Birdy
Web and SaaS
social media marketing tool
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
11 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score +0.31.
Execution: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Polished design and landing page
From 3 comments
Looks slick. Really like the landing page, did you do it yourself?
mattgreenrocks on HNGreat job, I also like the layout of your site to show it off.
asciii on HNCool idea, looks very polished. I guess for this to work best, you need to be very consistent with putting out content to get a good baseline? The Twitter maker community is…
dewey on HN
Simple, useful idea
From 3 comments
What a great, simple idea. Way to follow through and actually make it happen! Random ideas: * Pricing: you could tie pricing with the performance (pay $1 per extra followers that…
atestu on HNGreat job. If I ever figure out how to get a non-bot conversion rate > 0.0% I'd love to try this :) Twitter is a mystery to me.
throwaway2016a on HNThis looks super handy
dagorenouf on HN
Objections
Switching profile versions over time is not true A/B testing because users are not randomly bucketed
From 3 comments
If I’m understanding correctly, this switches your profile on some interval between A and B, whereas a proper A/B test will randomly bucket a user to experiment A or B. Not that…
shay_ker on HNDon't want to rain on your parade but this is in no way a scientific A/B test. If I understand this correctly, Birdy periodically switches profile information b/n A and B. * How…
sreejithr on HNI like the website! There is no “testing” going on here, unfortunately. You’re just taking turns placing users in the treatment or control group, arbitrarily, depending on when…
jwilber on HN
Users can see both versions, which skews results
From 2 comments
Don't want to rain on your parade but this is in no way a scientific A/B test. If I understand this correctly, Birdy periodically switches profile information b/n A and B. * How…
sreejithr on HNI suppose that the issue is that a single user could see both versions, which could skew the data. I'm not sure I totally understand why, because if a user follows you after…
maximedupre on HN
Requests
Switchback randomized testing instead of fixed interval switching
From 2 comments
I think what you really want to do is randomize A or B within each 30m (or 5m) interval. This is basically switchback testing. Door dash has a nice write-up here:…
yeahboats on HNThank you! > I think the only downside to this approach is that there might be some effect based on time of day or the interval affecting your results. That is definitely true.…
maximedupre on HN
Apple App Store optimization version
From 1 comment
Do this with the Apple App Store! “App Store Optimization” is a huge business, and something simple like this (with suggestions on what you should try - perhaps a premium…
jeremydavid on HN
Free tier for low follower counts
From 1 comment
Looks really cool! Would you a consider a free tier if you have a low follower count?
goncalo-r on HN
Questions
How many people are using this and why
From 1 comment
how many people are using this? why do they find it useful?
ushakov on HN
How to get started with the indie maker Twitter community
From 1 comment
What's a good entry to the indie maker community on Twitter?
WA on HN
Alternatives named
Switchback testing approaches like DoorDash's
From 1 comment
I think what you really want to do is randomize A or B within each 30m (or 5m) interval. This is basically switchback testing. Door dash has a nice write-up here:…
yeahboats on HN
YouTube thumbnail A/B testing
From 1 comment
This is a brilliant idea. Feel like it should work since this is already done for YouTube. The same mechanism is used to A/B test thumbnails and automatically choose one to be…
nstart on HN