GitHub Friends
Dev tools
developer discovery
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.38.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Concept is cool
From 1 comment
I think the concept is cool but twitter is probably not the best vehicle of choice for me personally. Maybe it'll work well for others.
steventruong on HN
Objections
Signing in with Twitter raises privacy and password storage concerns
From 2 comments
No way I'm signing in with my twitter account to any of your projects. I'm being cautious because I still remember your blogpost about storing passwords of 3rd party accounts in…
gecko_dude on HNI understood his post perfectly well. By using base64 to store passwords is just as bas as storing them in plain text, because you only rely on the good will of the person who…
gecko_dude on HN
Twitter connections are not a good source of relevant developers
From 2 comments
I think the concept is cool but twitter is probably not the best vehicle of choice for me personally. Maybe it'll work well for others.
steventruong on HNI'm not sure as I haven't thought about it before so I'll think about this and hopefully try to post back but people I follow on twitter or friends I have on facebook probably…
steventruong on HN
Sign in with Twitter button does not work in Safari
From 1 comment
The "sign in with Twitter" button doesn't appear to do anything (Safari 5.05 on OSX 10.5.8).
gaius on HN
Found GitHub profile links are broken, pointing to github.com/${login}
From 1 comment
Bug: it found some people on github but all link to github.com/${login}
digitalnalogika on HN
Requests
Bulk select people to follow
From 1 comment
It would be great if you could bulk select those you wanted to follow.
ThomPete on HN
Match developers by language and shared interests
From 1 comment
I'm not sure as I haven't thought about it before so I'll think about this and hopefully try to post back but people I follow on twitter or friends I have on facebook probably…
steventruong on HN
List of alternative sites with developer profiles
From 1 comment
Just out of curiosity. Where would you look instead? Could be cool to get a list of alternative ways to twitter and facebook. Are other sites having profiles that could be…
ThomPete on HN
Questions
Where else could developer profiles be found besides Twitter and Facebook
From 1 comment
Just out of curiosity. Where would you look instead? Could be cool to get a list of alternative ways to twitter and facebook. Are other sites having profiles that could be…
ThomPete on HN
Alternatives named
Stack Overflow profiles
From 1 comment
Just out of curiosity. Where would you look instead? Could be cool to get a list of alternative ways to twitter and facebook. Are other sites having profiles that could be…
ThomPete on HN