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by aaronwhite 16y ago
We did it to scratch our own itch primarily. It also gave me an excuse to play w/ the Twitter API and lots of really interesting technology (full blog post on how Proxlet is architected soon). Not desperate to monetize it, it can handle man
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by aaronwhite 16y ago
Proxlet manages all your settings at Proxlet.com, so if you use multiple Proxlet enabled clients, all your settings will be shared. In terms of unmuting, you can go to Proxlet.com and mute someone for "1 minute" and that will effectively un
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by aaronwhite 16y ago
Since it's a proxy, we've only had to selectively modify parts of the API, and we have some SecretSauce(tm) that normalizes the process. :)
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by aaronwhite 16y ago
Yes. Once we've nailed what people want w/ Chrome, we'll pick the next browser to tackle. Would love to hear people's thoughts on that
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by aaronwhite 16y ago
Yup, the Chrome Extension is new and what makes it exciting (again). The per-client install process was too difficult/error-prone, so when we saw we could "hook" Twitter.com, we jumped on it.
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by aaronwhite 16y ago
We were tired of the noise on Twitter (noisy apps, lame content, erratic but otherwise valuable tweeters), so we decided to fix it. Proxlet is a Twitter API Proxy that runs scripts to modify the Twitter experience. Works with Twitter for iP
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Show HN: Proxlet: Control Twitter w/ API Proxy(proxlet.com)
46 points by aaronwhite 16y ago|24 comments
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by aaronwhite 18y ago
Our biggest demo is highschool girls wanting to know if they should stay with their boyfriends. If you're asking icantdeci.de (or an 8ball) it is probably immaterial if you ultimately act on the advice :)
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by aaronwhite 18y ago
It's most likely a bug. "Go outside" is intended to come up when you've answered all the quandaries that need answering that you haven't voted on yet.
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by aaronwhite 18y ago
Well, it's not just that we wanted to avoid asking the same question twice in a 5 minute span... we do have users that spend literally HOURS just answering questions (instead of paying attention in class). So in order to maximally squander