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Please review my twitter clone

5 points by secgeek 17y ago

brk 17y ago
Honest question: Why? Why are you attempting to make a Twitter clone? (I'm genuinely curious)
- mgrouchy 17y ago
  I think that is exactly the question to be asking. Of course the other question to ask is whats up with the horrible unprofessional looking logo?
  - zacharydanger 17y ago
    It's a Laconica install. This is pointless. It's like saying, "Checkout my StackOverflow clone" and then linking to a phpBB install.
- clay 17y ago
  Here's a twitter clone idea you can steal: a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: Why are you attempting to make a Twitter clone (today)?
  - zacharydanger 17y ago
    Sounds like Yammer.com, which is Twitter aimed at internal business teams.
dryicerx 17y ago
Seem to be running the Identica platform, is there any features you are providing that Twitter/Identica does not have at the moment?
jasoncartwright 17y ago
My friends are on twitter, why should I use this?
- aassddff 17y ago
  It's open source (laconi.ca), scalable, easy to install, and easy to theme/develop with. It uses the openmicroblogging protocol giving you the ability to subscribe to users on other services and receive their updates, etc. It allows image uploading via other services APIs from the site itself. It has a twitter compatible API, you can subscribe to your twitter friends, as well as cross post to twitter, etc. It has XMPP, Email, SMS, API gateways. URL shortening, the ability to create groups, etc, etc. I've been following it's development off and on for about a year now, and great project. I don't use twitter or laconica/identica myself, so the usefulness of it is arguable. Regardless, I've had fun playing with the code.
  - moe 17y ago
    You didn't answer his question.
okeumeni 17y ago
Good work! I know how hard it is to try to build a tool that already exist, one advice quit doing twitter; instead build a good complement of twitter. Think of features that twitter does not offer, find ways to leverage the power of twitter, use its API to provide cooler stuff. One thing to know is that the hardest part is not to implement twitter as an application; the hardest part is to convince people to use it and technically scale.
jonursenbach 17y ago
Learn to use a spell checker. There's your review.
- secgeek 17y ago
  i think yes i need to use spell checker.. but its just a start,so it will take some time..
TweedHeads 17y ago
Colors are dull, use vibrant colors to appeal the younger generation.
adgp 17y ago
what is the meaning of the word "doign" in the website's logo?
- secgeek 17y ago
  thats a typo,need to modify..

5 points by secgeek 17y ago

brk 17y ago

Honest question: Why? Why are you attempting to make a Twitter clone? (I'm genuinely curious)

mgrouchy 17y ago
I think that is exactly the question to be asking. Of course the other question to ask is whats up with the horrible unprofessional looking logo?
- zacharydanger 17y ago
  It's a Laconica install. This is pointless. It's like saying, "Checkout my StackOverflow clone" and then linking to a phpBB install.
clay 17y ago
Here's a twitter clone idea you can steal: a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: Why are you attempting to make a Twitter clone (today)?
- zacharydanger 17y ago
  Sounds like Yammer.com, which is Twitter aimed at internal business teams.

dryicerx 17y ago

Seem to be running the Identica platform, is there any features you are providing that Twitter/Identica does not have at the moment?

jasoncartwright 17y ago

My friends are on twitter, why should I use this?

aassddff 17y ago
It's open source (laconi.ca), scalable, easy to install, and easy to theme/develop with. It uses the openmicroblogging protocol giving you the ability to subscribe to users on other services and receive their updates, etc. It allows image uploading via other services APIs from the site itself. It has a twitter compatible API, you can subscribe to your twitter friends, as well as cross post to twitter, etc. It has XMPP, Email, SMS, API gateways. URL shortening, the ability to create groups, etc, etc. I've been following it's development off and on for about a year now, and great project. I don't use twitter or laconica/identica myself, so the usefulness of it is arguable. Regardless, I've had fun playing with the code.
- moe 17y ago
  You didn't answer his question.

okeumeni 17y ago

Good work! I know how hard it is to try to build a tool that already exist, one advice quit doing twitter; instead build a good complement of twitter. Think of features that twitter does not offer, find ways to leverage the power of twitter, use its API to provide cooler stuff. One thing to know is that the hardest part is not to implement twitter as an application; the hardest part is to convince people to use it and technically scale.

jonursenbach 17y ago

Learn to use a spell checker. There's your review.

secgeek 17y ago
i think yes i need to use spell checker.. but its just a start,so it will take some time..

TweedHeads 17y ago

Colors are dull, use vibrant colors to appeal the younger generation.

adgp 17y ago

what is the meaning of the word "doign" in the website's logo?

secgeek 17y ago
thats a typo,need to modify..