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Ask HN: What does my Twitter mashup need to get popular in 8 days?
Next we were planning on adding an integration to tweet live from this page, and fixing some CSS stylings. But we're open to suggestions :)
- iamdave 18y agoBetter CSS.
- tdavis 18y agoA less obnoxious design would help.
- patio11 18y agoI find that solving a problem people have is an excellent way to increase uptake of software.
- bjtitus 18y agoMaybe adding some more original content to a better designed page? Not to be rude or anything, but there isn't anything really original. You've just taken two widgets, stuck them on a page with a repeating background, and slapped an ad in the middle. It would have been cooler to use the API and create a more interesting interface. (Maybe tweets falling down in little footballs, although I would find that pretty obnoxious more than useful)
- iamdave 18y agoCleveland isn't even in the Super Bowl.
- derwiki 18y agoI was trying to avoid copyright issues, so that's my own picture (I lost my Heinz Field ones :( ) But yea, I think I'm going to take down the picture. Thanks for the feedback.
- sam_in_nyc 18y agoBut it has something to do with TWITTER!!!!
- pclark 18y agowhat does it do?
- izak30 18y agoJust a note, if you don't want a letter from the NFL; Take _your_ mentions of 'super bowl' off. They've even cracked down on some local bars and such that advertise 'watch the super bowl here' to make them say 'watch the big game here'. It's ridiculous I know, but just passing it on.
- cschneid 18y agoThat can't possibly have a legal basis. Two words is too short to copyright, patents don't apply, so you're left with trademark. I didn't think a company can come after you for using their trademark to refer to the product the trademark covers.
- inerte 18y agoOh, they can come after you, and it'll probably cost you a lot to defend your position, even if they're wrong and you're right. They win because they're rich and you're poor. What matters for the company is that you just stop doing what they don't like, not that a real judge in a real court with real laws agree with them.
- iamdave 18y agohttp://lsolum.typepad.com/copyfutures/2004/10/the_nfl_is_noto.html http://lsolum.typepad.com/copyfutures/2004/10/the_nfl_is_not... It does.
- izak30 18y agoSend it to sports center/ESPN. Send it to Sports Illustrated. Send it to your local papers, AP, etc. It's not that this is a bad idea, poorly implemented, or poorly designed, it's fine. It just has limited audience and lifespan. Slap some ads on it and get it out there.
- dmoney 18y agoI don't follow football, so I don't know about getting popular. But if you want to hold onto the popularity you might want to generalize it, allowing someone to watch any two search terms, while keeping a landing page pre-filled with the football teams. I would move the ad to the right, putting the two content columns closer together. It's distracting. Replacing it with AdSense might be a good idea, as you've got a lot of text to allow automated targeting of ads.