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Re: New API Methods

Voyagerfan5761 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:50:03 -0000

It's true that mimicking an existing API from the field you're trying to break into is one way to make it easier for people to adopt your service. However, who's to say bit.ly has the best response structure? ;-)

Good news, though. If other services follow your lead, it'll make it easier for shortening services to compete on the basis of features rather than who has the easiest API.

Re: TwitApps shutting down

Voyagerfan5761 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:26:34 -0000

Yes, Twimailer is awesome, but it can only tell you about followers that Twitter mails you about. Its purpose is quite different, and a daily (or weekly, or whatever) summary is not part of its mission. That would take probably more processing than they're willing to do.

Re: TwitApps shutting down

Voyagerfan5761 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:14:36 -0000

Indeed, Twitter's new follower emails have been very sparse. TwitApps is always telling me I have new followers that Twitter never told me about. Their anti-spam routines seem to not be working as well as they could be.

Re: TwitApps shutting down

Voyagerfan5761 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:12:04 -0000

I'll be sending you an email as well, momentarily. It'll replace half of what I used TwitApps for (even though the more important half is the followers, because I use CoTweet).

Re: TwitApps shutting down

Voyagerfan5761 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:10:02 -0000

I know, I know. This sucks. I really, really, REALLY like TwitApps. Count me
among those who wish it would be turned over to someone else or kept the way
it is.

Re: TwitApps shutting down

tarale — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:34:12 -0000

HEY! YOU! You suggested TwitApps to me... :) :( :) :(

Re: TwitApps shutting down

Voyagerfan5761 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:03:32 -0000

I'm really sorry to see this service going. @twitapps has been one of my favorite Twitter add-ons since it started. I don't suppose you have any suggestions for replacement services?

Re: tr.im Resurrected

Voyagerfan5761 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:37:53 -0000

I'm so happy to see this post! Really, I am. As I've said here and there, in bits and pieces, I don't like most of the other services available. Even though I finally created a bit.ly account yesterday (just in case), I haven't used it.

Like a lot of people, I shorten URLs *before* putting them in a tweet. I began using tr.im long before Twitter used bit.ly as the default, when TinyURL was really all that anyone had heard of and I was dissatisfied with the lack of information on my shortened URLs. I briefly used is.gd, but despite the shorter URLs I was still dissatisfied because once I shortened a URL, my involvement in its creation was lost to the ether.

Then I found tr.im, and I rejoiced. It was something like a site I'd used a couple times in the past - SnipURL (on seeing it used in PC Annoyances: Second Edition by PC World's former editor, Steve Bass) - but it offered much more data and (I thought) a much better interface.

So yes, a tip jar would be a very good step. PayPal, Google Checkout, tipjoy - whatever you can think of - add the button and you will get money. It (almost) never fails, especially for something as great as tr.im.

Other than that point (which I just wanted to reiterate), most of the other ideas in this thread are awesome, and I would seriously consider them.

And one more thing: Please no more scares like the one we just had. I was a little depressed all day yesterday because of your announcement. But I'm glad you're back!

Re: tr.im Resurrected

Voyagerfan5761 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:27:25 -0000

In order to support all those extra services, there would be an increase in load and bandwidth usage, and that would mean more money being thrown at keeping the site up. Probably not what Nambu have in mind.

That said, it would be awesome to have more external tools integrate tr.im. HootSuite is probably a lost cause (they built their own service, ow.ly. bah.), but CoTweet and iTweet.net and a hundred others just use Twitter's default because it's Twitter's default. With some outreach, you guys can totally make people realize how useful and simple your service really is.

Re: tr.im Resurrected

Voyagerfan5761 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:22:45 -0000

Indeed, I've put tr.im URLs in emails with important links, so I can make sure the links are indeed clicked (if not read). And I definitely like the URL you guys have better. WTF does bit.ly stand for, or is.gd? tr.im clearly tells the purpose of the service, and also hints at another potential application: short links for IM.

Re: tr.im Resurrected

Voyagerfan5761 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:19:50 -0000

PayPal, Google Checkout, tipjoy, whatever. If you put up a button, it'll get donations. I'm positive. :)

Re: tr.im R.I.P.

Voyagerfan5761 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:06:06 -0000

Could I possibly get more details from you? What items will be irrelevant? Which will be transitioned? More importantly, what should I begin planning to do in the next few months to make sure I am minimally inconvenienced?

Re: tr.im R.I.P.

ejw — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:03:07 -0000

We assume most of those items will be either be irrelevant or transitioned within 6 months or so.

Re: tr.im R.I.P.

Voyagerfan5761 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:00:59 -0000

I'm sad to see the service go, and I really hope that one of the commenters expressing interest in taking over the site makes it happen.

On a side note: The tr.im homepage says, "Your tweets with tr.im URLs in them will not be affected." Does that mean just "until at least December 31, 2009" or for the foreseeable future?

I mean, I have tr.immed bookmarks in several different browser profiles and posted links in hundreds of sites, emails, tweets... Am I (pardon my language) fucked if I don't set aside a weekend to find all the links and edit them wherever possible to point directly to a new shortened URL or the full URL?

Or, as Pownce did upon shutting its doors, will there be a data export facility at some point? Say to CSV?

Shit... I just shortened a URL earlier today. I was wondering why my last few links all said they'd gotten 0 clicks... And what happens to pic.im now? There's no giant notice on the homepage over there.

PS: I have never really liked TinyURL or Bit.ly. I don't know what service I'll use now...

Re: Should we buy this competitor? NO

Voyagerfan5761 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:35:57 -0000

I've published the filter settings I use in Gmail to only send follows and DMs (all Topify needs, right?) to Topify on my blog.

I'd like to add my vote for OAuth support, also.

Re: Getting Paid for Being Copied

plagiarismtoday — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:46:20 -0000

Actually, it's not my chart, it's Attributor's and the FSC's, I guess I should have made that more clear lest it become an accidental plagiarism. I think the reason that they separated it out though is because they are run by two different groups with different policies.

Anyway, we'll have to see where this idea goes, right now there are so many unanswered questions...

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/23/youtube-realtime-great-for-socializing-and-ads/

Voyagerfan5761 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:57:57 -0000

Silly YouTube/Google. It should be a one-step thing. Oh well.

Thanks again!

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/23/youtube-realtime-great-for-socializing-and-ads/

TerrenceRussell — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:49:21 -0000

It's kind of weird two step process. I invite you as a friend, then I invite you into the beta. Not sure why they did it that way, but regardless...you're all set! Just be sure to turn on the toolbar once it pops up.

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/23/youtube-realtime-great-for-socializing-and-ads/

Voyagerfan5761 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:39:51 -0000

Got and accepted friend request. Thanks!

Now, er... What do I do to turn it on?

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/23/youtube-realtime-great-for-socializing-and-ads/

Voyagerfan5761 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:39:09 -0000

lol

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/23/youtube-realtime-great-for-socializing-and-ads/

TerrenceRussell — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:21:12 -0000

You got it!

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/23/youtube-realtime-great-for-socializing-and-ads/

Voyagerfan5761 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:17:28 -0000

Here's one respondent for you. My YT nick is (surprisingly) voyagerfan5761.

Thanks!

Re: Getting Paid for Being Copied

Voyagerfan5761 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:59:36 -0000

This sounds like an interesting new approach. I might not have actually filed that DMCA you helped me with a while back if I could have instead gotten in on the AdSense revenue from that spam site. (wink, wink)

Just a note on your chart: DoubleClick is owned by Google now, so technically there should be either just a single wedge for "Google" or some sort of color coordination between (adjacent) AdSense and DoubleClick wedges.

Re: Football: a game for all nations. - Fun with Opinions

Voyagerfan5761 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:24:59 -0000

As you said:

We have American Football, a game where the action stops every 20-30 seconds or so for a discussion on what to do next. A game that is so dull that people switch on the national championship final just to watch the adverts.

This post was worth reading just for those two sentences! I hate American football... And I'm an American!

Re: Run the OPML Editor on port 80 (Scripting News)

Voyagerfan5761 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:23:59 -0000

Have you heard of Snipt? It's basically a programmer's scratchpad, designed for keeping around snippets of code and text that you might want to access to re-use or something.

No, I'm not involved in any way; I just like it.