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Fair enough. You despise RT. But a lot of others don't. This tool is for them. Of course - you can't make a tool that makes everyone happy. And people who
by ankeshk 17y ago
Fair enough.
You despise RT. But a lot of others don't. This tool is for them. Of course - you can't make a tool that makes everyone happy. And people who despise RT-ing is not the target audience.
But how is the tool spamming? People who like RT-ing can login. They can select exactly which messages they think are a good fit for their followers. And RT it. The messages they don't like, they don't RT.
Its a reciprocation tool - yes. But why would reciprocation = to spam if its not forced reciprocation?
Ulterior motive: And I am spending time building more apps that are useful, delightful, helpful. If this app succeeds, it will help me promote all those other apps too.
- danw 17y agoYour service is opt-in, people choose to RT your messages. That's seemingly fine. The problem is twitter is a broadcast service. If one of the people I follow chooses to use your service then I also get to see your advert. Admittedly this is why it benefits you. It is however highly irritating. I'd rather not have to unfollow an otherwise interesting friend because of a service like yours.
- ankeshk 17y agoI get the problem you have with RTs. But thats why I've added tools that helps in getting rid of abusive / spammy messages from the network. So hopefully people who you follow are kind and smart and will only RT interesting messages. A lot of choices are given to them to RT only messages that they think will be interesting for their followers.
- apike 17y agoA email spam tool could be justified this way. "You despise sending email. But a lot of others don't. This tool is for them. Of course - you can't make a tool that makes everyone happy. And people who despise getting spam are not the target audience."