Prolifi.cc
Productivity
blogging and microblogging
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
14 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.
Idea: 8 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Zero-signup Twitter auth is low friction
From 2 comments
I might actually use this... Markdown, Twitter auth, nice interface. Really low friction. Sticky domain name, too!
nollidge on HNThe "feature" I was shooting for is zero-signup. It authenticates you via Twitter and that's it.
tamal on HN
Clever extension of Twitter into blogging
From 1 comment
You're judging to quickly. Take a step back and reconsider. The point is in the use-case, not the mechanics. He is allowing people to blog ad-hoc, using twitter as the glue to…
apitaru on HN
Objections
Requesting Twitter read/write permissions is excessive
From 1 comment
It's nice, but don't get why it should be able to * Read Tweets from my timeline. * See who I follow, and follow new people. * Update my profile. so, not registering, sry...
s4ndb on HN
Relying on Twitter login is risky if the account is lost
From 1 comment
It's a bad idea. I use to have this on my website with facebook instead of asking someone to create an account and link it with facebook. If facebook bans your website => you…
baby on HN
Unclear target audience and why it's needed
From 2 comments
Where's the target group? Because the question is: how many people use twitter and don't have a blog or website?
hilti on HNSo. You created an application to blog and to be able to post that on twitter. I don't get why this is #3 on HN right now.
baby on HN
Requests
Browser extension or Twitter client integration
From 3 comments
Would be more useful if prolifi has an extension. That way, when I exceed 160 chars on twitter, I am reminded that I can post the blurp through prolifi instead and have the link…
narisipalli on HNWould be cool as a browser plugin, so that when a message goes over the character limit, a button to post via Prolificc appears, all within the natural flow of using the Twitter…
karanbhangui on HNYou know what would be really killer? Fork a couple popular open source desktop Twitter clients and add Prolifi.cc integration. Whenever you start typing past the character…
nsxwolf on HN
Video playback on Android (WebM)
From 1 comment
The video won't play in my Android by the way. How about that blurb? ;)
sente on HN
Text summary on landing page
From 2 comments
No text-based summary, introduction, or blurb? Not everyone is able to view video at the moment they come across your site; if they can't immediately read what it's about, they…
SnowLprd on HNAlso I would put the page title blurb ("use Twitter as your blog") somewhere prominently in the page text. I had to read around here to figure out what itch this was scratching.
nollidge on HN
GitHub gist and syntax highlighting support
From 2 comments
Can it do code markup? I was looking for something the other day and I didn't want to set up my own 'blog'. Tumblr couldn't support Github gists for some reason, so really that'…
speg on HNThere is code markup, but no syntax-highlighting (yet). Edit: Gists is a good one. Added to my to-do list.
tamal on HN
Questions
Monetization or open source plans
From 2 comments
Glad you shipped it :) Any plans of monetization? Open-source?
prezjordan on HNThanks for sharing that. I was looking for something like this, keep up the good work :) Also, would be cool, if you decided at some point to open-source it or unless you went…
fahad-sheikh on HN
How it differs from TwitLonger and cpypst.me
From 2 comments
Similar to TwitLonger?
j_col on HNHow is it different from http://cpypst.me/
arrowgunz on HN
Alternatives named
TwitLonger
From 1 comment
Similar to TwitLonger?
j_col on HN
cpypst.me
From 1 comment
How is it different from http://cpypst.me/
arrowgunz on HN
Tumblr
From 1 comment
So basically tumblr with zero sign-up?
vineet on HN
checkthis.com
From 1 comment
Reminds me a lot like http://checkthis.com/ except a micro-micro blog form
johnmurch on HN
thinkery.me
From 1 comment
You could just use thinkery.me and make your stream public for that.
nader on HN