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About Serendeputy

46 points by kome 4y ago

zaphar 4y ago
I like the idea of a power tool for collecting, organizing, and surfacing things I would like to keep up on. I may actually pay for this.
- jpbutler 4y ago
  Thanks, I hope you find it useful! Please feel free to shoot me any ideas for what you'd like :-)
desireco42 4y ago
I love the name and app based on description. Excellent job. I will start using it and see how it goes.
NikolaNovak 4y ago
Is it useful if you don't have twitter? I read actively and voraciously. A tunable learning recommendation engine would be helpful. But not sure how much twitter is needed for initial seeding?
- jpbutler 4y ago
  You need a Twitter account to sign up. You don't need to have a super-active Twitter account for it to be useful -- the links coming through Twitter seed it for you, but you control everything else. Everything is public, though, so if you don't want to sign up, all the tag pages are still available for you. If you really like Erlang (as we all do), you can hit https://serendeputy.com/erlang https://serendeputy.com/erlang and see the current index. Each page has a RSS feed attached to it, so you get these in your favorite reader.
gojomo 4y ago
Cool idea! Reminds a bit of Jonathan Abrams' 'Nuzzel' - absorbed into Twitter Inc, perhaps now powering some features of 'Twitter Blue' subscription services. The auto-reload is a bit disorienting - I'd suggest an option or mode where the pages only update after user actions. A bunch of the terms/actions/icons are unclear. EG: What's 'tuning' mean with respect to my "@@username"? What's 'tweeted for' mean? Will a 'star' here have effects on Twitter, or just locally? What will 'subscribe' do? Will clicking an 'X' do something irreversible? (Don't need answers here - but better hinting on site near the actions would be great.) It might be OK for people to figure these out via exploration - as long as there's enough confidence exploration won't inadvertently create other annoyances. Adding floating tooltips for most clickable regions with a bit more detail could help a lot. I'll definitely keep checking back!
- jpbutler 4y ago
  Nothing you do on Serendeputy will affect anything on Twitter -- I'm not trying to play any viral games. That was a easy first principle to start with. I'll keep working on the tool tips and the copy. I'm working on the balance of "simple for first time user" vs. "expose the depth of the application..."

46 points by kome 4y ago

I like the idea of a power tool for collecting, organizing, and surfacing things I would like to keep up on. I may actually pay for this.

jpbutler 4y ago
Thanks, I hope you find it useful! Please feel free to shoot me any ideas for what you'd like :-)

desireco42 4y ago

I love the name and app based on description. Excellent job. I will start using it and see how it goes.

NikolaNovak 4y ago

Is it useful if you don't have twitter? I read actively and voraciously. A tunable learning recommendation engine would be helpful. But not sure how much twitter is needed for initial seeding?

jpbutler 4y ago
You need a Twitter account to sign up. You don't need to have a super-active Twitter account for it to be useful -- the links coming through Twitter seed it for you, but you control everything else. Everything is public, though, so if you don't want to sign up, all the tag pages are still available for you. If you really like Erlang (as we all do), you can hit https://serendeputy.com/erlang https://serendeputy.com/erlang and see the current index. Each page has a RSS feed attached to it, so you get these in your favorite reader.

gojomo 4y ago

Cool idea! Reminds a bit of Jonathan Abrams' 'Nuzzel' - absorbed into Twitter Inc, perhaps now powering some features of 'Twitter Blue' subscription services. The auto-reload is a bit disorienting - I'd suggest an option or mode where the pages only update after user actions. A bunch of the terms/actions/icons are unclear. EG: What's 'tuning' mean with respect to my "@@username"? What's 'tweeted for' mean? Will a 'star' here have effects on Twitter, or just locally? What will 'subscribe' do? Will clicking an 'X' do something irreversible? (Don't need answers here - but better hinting on site near the actions would be great.) It might be OK for people to figure these out via exploration - as long as there's enough confidence exploration won't inadvertently create other annoyances. Adding floating tooltips for most clickable regions with a bit more detail could help a lot. I'll definitely keep checking back!

jpbutler 4y ago
Nothing you do on Serendeputy will affect anything on Twitter -- I'm not trying to play any viral games. That was a easy first principle to start with. I'll keep working on the tool tips and the copy. I'm working on the balance of "simple for first time user" vs. "expose the depth of the application..."