fbmyvalentine.com
Consumer and social
valentine's day card app
SHOW HN2012
fbmyvalentine.com
Facebook response to Lovestagram. Our Valentine's weekend project.
fbmyvalentine.com#valentine's day#facebook app#photo slideshow#valentine cards
How HN took it
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 8 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Execution: 0 for, 5 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 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
Cute and fun for partners
From 4 comments
Did you read the disclaimer :) ? I thought the actual product was genuinely cute.
EScott11 on HNJust showed it to my gf who found it very cute. Thanks for this, well done. =)
hswolff on HNThis is awesome, sent to my gf. Thanks and nice work!
patrickryan on HNNice!! Good job Michael and Eric!! I just scored a few much needed extra points with Stephanie. (Much needed because I took her to see "The Grey" last night.) *Note to self. When…
fido on HN
Objections
Requires Facebook login, a privacy concern
From 2 comments
Requiring my Facebook credentials to log in guarantees my non-participation. I realize I'm in the minority for behaving that way, but there is a nonzero number of potential users…
eob on HNIt's called "FBMyValentine". I mean, I think it's to be expected. In case you were wondering, it uses your friends list, and then uses photos of you with your significant other.…
untog on HN
Video and loading bugs in Firefox and Safari
From 3 comments
video not showing in Firefox (on platform ubuntu xfce)
MetalMASK on HNturns out it's not OS related, firefox not working on both Windows7 and ubuntu
MetalMASK on HNI'm getting an error when creating a card. "Application Error - An error occurred in the application and your page could not be served. Please try again in a few moments. If you…
kurtvarner on HN
Gendered, shallow marketing
From 2 comments
"It will get you laid"? I know Valentine's Day is kind of a soulless, transparently commercial cash-in on human affection, but way to take it to the next shallow level.…
benwerd on HNAnd way to alienate 50% of your potential customers with (completely unnecessary) heavily gendered marketing, despite the fact that romance is not gender-specific.
DarkShikari on HN
Requests
Clearer that the Facebook app is safe to accept
From 2 comments
Privacy policy? * Oh, I see it's in the FB app acceptance thing...sorry, haven't accepted a FB app inawhile.
danso on HNRight...but it's not clear if there's anything else needed/going on...I think the non-FB-like branding of the button threw me off (and the few times that I've ever used a FB app…
danso on HN
Questions
Whether the licensed Ingrid Michaelson song is cleared for use
From 1 comment
After adding a name, it spins endlessly, not showing anything but the red ribbon, while playing an Ingrid Michaelson song that I'm quite sure you don't have the licensing to play.
timerickson on HN
Alternatives named
Lovestagram
From 1 comment