StackLead
Web and SaaS
sales research api
SHOW HN2014
62points
29comments
#511of 2,272 in 2014
Top 23%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
3 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Execution: 2 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for saving time researching signups
From 3 comments
+1 for a JSON API, that could be really useful. The "Email API" as it stands now is valuable, definitely saves time googling every sign up.
mrmch on HNstarted using stacklead yesterday. working great so far.
dannyolinsky on HNWould love to use StackLead (or any Rapportive-esque) services with our internal dashboards.
martinshen on HN
Clever signup flow and neat service
From 2 comments
+1 for the clever signup flow. As some have already touched on, privacy is going to be a major roadblock, at least for our team in using this. Legally we can't send out any…
bduerst on HNNot certain how willing I'd be to send a third party the unhashed email address of every (or even just a few) signups. Seems to be a big privacy violation and the users of the…
selectout on HN
Objections
Sending email addresses to a third party raises privacy concerns
From 3 comments
Not certain how willing I'd be to send a third party the unhashed email address of every (or even just a few) signups. Seems to be a big privacy violation and the users of the…
selectout on HN+1 for the clever signup flow. As some have already touched on, privacy is going to be a major roadblock, at least for our team in using this. Legally we can't send out any…
bduerst on HNThis looks awesome, but needs a privacy policy (at a minimum) before I'm giving it any of my customer info.
johns on HN
Some returned data is inaccurate or matches the wrong people
From 3 comments
Where can I report bad data for your service? Has all the wrong info for me, excluding my name and picture. I'm guessing it's got to be from LinkedIn?
codingjester on HNNot bad, but you gave me the wrong Facebook profile (I have a common name) and the Twitter one, while one that I manage, was not my main Twitter account.
Gobitron on HNWorked really well for my personal email address, but found my CEO (?) when I put in my work email address. It'd be nice if there was an easy way to report inaccurate data when I…
troygoode on HN
Terms and privacy policy unclear or hard to find
From 2 comments
This looks awesome, but needs a privacy policy (at a minimum) before I'm giving it any of my customer info.
johns on HNThat was only linked from your home page, not the page submitted here.
johns on HN
Uses a person's picture and likeness without permission
From 1 comment
You guys know that using a persons picture (or likeness) without written permission from that person (in this case Drew Houston) in a commercial setting is illegal, right? I only…
chacham15 on HN
Requests
JSON API for integration
From 2 comments
Worked really well for my personal email address, but found my CEO (?) when I put in my work email address. It'd be nice if there was an easy way to report inaccurate data when I…
troygoode on HN+1 for a JSON API, that could be really useful. The "Email API" as it stands now is valuable, definitely saves time googling every sign up.
mrmch on HN
Batch or aggregated queries
From 1 comment
+1 for the clever signup flow. As some have already touched on, privacy is going to be a major roadblock, at least for our team in using this. Legally we can't send out any…
bduerst on HN
Way to report inaccurate data
From 2 comments
Worked really well for my personal email address, but found my CEO (?) when I put in my work email address. It'd be nice if there was an easy way to report inaccurate data when I…
troygoode on HNWhere can I report bad data for your service? Has all the wrong info for me, excluding my name and picture. I'm guessing it's got to be from LinkedIn?
codingjester on HN
HTTPS support
From 1 comment
Nice work, well done. Are you planning on supporting HTTPS anytime soon?
michaeldwp on HN
Hashed email endpoint
From 1 comment
We do store the email addresses an account sends so that we can show you a dashboard of the signups on your site. It's also on our roadmap to add a hashed endpoint.
gwintrob on HN
Questions
How are email addresses stored and shared
From 2 comments
Do you store any association of email addresses and what sites send them to you or is all of that just dropped immediately? Also, thanks for replying! Great to see you don't just…
selectout on HNNot certain how willing I'd be to send a third party the unhashed email address of every (or even just a few) signups. Seems to be a big privacy violation and the users of the…
selectout on HN
Which data sources are used to find people
From 3 comments
Can I guess what your secret sauce is? (asking first in case I'm right and it'll help a competitor)
AznHisoka on HNMy guess: Full Contact
johns on HNYes, I'm guessing not FullContact either. I'm guessing they're using PhantomJS or an automated browser to import the email address to their Google Contacts, and then "find a…
AznHisoka on HN
Alternatives named
FullContact
From 1 comment
My guess: Full Contact
johns on HN
Rapportive
From 1 comment
Not certain how willing I'd be to send a third party the unhashed email address of every (or even just a few) signups. Seems to be a big privacy violation and the users of the…
selectout on HN