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UpFor: built by Twitter employees to "change the way you hang out with friends"

15 points by antichaos 15y ago

tehdik 15y ago
Any hints?
mrjbq7 15y ago
Built by Twitter employees... with Facebook Connect!
- bruceboughton 15y ago
  So what? Facebook is a bigger network than Twitter.
truthseeker 15y ago
I love lean startup methodologies and all but cmon... not even a small description of how? Not a single screen shot? How do we know it is even by twitter employees?
- deleted 15y ago
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guelo 15y ago
Huh, after I signed up with Facebook they had my real email address. I haven't worked with the Facebook API for a couple years but they didn't used to give third parties access to the real email.
- kapitalx 15y ago
  The permissions popup when connecting with an app explains this and gives you an opportunity to send a proxied email address. Albeit its designed for you not to see it, in small fonts.
  - norova 15y ago
    Thanks for the bit about the proxy address. I had no idea that option existed.
  - richardw 15y ago
    It defaulted to my real address, and I had to change to the proxied address.
natch 15y ago
Sounds like a straight ripoff of David Weekly's Up For Stuff.
oomkiller 15y ago
Doesn't work in Chrome dev. Insecure media access?
raid5 15y ago
After logging in via FB, it asks, "WHAT’S IN YOUR POCKET?." Clicking on any of these mobile icons doesn't seem to do anything.
- norova 15y ago
  It should give you a confirmation message stating that they'll let you know when UpFor is ready for whichever device you selected. Might be your browser? I'm using Chrome 12.0.742.60 and didn't have any issues.
  - raid5 15y ago
    Chromium 13.0.768.0 (85572). Sounds like it may be a issue with this build
jerrya 15y ago
Pretty skeezy but amazingly efficient. I signed up, they got all my facebook information. I just walked out to my car and it's already placarded with UpFor stickers.
leif 15y ago
Anyone have a description of this service? I hate signing up for something just to find out I don't want it and I don't want them to have any information about me.
anonymous246 15y ago
Who else thought the "designed in SF, CA" slogan at the end was a pathetic echo of Apple's "designed in CA"?
- benreesman 15y ago
  no comment here on it being pathetic, but it seems to be the signature line for this guy: http://vlourenco.com/ http://vlourenco.com/
- tajddin 15y ago
  There's nothing wrong with loving where you live.
plainOldText 15y ago
So what... if it's made by twitter employees it's supposed to be cool?
omarkassim 15y ago
Guys - Your Typekit CSS is being served up insecurely and is throwing up a mixed mode issue in Chrome 11.0.696.68. May want to change it to serve over https instead. http://use.typekit.com/k/meo5ntk-d.css http://use.typekit.com/k/meo5ntk-d.css? And a little bit of insight on what exactly the service does / plans to do before forcing us to hit that Connect with FB button would really help.
paulnelligan 15y ago
hmmmm, it's just a page with no info, no way in hell am I signing up. I'm quite happy with how I hang out with friends thanks
ajhai 15y ago
"We’ll email you at apps+.....@proxymail.facebook.com when we’re ready to launch on your device" is what you see after FBconnect and chose your mobile device
mvkel 15y ago
WhereBerry?

15 points by antichaos 15y ago

tehdik 15y ago

Any hints?

mrjbq7 15y ago

Built by Twitter employees... with Facebook Connect!

bruceboughton 15y ago
So what? Facebook is a bigger network than Twitter.

truthseeker 15y ago

I love lean startup methodologies and all but cmon... not even a small description of how? Not a single screen shot? How do we know it is even by twitter employees?

deleted 15y ago
[deleted]

guelo 15y ago

Huh, after I signed up with Facebook they had my real email address. I haven't worked with the Facebook API for a couple years but they didn't used to give third parties access to the real email.

kapitalx 15y ago
The permissions popup when connecting with an app explains this and gives you an opportunity to send a proxied email address. Albeit its designed for you not to see it, in small fonts.
- norova 15y ago
  Thanks for the bit about the proxy address. I had no idea that option existed.
- richardw 15y ago
  It defaulted to my real address, and I had to change to the proxied address.

natch 15y ago

Sounds like a straight ripoff of David Weekly's Up For Stuff.

oomkiller 15y ago

Doesn't work in Chrome dev. Insecure media access?

raid5 15y ago

After logging in via FB, it asks, "WHAT’S IN YOUR POCKET?." Clicking on any of these mobile icons doesn't seem to do anything.

norova 15y ago
It should give you a confirmation message stating that they'll let you know when UpFor is ready for whichever device you selected. Might be your browser? I'm using Chrome 12.0.742.60 and didn't have any issues.
- raid5 15y ago
  Chromium 13.0.768.0 (85572). Sounds like it may be a issue with this build

jerrya 15y ago

Pretty skeezy but amazingly efficient. I signed up, they got all my facebook information. I just walked out to my car and it's already placarded with UpFor stickers.

leif 15y ago

Anyone have a description of this service? I hate signing up for something just to find out I don't want it and I don't want them to have any information about me.

anonymous246 15y ago

Who else thought the "designed in SF, CA" slogan at the end was a pathetic echo of Apple's "designed in CA"?

benreesman 15y ago
no comment here on it being pathetic, but it seems to be the signature line for this guy: http://vlourenco.com/ http://vlourenco.com/
tajddin 15y ago
There's nothing wrong with loving where you live.

plainOldText 15y ago

So what... if it's made by twitter employees it's supposed to be cool?

omarkassim 15y ago

Guys - Your Typekit CSS is being served up insecurely and is throwing up a mixed mode issue in Chrome 11.0.696.68. May want to change it to serve over https instead. http://use.typekit.com/k/meo5ntk-d.css http://use.typekit.com/k/meo5ntk-d.css? And a little bit of insight on what exactly the service does / plans to do before forcing us to hit that Connect with FB button would really help.

paulnelligan 15y ago

hmmmm, it's just a page with no info, no way in hell am I signing up. I'm quite happy with how I hang out with friends thanks

ajhai 15y ago

"We’ll email you at apps+.....@proxymail.facebook.com when we’re ready to launch on your device" is what you see after FBconnect and chose your mobile device

mvkel 15y ago

WhereBerry?