julianilson

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by julianilson 4y ago
Same thing happened to us, same day. We're now on the hook for $3,500. When Twilio PROFITS from known fraud, they have no incentive to stop it even when it's obvious. (In our case, tens of thousands of premium SMSs to the same num
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by julianilson 5y ago
Wow...this might be standard protocol, then. It should be covered by a journalist.
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by julianilson 5y ago
Zombies are people too, my friend.
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by julianilson 5y ago
lol the twatter. I wish we had more of a following there... This is when you regret not having invested in the socials.
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by julianilson 5y ago
Exactly! Especially when they explicitly tell you that they'll get back to you by the end of the next business day, and then NEVER do.
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by julianilson 5y ago
Please stop. You're just making me jealous now. In all seriousness, what's driving me nuts is that they say they'll reply "by the end of the next business day", and there's NO response AT ALL. What the hell are
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by julianilson 5y ago
It's possible! Hadn't thought of that. What's most frustrating is that they don't even tell us that. If they did, maybe I would integrate it. But without being sure, it could be a massive waste of time.
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Ask HN: How to get the attention of a human at Meta/FB?
62 points by julianilson 5y ago|25 comments
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by julianilson 5y ago
We had this issue as well. Out tens of thousands of dollars. For a tiny startup, this almost killed us.
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by julianilson 8y ago
Yeah, I miss those days of just popping in without calling. In Mexico, this is still largely the norm, but now that I live in Canada, that's just a no-no. This is why I ended up creating an algorithm to connect the most compatible peop
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by julianilson 8y ago
If you send an email to support@we3app.com, I'll add that choice to your account.
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by julianilson 8y ago
Just added it!
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by julianilson 8y ago
It doesn't, but the problem is that people aren't usually very kind to other people on the internet. So I can see a good chunk of users rollin' the dice and seeing if they match with attractive people, and if they don't,
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by julianilson 8y ago
Yeah, I struggled with this. Want to keep the platform free for anyone to use, while also ad-free. Did you see that you can get free tribes forever just by being invited to the tribes that other compatible users start nearby? Or that you ca
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by julianilson 8y ago
Thanks for the feedback! I'm curious, what would you do instead to try and monetize?
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by julianilson 8y ago
Thank you! I really hope it helps to connect you with some awesome people.
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by julianilson 8y ago
At the moment, we're keeping genders separate. I know, it's very 90's. The issue is that we're just two guys and we don't want to police the platform. The reality is that the friendship apps out there are thinly-vei
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by julianilson 8y ago
Nice! I hope we can connect you with some awesome people nearby.
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by julianilson 8y ago
We're mostly in English-speaking countries (US, UK, Canada, Australia). Especially cities like Boston, LA, NYC, London... But we're growing the team now! We're no longer just two guys. So we should be growing much faster in t
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by julianilson 8y ago
lol. not surprised, though. THat's where the money is. ANd that's why all other "friendship apps" are really thinly-veiled dating apps. SAD!
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Show HN: Life as a maker can be pretty lonely. AI “Tinder for friends”, anyone?
4 points by julianilson 8y ago|4 comments
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by julianilson 8y ago
Thanks! I'm a bit of a n00b at this, so I really appreciate it.
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Life as an entrepreneur can be a tough and lonely ride
25 points by julianilson 8y ago|22 comments
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by julianilson 9y ago
We3 | Full Stack Developer | Early-Stage | Full-time | REMOTE | Low Salary + 3%-4% equity • Product: Mobile app that connect you to the most compatible people around you in group chats or 3, exclusively for the purposes of friendship. • Why
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by julianilson 9y ago
Yeah, totally get what you're saying, but unfortunately people's behavior and perception of the product is different when something is on mobile, especially with an online matching service. Tinder was able to break down the stigma
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by julianilson 9y ago
Not really. We do completely different things, so I think we're in the clear. The USPTO gave us the trademark protection, too. :)
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by julianilson 9y ago
Yeah. Going to be replacing that soon. Thought it would be a good way to kill two birds with one stone: have an explainer video that was also worthy of press coverage. And it kinda worked, but it made some important people distance themselv
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by julianilson 9y ago
Yeah, it was a tough call tbh. The thing is that most other apps slide into dating territory because that's where the money is. And it ends up ruining the experience for everyone who's not there to find a mate. Wrote up a longer p
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by julianilson 9y ago
Fellow expat here. This problem had been on my mind for years. Like you said, the main challenge is how to spot the most compatible people in a sea of strangers that are in a similar phase in life. I built We3 to try to make this easier (an
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First “Tinder for friends” that might actually work(producthunt.com)
3 points by julianilson 9y ago|0 comments

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