BetterYoo
Productivity
reminders
SHOW HN2011
33points
13comments
#349of 1,097 in 2011
Top 32%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.27.
Execution: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Easy signup and getting started
From 1 comment
Pretty cute, easy to signup and get going. But now, it's spamming me lots of confirmation code even though I've already confirmed the first one and got access to my control panel!
d0m on HN
Good idea
From 1 comment
I really like this idea. What tech are you using? Twilio API? What kind of advertising do you have in mind?
NickC_dev on HN
Objections
Hard to justify value over existing calendar and reminder tools
From 3 comments
Hmm. I had to look at a lot of pages before I figured out the pricing model -- first three reminders are free, and it costs you money after that. I think it's a tricky business…
hugh3 on HNI'm not sure I'd pay for this, given I already have Remember the Milk and Google Calendar. But I do agree that all elevator pitches are improved by adding "in your pants".
benwerd on HNIts a category I think of as 'hard interfaces' to soft data. I agree that its a bit too light weight to make into a business just yet as there are easy substitutions (GCalendar…
ChuckMcM on HN
Possible spam abuse by sending texts to others' numbers
From 1 comment
I did a similar service but had to shut it down because people were using it to spam other people.. basically send stupid texts by putting in their friends numbers. I would get…
minalecs on HN
Repeated confirmation codes sent
From 2 comments
Pretty cute, easy to signup and get going. But now, it's spamming me lots of confirmation code even though I've already confirmed the first one and got access to my control panel!
d0m on HNNo problem. In fact, the second I wrote that message, it stopped from sending new confirmation messages. I think it happened because I toggled off/on a message.. Is that possible?
d0m on HN
Questions
How is spam prevented?
From 1 comment
I did a similar service but had to shut it down because people were using it to spam other people.. basically send stupid texts by putting in their friends numbers. I would get…
minalecs on HN
What tech stack is used?
From 1 comment
I really like this idea. What tech are you using? Twilio API? What kind of advertising do you have in mind?
NickC_dev on HN
Alternatives named
Remember the Milk
From 1 comment
I'm not sure I'd pay for this, given I already have Remember the Milk and Google Calendar. But I do agree that all elevator pitches are improved by adding "in your pants".
benwerd on HN
Google Calendar
From 2 comments
Hmm. I had to look at a lot of pages before I figured out the pricing model -- first three reminders are free, and it costs you money after that. I think it's a tricky business…
hugh3 on HNI'm not sure I'd pay for this, given I already have Remember the Milk and Google Calendar. But I do agree that all elevator pitches are improved by adding "in your pants".
benwerd on HN
Exchange
From 1 comment
Its a category I think of as 'hard interfaces' to soft data. I agree that its a bit too light weight to make into a business just yet as there are easy substitutions (GCalendar…
ChuckMcM on HN