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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Another product by @stef at Makeshift.
I like Stef's experiments. He once created a script to add people that shared his blog articles, to a Twitter list, essentially creating automatic, micro-communities.
Like most Makeshift products, Flounder is super simple but could be an effective way for companies to build a Twitter following.
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Stef Lewandowski
@stef · Founder, Makelight
Thanks for sharing @rrhoover! I had this idea while travelling for the weekend, and it seemed to get a good reaction when I told a few people I was with about it.
So I followed through and made the tiniest version of the idea that I could on my return. Usual limits applied - it had to be made and working in about two days of effort.
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Andreas Klinger
@andreasklinger · Tech at Product Hunt 💃
@stef love it. I would love this to include the feature mentioned by ryan (people who shared the blog posts)
Stef Lewandowski
@stef · Founder, Makelight
I should! It was such a shame that Medium hid all of the recommenders away in the activity feed. I wish I could get at that data!
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
I can imagine Flounder become a "toolkit" of different tactics for audience/community building on Twitter. My only request is to focus on providing value to both the company + Twitter users. There are so many spammy, disingenuous Twitter tools out there already.
@stef - you did something clever in announcing Flounder. Would you like to share?