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SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
3 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Idea: 3 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
The VIP domain regex list is useful and can be forked
From 2 comments
The regex that powers this is hosted here - anyone can fork it to add their own VIPs. https://github.com/juliuss/dc_autotag/blob/master/autotag.xml Quite a big list of investors…
cookingrobot on HNVery Very cool. I don't want to use your service (sorry!), since I don't want to have any other services inbetween my and the users, but I love the idea, and the regex list. I'll…
e1ven on HN
Idea is neat and clever
From 2 comments
This idea is pretty neat but I don't really understand how you detect your competition. Would they really register/login with an email based on their main domain and not use a…
koopajah on HNLooks awesome! Very cool idea. Edit: Awww, have to enter CC number to try it? I'm afraid I don't know you well enough. Edit 2: Oh ok I just tried logging in and it worked. No…
TomGullen on HN
Objections
Giving special treatment to VIPs could lead to discrimination or unfair pricing
From 2 comments
I used to work in the media. We would get special treatment because companies knew we were opinion influencers. We didn't know it was happening, but the license key or other…
dmethvin on HNThe socially acceptable edge-case here is interesting. "Personalized Dynamic Product Offer" = "Personalized Dynamic Pricing" "Price Discrimination" =? Ever become Just plain ol'…
001sky on HN
Sharing users' emails with the service raises privacy concerns
From 2 comments
So, we'd have to share all of our users emails with your service?
dmix on HNI'm an investor, how can I block this from my iPhone/web browser/etc?
gnu8 on HN
Competitors and press may use throwaway emails, so detection is doubtful
From 1 comment
This idea is pretty neat but I don't really understand how you detect your competition. Would they really register/login with an email based on their main domain and not use a…
koopajah on HN
Requests
Let users contribute their own named VIPs to the list
From 1 comment
This idea is pretty neat but I don't really understand how you detect your competition. Would they really register/login with an email based on their main domain and not use a…
koopajah on HN
Questions
How the service detects competitors and media who sign up with work email
From 1 comment
This idea is pretty neat but I don't really understand how you detect your competition. Would they really register/login with an email based on their main domain and not use a…
koopajah on HN
Why the sign-up asked for a credit card
From 2 comments
Looks awesome! Very cool idea. Edit: Awww, have to enter CC number to try it? I'm afraid I don't know you well enough. Edit 2: Oh ok I just tried logging in and it worked. No…
TomGullen on HNYou can skip the CC (button on bottom left), We thought we'd try and put that in the sign up flow to see how many add vs. skip. :)
nostromo on HN
Alternatives named
Customer.io
From 1 comment
This reminded me of something I did a while ago. For fun, here's a never before seen concept of customer.io. We went in a very different direction. "When fred wilson stops by…
sudonim on HN