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Show HN: Favatron – Your personal Twitter favorite automaton

35 points by scottksmith95 12y ago

scottksmith95 12y ago
Creator of Favatron here. Any feedback and suggestions are very welcome.
- girishso 12y ago
  What a coincidence. I just released Tweetd, somewhat similar! :) http://www.tweetd.com http://www.tweetd.com Show HN link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8297959 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8297959
  - scottksmith95 12y ago
    Your service looks very cool. I love the approach you took more on tweets you make and then building a blog from them. I see a lot of synergy with what we are both doing and perhaps we can chat more on how to work together. Feel free to email me contact [at] favatron [dot] com
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- jnotarstefano 12y ago
  Err... "fava" is a regional (but well-known) term for "penis" in italian. I bet you'll get some unexpected traffic and links from Italy.
- jchmura 12y ago
  I actually already use IFTTT for this exact thing. Anything I favorite that has a link gets put into Pocket. Is that essentially what this is doing?
austinhutch 12y ago
I love the idea (one of many listed in my evernote), but I really don't like the tag line. "Your personal Twitter favorite automaton" doesn't explain the awesome value this provides in curating and organizing my twitter favs. Good luck!
- scottksmith95 12y ago
  Thanks for the tip.
iqonik 12y ago
Love the idea! Have you considered this from a job search point of view?...go to twitter, search for #job and quickly build a list of jobs to be checked later. Especially if you summarise the content etc. Might be better as a separate service but it appears you have all the tools :-)!
- scottksmith95 12y ago
  That is a fantastic idea! On my current list of consideration I have the idea of allowing a user to "watch" someones Twitter feed and provide the same functionality as their favorite. This would work great as well. Appreciate the feedback.
  - iqonik 12y ago
    Noticed you offer an API, I might throw something together. Will send you a link if I get a chance to do it.
    - reubano 12y ago
      From the pricing page, you only get API access with a paid account.
      - iqonik 12y ago
        Ah, shame.
  - toomuchtodo 12y ago
    https://twitter.com/redditforhire https://twitter.com/redditforhire might be a great place to start.

35 points by scottksmith95 12y ago

scottksmith95 12y ago

Creator of Favatron here. Any feedback and suggestions are very welcome.

girishso 12y ago
What a coincidence. I just released Tweetd, somewhat similar! :) http://www.tweetd.com http://www.tweetd.com Show HN link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8297959 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8297959
- scottksmith95 12y ago
  Your service looks very cool. I love the approach you took more on tweets you make and then building a blog from them. I see a lot of synergy with what we are both doing and perhaps we can chat more on how to work together. Feel free to email me contact [at] favatron [dot] com
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jnotarstefano 12y ago
Err... "fava" is a regional (but well-known) term for "penis" in italian. I bet you'll get some unexpected traffic and links from Italy.
jchmura 12y ago
I actually already use IFTTT for this exact thing. Anything I favorite that has a link gets put into Pocket. Is that essentially what this is doing?

austinhutch 12y ago

I love the idea (one of many listed in my evernote), but I really don't like the tag line. "Your personal Twitter favorite automaton" doesn't explain the awesome value this provides in curating and organizing my twitter favs. Good luck!

scottksmith95 12y ago
Thanks for the tip.

iqonik 12y ago

Love the idea! Have you considered this from a job search point of view?...go to twitter, search for #job and quickly build a list of jobs to be checked later. Especially if you summarise the content etc. Might be better as a separate service but it appears you have all the tools :-)!

scottksmith95 12y ago
That is a fantastic idea! On my current list of consideration I have the idea of allowing a user to "watch" someones Twitter feed and provide the same functionality as their favorite. This would work great as well. Appreciate the feedback.
- iqonik 12y ago
  Noticed you offer an API, I might throw something together. Will send you a link if I get a chance to do it.
  - reubano 12y ago
    From the pricing page, you only get API access with a paid account.
    - iqonik 12y ago
      Ah, shame.
- toomuchtodo 12y ago
  https://twitter.com/redditforhire https://twitter.com/redditforhire might be a great place to start.