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Trunk.ly picks up the torch of delicious, and evolves it with social search...
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tbull007
16y ago
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tbull007
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Had to go look at the main site again as this isn't my recollection of it. So yes, there is a small "show search help" link under the main search entry, but I don't see this as an admission of a confusing interface. Feels more like helps
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tbull007
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We were actually going to launch with HN importer but didn't quite get there. If we find some time, it would be a bit of fun to implement.
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We threw the greeters idea away mostly because we selfishly want to choose who we follow on Trunk.ly because we find it really useful. If we follow everyone we'd have to have some other account that we 'really' use. Seeding the links is a
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tbull007
16y ago
Thanks Tom, there's a lot of work still to go - we'll make sure these things are on the list.
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tbull007
16y ago
I don't know the Historious team at all, so I can only comment on what I see. I saw Pinboard, Diigo, Evernote and Licorize working to take advantage of this (like getting mentions, actively posting on blogs, answering questions in Quora - a
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The short answer, I submitted a press release to GigaOm, they wrote an article based on that and the NYT syndicate their content. The long answer, I'm not a PR professional, but what's been working for us is to find some headline hook. I'm
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Hey Matt, thanks for the kind words. We really appreciated the work you did, and yes, that RSS connector is still there.
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Totally agree - we're rethinking that first experience at the moment so that you go through a more guided process. The intent is to send you to connect your social networks, then fill out your profile, then send you to the home screen. Wi