Maximize your tweet's chance of discovery via hashtags
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#2Do people actually watch hashtags that aren't event specific?
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#3This is a cool idea, but can someone explain why this requires the following Twitter permissions?
- Update your profile.
- Post Tweets for you.
- Access your direct messages.
In general I'm at loss why so many apps require so many permissions. They must lose a ton of customers from this. Anyone care to explain? Is it just a spam app meant to create a botnet or what?
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#4This is a cool idea, but can someone explain why this requires the following Twitter permissions? - Update your profile. - Post Tweets for you. - Access your direct messages. In general I'm at loss why so many apps require so many permissions. They must lose a ton of customers from this. Anyone care to explain? Is it just a spam app meant to create a botnet or what?
My thought (as a non techie) is that it's just easier to ask for everything.
Need to use an open source library in building your codebase? No need to analyse everything to see which permissions it does or doesn't impinge upon. Want to add a new feature down the track? No need to consider whether it changes the user permissions.
And I'd be surprised how many people are turned off by the number of permissions - I'll almost always back off if there are any, and if I really want to use the product I have to trust them to do no evil. My guess is an awful lot of people are always living in that trust space, especially if they don't understand the tech.
Re: Maximize your tweet's chance of discovery via hashtags
#5Do people actually watch hashtags that aren't event specific?
yes, social media mavens and SEO gurus ;)
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#6Re: Maximize your tweet's chance of discovery via hashtags
#7This is a cool idea, but can someone explain why this requires the following Twitter permissions? - Update your profile. - Post Tweets for you. - Access your direct messages. In general I'm at loss why so many apps require so many permissions. They must lose a ton of customers from this. Anyone care to explain? Is it just a spam app meant to create a botnet or what?
My thought (as a non techie) is that it's just easier to ask for everything. Need to use an open source library in building your codebase? No need to analyse everything to see which permissions it does or doesn't impinge upon. Want to add a new feature down the track? No need to consider whether it changes the user permissions. And I'd be surprised how many people are turned off by the number of permissions - I'll al…
My thought (as a developer) is that it's just lazier (and worse for the product) to ask for everything. The more permissions you ask for, the less users you'll get.
For example, Facebook blatantly recommends that app developers ask for only the bare minimum of permissions on the initial app engagement. They cite numbers showing that click-through rate falls off precipitously once users see more than a few permissions required. They say that you should only ask for more permissions as the user explicitly tries to do something that requires them, for instance, ask for sharing rights only when they click 'Share', not before.
Lots of people are turned off by the number of permissions. Be surprised.
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#8Does this account how often people search for each hashtag? Do people really discover tweets with generic hashtags like #Guide?
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#9Do people actually watch hashtags that aren't event specific?
My thoughts exactly. They always look a bit #desperate #tryingtoohard #inauthentic PLEASE RT!!!
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#10Wow cool!
Would really like to see related tags, built in the usual big data algorithms / search UX way.