Shout A Tweet

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social media marketing tool

SHOW HN2011

Shout A Tweet

Our app built at the Startup Weekend SanJose in 48 hours: Shout A Tweet

shoutatweet.com

#twitter#simultaneous tweets#trending topic#tweet scheduler

58points
36comments
#218of 1,097 in 2011
Top 20%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

21 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score +0.58.

Idea: 6 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Fun, cool idea and well-designed logo

    From 3 comments
    • Really like the design and logo.
      ruchi on HN
    • This is really cool. I think I'll have an a-ha moment later today with a real practical purpose. It may be something to use at a sporting event or music festival or to get a…
      allanscu on HN
    • Awesome! It is really cool
      therealmaimai on HN
  • Seeing the mass tweets work was impressive

    From 2 comments
    • Seeing it work was great! I don´t know how it looked like for other people but the first shout included a mention to me and it was crazy to see +120 tweets/mentions in an…
      rboyzo on HN
    • I tried this, my gf announced our wedding shouting a tweet! Was really cool, now all our friends know about it, everyone was like really excited about the way we announce it!
      mauropm on HN

Objections

  • Unclear what the service does without an About or FAQ page

    From 2 comments
    • Wait, what does it do? It might be obvious once I sign in with Twitter, but I'm not likely to do that unless I know what it is.
      cj on HN
    • I agree that it needs an About or an FAQ page describing the service. I sort of guessed what it does by the tagline "same tweet, same time," but I shouldn't have to. If I'm right…
      atuladhar on HN
  • Could be spammy

    From 1 comment
  • Could be used to manipulate social media with bot accounts

    From 2 comments
    • Cool, now all you got to do is fill it up with twitter drones and you can successfully manipulate social media. Congratulations :P
      hkon on HN
    • Be careful... some followers think the simultaneous tweet was a kind of virus!
      IvonneMunozMx on HN

Requests

  • Ability to view queued shouts

    From 1 comment
  • Schedule a shout for a specific time

    From 1 comment
    • Excelent idea, I have a lot of words to shout! Thanks to create this app! Another feature could be shout in a speific time.
      xhumpty on HN

Questions

  • What is the product used for?

    From 1 comment
    • It has been am incredible experience, from the pitch to this launch in less than 48hrs. Thanks to the team for the effort. Please, let us know what are you using our product for.
      arturogarrido on HN

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