Echelon
Web and SaaS
social media management
SHOW HN2013
40points
41comments
#620of 1,739 in 2013
Top 36%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 11 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score -0.21.
Idea: 3 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Flat design looks nice
From 1 comment
Very nice, I like the flat design, but I don't think you're charging enough.
btipling on HN
Individual user accounts allow logging of team activity
From 1 comment
The invitation flow is very roundabout (even if you sheepishly admit it :-)), and the group account invitation doesn't seem to work at first. I tried to authorize a third-party…
Stratego on HN
Good idea that fills a real need
From 2 comments
I don't have any use for this personally, but it sounds like a very good idea, congrats!
StavrosK on HNWorking on something similar. A free Twitter manager for individuals/teams that includes analytics and scheduling. A couple of screens http://i.imgur.com/0bCOizS.png…
liampmccabe on HN
Objections
Lacks mobile app access
From 1 comment
Most of our Tweets come from events where users are on iPhone or Android, so access to Echelon through a mobile app is essential. HootSuite offers this already, and it's only a…
blowski on HN
Security concerns about storing tokens and lack of HTTPS
From 2 comments
They don't use https anywhere, not even on the oauth redirect back with the token in the header... isn't that.. bad? How much you want to bet they are doing 0 encryption of the…
jenandre on HNThe service seems counter intuitive. You advertise "The safe way to manage your company’s Twitter accounts." yet using the service would mean giving access to a third party. We…
tommi on HN
Invitation flow is confusing
From 1 comment
The invitation flow is very roundabout (even if you sheepishly admit it :-)), and the group account invitation doesn't seem to work at first. I tried to authorize a third-party…
Stratego on HN
Name collides with ECHELON surveillance network
From 2 comments
Echelon is the name of a multi-country spy listening network that we here in NZ are part of. It includes the US. "Safe" is the last thing I feel my data would be.
lancewiggs on HNErm, yeah, I think the name collision is a little too overwhelming, name change might be in order.
bencollier49 on HN
Price too low for larger companies
From 1 comment
Agreed. Any company with enough employees to justify using this service can afford more than $10 a month.
highace on HN
Requests
Tweet scheduling
From 2 comments
Echelon looks quite good, but needs to include Tweet scheduling before we would be able to make the switch.
polynomial on HNHi Polynomial, this feature is the one we're working on right now :) -- Pete, founder, Pixie Labs
petermacrobert on HN
Support for existing Twitter clients and mobile apps
From 2 comments
I've long thought there was a market for a product like this, but I figured it would be hard to get people to use it if they have to ditch their preferred twitter clients to post…
siegecraft on HNMost of our Tweets come from events where users are on iPhone or Android, so access to Echelon through a mobile app is essential. HootSuite offers this already, and it's only a…
blowski on HN
Employee tweet throttling or kill switch
From 2 comments
I must admit I didn't sign up yet - just read the homepage - but something that would be super useful on such a system is throttling tweets. I've seen more than a few instances…
petercooper on HNOr perhaps an employee kill switch that deletes every tweet they've made in the last user-defined number of hours?
iamben on HN
Show notifications after invite acceptance
From 2 comments
The invitation flow is very roundabout (even if you sheepishly admit it :-)), and the group account invitation doesn't seem to work at first. I tried to authorize a third-party…
Stratego on HNThis feedback is really useful; we've struggled to nail the process as it is generally very cumbersome having to sign in & out of Twitter accounts (but it's the most secure way,…
jalada on HN
Questions
Is the app actually built?
From 1 comment
Well, you said any so: if I cancel Twitter sign-in on the homepage I get "The page you were looking for doesn't exist.". Considering the image on the homepage is just a sketch,…
agilebyte on HN
How are Twitter API limits handled?
From 1 comment
How do you get rid of twitter's api limits, what if you have more than thousands accounts?
gidan on HN
How tokens are stored and protected
From 2 comments
See, I'm bit confused here. I understood it so, that as a user of Echelon, as I wouldn't have to give the Twitter account password to colleagues. But what about to Echelon…
tommi on HNSince only the tokens are stored on Echelon's server, any compromise might do some damage (tweets, bio change, etc), but you will not lose the account's password. So that's a…
rsoto on HN
Alternatives named
HootSuite
From 2 comments
Most of our Tweets come from events where users are on iPhone or Android, so access to Echelon through a mobile app is essential. HootSuite offers this already, and it's only a…
blowski on HNI'll stick with HootSuite because of the functionality. It allows me to manage my Google+ pages, Facebook pages, and Twitter all in one place. If you had the ability to do that,…
thezach on HN
CoTweet
From 1 comment
RIP CoTweet! :( http://mashable.com/2010/03/02/cotweet-acquired/
randall on HN