surveys. We won't ma…
I’d love to see a write-up of your experiences with this page once it’s been up for a while (assuming your corporate masters would allow it).
Also, it isn't clear at all from this post that the page isn't done. There are important but missing steps, for example. Also, there is no link currently from the normal web experience to /free.
Such a write-up would be useful if only for us though. Writing codifies coherent thinking.
So what does "Connect your Twitter account to Dropbox" actually mean? They're asking for read/write permission, which makes me wonder if it's going to post every time I change a file or something. No thanks.
Yeah, I'm sorry but I'm not clicking "Connect your Twitter account" without telling me EXACTLY what will happen afterwards.
Why? Please explain!
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’d love to see a write-up of your experiences with this page once it’s been up for a while (assuming your corporate masters would allow it).
It wouldn't be a matter of corporate masters but of basic prudence. We've seen competitors straight copy other user acquisition channels and there are some important details on this page that might not be obvious. Luckily such lack of imagination shows in other ways. Also, it isn't clear at all from this post that the page isn't done. There are important but missing steps, for example. Also, there is no link currentl…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It wouldn't be a matter of corporate masters but of basic prudence. We've seen competitors straight copy other user acquisition channels and there are some important details on this page that might not be obvious. Luckily such lack of imagination shows in other ways. Also, it isn't clear at all from this post that the page isn't done. There are important but missing steps, for example. Also, there is no link currentl…
Ah, whoops. I wouldn’t have posted it here if I had known it wasn’t ready for public consumption. I think I came across it on a LifeHacker posting.
I work at Dropbox and came up with this page. Thanks for throwing confounding variables in this soft launch experiment, Hacker News. A few points that might interest yall: 1. We won't publish to facebook or twitter without your explicit permission. 2. We ask for information about your facebook profile because it will make Dropbox better. It's mainly about learning about our users without annoying surveys. We won't ma…
Congratulations on all the successes. You guys are doing something way cool. One question - when did you know Dropbox was a winner? And if the answer is "right away," then when did you really know Dropbox was a winner?
Any specific events stand out to you?
I'm sorry, your settings for facebook are WAY over the top! Common, you want to be able to access my data anytime? What are you guys planning to do? Explain why you are asking for this. A lot of people did, I'm sure, but this is way fishy for me. I do trust dropbox (and I'm a paid user, so you have my credit card) but it is a request for access for something you do not use. Why? Please explain!
Everything we asked for has a hypothetical future purpose or a present value as an implicit user survey. We could, for example, make the photos upload experience to facebook much better. That requires posting photos and also reading photos to understand how much our users might care about the feature.
We could just ask for that access later, but this is easier. Users are getting something in exchange, so for most I'd bet it is a fair trade: capacity boost for data.