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Review my twitter app - twitpare.com

5 points by mrtron 17y ago

A fun app we created, it allows you to upload a bunch of photos (video and other content later) and start a discussion. I think it will be more interesting than posting a single photo for certain content. Let me know your thoughts, all feedback appreciated.

midnightmonster 17y ago
clickable link: http://twitpare.com/ http://twitpare.com/
justin_credible 17y ago
http://www.twitpare.com http://www.twitpare.com
thorax 17y ago
It looks interesting, but (I didn't provide my twitter password yet) I still don't "get" what twitpare does. Does it send out a tweet or is it just using Twitter accounts for login or what? I'm embarrassed to admit I can't tell how it works from the front page nor from the FAQ. Edit: So after spending a minute or two thinking about it, maybe it takes my Twitter account, allows me to upload a couple of images, and then will auto tweet with a link back to twitpare.com for people to come view the pictures? Ok, I thought "I'll see what happens if I click on one of these twitter-looking text boxes at the bottom of the front page. Wow, it takes me to another page-- I didn't expect that text div to be clickable." When I get to the page why do I have to click on the individual tiny pictures to see them larger? Why are they not just shown side-by-side or over-and-under? I didn't think to click the thumbnail until I was like "umm, where's the other picture I'm comparing?" Overall for such a small app, I expected the entire usability aspect to be nailed down completely, but I started out lost and it never felt intuitive. Do the comments on a post come from tweets about it? Or are they local comments on your site and aren't broadcast? For this sort of think, I absolutely think you should give Feedback Army a try to work out the usability stuff. Get them to blindly try it and see if they can figure out how your site is used.
- mrtron 17y ago
  Great feedback - the usability definitely isn't nailed down, but we launched as early as possible. The comments do come from tweets - I think there needs a bit more text and fine tuning.
chaosprophet 17y ago
The first and only thing I noticed was the huge twitter login box sitting there. You're not going to get too many early adopters if you have that. I suggest you switch to using OAuth as an immediate do-it-now thing. After all its the early adopters who really drive your usage for quite a long time to come, since they also happen to be quite active. Edit: After looking at your front page alone for a few minutes, I guess you have a pretty nice idea. This could develop into a crowd sourced decision maker kind of thing (e.g. the tattoo pic). Also, is it absolutely necessary to upload two pics??? At times one pic is good enough to stimulate a lot of discussion, and at times people may want to compare more than two pics, especially if they are trying to make a decision or something like that. So you might want to look at changing the number of pics that can be uploaded.
- mrtron 17y ago
  It will move to OAuth shortly, I agree with that. Any number of pics can be uploaded...from 1..*. Thanks for the feedback.

5 points by mrtron 17y ago

midnightmonster 17y ago

clickable link: http://twitpare.com/ http://twitpare.com/

justin_credible 17y ago

http://www.twitpare.com http://www.twitpare.com

thorax 17y ago

It looks interesting, but (I didn't provide my twitter password yet) I still don't "get" what twitpare does. Does it send out a tweet or is it just using Twitter accounts for login or what? I'm embarrassed to admit I can't tell how it works from the front page nor from the FAQ. Edit: So after spending a minute or two thinking about it, maybe it takes my Twitter account, allows me to upload a couple of images, and then will auto tweet with a link back to twitpare.com for people to come view the pictures? Ok, I thought "I'll see what happens if I click on one of these twitter-looking text boxes at the bottom of the front page. Wow, it takes me to another page-- I didn't expect that text div to be clickable." When I get to the page why do I have to click on the individual tiny pictures to see them larger? Why are they not just shown side-by-side or over-and-under? I didn't think to click the thumbnail until I was like "umm, where's the other picture I'm comparing?" Overall for such a small app, I expected the entire usability aspect to be nailed down completely, but I started out lost and it never felt intuitive. Do the comments on a post come from tweets about it? Or are they local comments on your site and aren't broadcast? For this sort of think, I absolutely think you should give Feedback Army a try to work out the usability stuff. Get them to blindly try it and see if they can figure out how your site is used.

mrtron 17y ago
Great feedback - the usability definitely isn't nailed down, but we launched as early as possible. The comments do come from tweets - I think there needs a bit more text and fine tuning.

chaosprophet 17y ago

The first and only thing I noticed was the huge twitter login box sitting there. You're not going to get too many early adopters if you have that. I suggest you switch to using OAuth as an immediate do-it-now thing. After all its the early adopters who really drive your usage for quite a long time to come, since they also happen to be quite active. Edit: After looking at your front page alone for a few minutes, I guess you have a pretty nice idea. This could develop into a crowd sourced decision maker kind of thing (e.g. the tattoo pic). Also, is it absolutely necessary to upload two pics??? At times one pic is good enough to stimulate a lot of discussion, and at times people may want to compare more than two pics, especially if they are trying to make a decision or something like that. So you might want to look at changing the number of pics that can be uploaded.

mrtron 17y ago
It will move to OAuth shortly, I agree with that. Any number of pics can be uploaded...from 1..*. Thanks for the feedback.