Show HN: A website to pitch your new startup ideas

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.

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

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Post by lbr » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 8:36 PM UTC

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.

I believe you. But I had the same reaction as mkaziz. And was about to comment on this.

So I think the takeaway is that people are turned off by this - and you can convince people on HN that you won't abuse it. But not everywhere.

And, with a million products attempting to take my time - anything that makes me hesitate (like that I have to allow you to "update my profile") is enough to turn me off.

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

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Post by palakchokshi » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 8:38 PM UTC

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.

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.

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

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 8:42 PM UTC

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

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Post by detcherry » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 8:43 PM UTC

palakchokshi wrote: post #7

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.

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!

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Post by gk1 » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 9:02 PM UTC

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.

Adding another "me too" to this. Opened the link, so all the Twitter permissions, thought for two seconds, then closed it.