Proxlet
Productivity
twitter filtering
SHOW HN2010
How HN took it
8 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.50.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Works well for filtering noise and makes Twitter useful again
From 4 comments
Finally a great way to customize Twitter and make it useful, while diving into some granular control. Awesome technology on the back end as well.
arieldiaz on HNI've actually started using Twitter much more entirely due to this plugin. There was way too much garbage before. Nice work.
mmanning on HNThis has transformed my experience with Twitter. I'm using it in Chrome just with the regular Twitter web client and it ROCKS! Nice work guys, definitely going to tell friends…
markitechtMA on HNProxlet brings Twitter back to the usefulness I came to it for.
chobopants on HN
Chrome extension makes setup easy
From 1 comment
Yup, the Chrome Extension is new and what makes it exciting (again). The per-client install process was too difficult/error-prone, so when we saw we could "hook" Twitter.com, we…
aaronwhite on HN
Objections
Using the proxy means it must replicate Twitter's API infrastructure at scale
From 1 comment
Are you guys concerned about having to replicate Twitter's API infrastructure, even at a vastly lower scale? (I'm a fan of the product. The world needs more Twitter filtering.)
jeffmiller on HN
Unclear how to sustain the product; friends would not pay for it
From 1 comment
I had this same frustration and same implementation idea -- proxy is awesome because any client can easily gain features by a checkbox pref "Use proxlet". I never pursued it…
jdunck on HN
Requests
Easier way to manage and unmute entries
From 1 comment
Nice job! A couple questions... Is there a way to manage mutes (so you can unmute something that's been muted forever, for example)? Also, if I do mutes, etc., on one computer's…
mcantelon on HN
Support for other browsers
From 1 comment
Are you planning to expand this to other browsers?
kmfrk on HN
List of most-muted users and trending annoying hashtags
From 1 comment
This is pretty cool. I'd love to see a list of the most hated twitter users as a measure of who is muted the most using your service. You could also do this with the hash tags to…
bbalfour on HN
PayPal donate button
From 1 comment
I had this same frustration and same implementation idea -- proxy is awesome because any client can easily gain features by a checkbox pref "Use proxlet". I never pursued it…
jdunck on HN
Questions
Do settings sync across computers?
From 1 comment
Nice job! A couple questions... Is there a way to manage mutes (so you can unmute something that's been muted forever, for example)? Also, if I do mutes, etc., on one computer's…
mcantelon on HN
Is market research done or is it just for fun?
From 1 comment
I had this same frustration and same implementation idea -- proxy is awesome because any client can easily gain features by a checkbox pref "Use proxlet". I never pursued it…
jdunck on HN