Breakup Notifier
Consumer and social
relationship notifications
SHOW HN2011
264points
118comments
#19of 1,097 in 2011
Top 2%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
12 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 13 critical, out of 52 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Idea: 4 for, 6 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Funny and well-timed idea
From 3 comments
This is the most pointless, trivial, absurd, creepy app I've seen in a while. Signed up. I think it will be massively successful!
jarin on HNI literally laughed out loud when I saw this... great project. I'd start checking the Twilio blog (http://blog.twilio.com/) for contests and implement their API to do SMS and…
kersny on HNThis is hilarious. And fits nicely with the expression, "girls are like parking spots; the good ones are always taken."
jmm on HN
Story of how the maker came up with it
From 1 comment
Hah! Love the idea and story behind the building of it. Thanks for all the details about how you are sending out the mail. I'm the Product Manager of PostageApp, would you mind…
JonLim on HN
Objections
Creepy and invasive to privacy
From 4 comments
This is the most pointless, trivial, absurd, creepy app I've seen in a while. Signed up. I think it will be massively successful!
jarin on HNWay way down in the TOS fine print: "You agree to Creepyest Web Service Ever Pty Ltd sharing your social graph and stalkee selection with our business partners including but not…
bigiain on HNAs a lot of people said already, this is very creepy. Yet, there will be tons of users who would use this... By the way, can you get notifications on multiple people? (now,…
bkhl on HNA fun app but really is this the "kind" of choice we want to make? I'm worried about these forward-focused apps mean to privacy in the long term.
freddealmeida on HN
Facebook may ban or restrict it under API terms
From 3 comments
Didn't Facebook kill something like this a few years ago?
kenmck on HNI'm thinking the app would have to store the present status on its server in order to know of a status change. But isn't storing profile data server-side a violation of FB TOS?
zaidf on HNYou can store data for up to 24 hours, so all you have to do is look for a change on two consecutive days. Edit: That was the old policy, the new one lets you store it forever as…
jarin on HN
Polling every 24 hours is too slow to be useful
From 2 comments
Only every 24 hours?!? But when the window is open, you RUN! Did Ted Mosby teach us nothing?
phirephly on HN+1 for HIMYM reference, I thought the same :) 24hrs is not 'be the first to know', probably all her/his friends will know that before. When I changed status I had a dozen…
zalew on HN
Requests
Add SMS or call notifications
From 1 comment
I literally laughed out loud when I saw this... great project. I'd start checking the Twilio blog (http://blog.twilio.com/) for contests and implement their API to do SMS and…
kersny on HN
Filter people by gender or orientation
From 3 comments
Awesome idea! Do this please: look at my "Interested in" info and only show me people of that gender.
CWIZO on HNvery badly phrased, but a filter by gender option would probably be a good feature.
user24 on HNgender and orientation! what's the use to browse the opposite sex persons if they won't be interested in you!
fedd on HN
Notify on relationship creation or unfriending
From 2 comments
Well, if Facebook unblocks you, you might want to look into adding another feature: relationship creation notifications for specific users. Target user: People like me that don't…
jfriedly on HNGood way to jump the queue. Would work well with facial recognition on beauty. Another idea: an unfriend notifier. (like with a twitter unfollow notifier)
adrianwaj on HN
Questions
Does Facebook allow this data access under its terms?
From 2 comments
I'm thinking the app would have to store the present status on its server in order to know of a status change. But isn't storing profile data server-side a violation of FB TOS?
zaidf on HNEr wait, that was an old policy. Here's the new one: "You may cache data you receive through use of the Facebook API in order to improve your application’s user experience, but…
jarin on HN
Can it notify on multiple people?
From 1 comment
As a lot of people said already, this is very creepy. Yet, there will be tons of users who would use this... By the way, can you get notifications on multiple people? (now,…
bkhl on HN
Alternatives named
SingleStat.us for MySpace
From 2 comments
David Weekly did this for MySpace a while back. It was called SingeStat.us: http://techcrunch.com/2006/06/05/find-out-when-your-friends-become-single/
paulschreiber on HNWho else remembers the singlestat.us? IIRC, facebook killed the service.
slig on HN
Defriend Alert
From 1 comment
Just launched my app for this. http://www.defriendalert.com
nickpatrick on HN
Facebook birthday automation apps
From 1 comment
I thought of that, too, a few months ago. But several people had beaten me (and you) to it. (http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=egsisas&xhr=t&q=facebook+birthday+automatic).
jaredsohn on HN