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Whoa. You don't even have actual facebook or twitter integration requiring authentication. You just pull the photo by username, which means no identity validati

Whoa. You don't even have actual facebook or twitter integration requiring authentication. You just pull the photo by username, which means no identity validation. Facebook/twitter should show the username along with the photo to indicate a verified connection. Plus after picking someone else's account, I can't delete the photo due to an error. Oh, and then refreshing the page gives an nginx error. This service is far from ideal, sorry. And at this price? Another get-rich-quick personal project deployed by someone who hasn't managed to write a scaleable or truly useful service. Now that probably offends :/

bgdam 12y ago
Considering that this is an MVP, I am quite happy with the way the site managed the HN crowd. And yes, it doesn't have actual validation for Facebook/Twitter. This was done mainly for ease of use and preventing user confusion seeing as it is aimed at non-tech end users. If actual paying customers require this, then I'll implement it. As for the errors, it would be helpful if you could copy paste whatever is listed on the console. While I have been hearing that the pricing is a bit on the higher side, I don't think I will ever be lowering it to levels you have suggested. I guess the companies who believe it's not worth paying the extra few dollars to have a dedicated service can always implement things in-house. Finally, this is an MVP, and of-course it is not going to scale. I don't even know if there is demand to actually develop this into a real product. As such no project is 100% bug free on the day it is launched. Projects with such requirements are still stuck in a room full of programmers despairing at the latest bug found. Going so far as to call it a get rich quick scheme just because it does not meet your idealized notions of what a service is worth, or how it should be implemented is unwarranted. The entire tone of your comment appears to be more into trashing me/the project. As such, it would have been more helpful if you had simply stuck to the constructive criticism.

bgdam 12y ago

Considering that this is an MVP, I am quite happy with the way the site managed the HN crowd. And yes, it doesn't have actual validation for Facebook/Twitter. This was done mainly for ease of use and preventing user confusion seeing as it is aimed at non-tech end users. If actual paying customers require this, then I'll implement it. As for the errors, it would be helpful if you could copy paste whatever is listed on the console. While I have been hearing that the pricing is a bit on the higher side, I don't think I will ever be lowering it to levels you have suggested. I guess the companies who believe it's not worth paying the extra few dollars to have a dedicated service can always implement things in-house. Finally, this is an MVP, and of-course it is not going to scale. I don't even know if there is demand to actually develop this into a real product. As such no project is 100% bug free on the day it is launched. Projects with such requirements are still stuck in a room full of programmers despairing at the latest bug found. Going so far as to call it a get rich quick scheme just because it does not meet your idealized notions of what a service is worth, or how it should be implemented is unwarranted. The entire tone of your comment appears to be more into trashing me/the project. As such, it would have been more helpful if you had simply stuck to the constructive criticism.