@russellbarnard emailed me about this project a while back. At first, I hated the idea. Some people obnoxiously tweet at every upvoter with inauthentic thanks. Russell was understanding and made some modifications to curb that potential abuse (thanks!).
Curious how people use this.
Totally agree @rrhoover. The "thanks for upvoting" is the new auto DM and I'm so glad your instinct is that it's obnoxious / inauthentic.
But I love this product - massive kudos to @russellbarnard. Such smart use of the API and I guess one of the massive benefits of PH using Twitter for authentication / ID. Was just thinking yesterday about Twitter lists - Easily Twitter's most underused feature. Twitter need to give lists more airtime.
@marceglon@rrhoover thanks for the comments, glad I reached out to go over the idea as I was quite wary about the 'thanks tweet' part as soon as I tested it.
It was an enjoyable tool to make.
Also, I totally agree with you both about automated tweets!
Happy Wednesday Product Hunt!
I created MakerTools for all of the makers and future makers within the Product Hunt community. It is a simple tool which allows the maker to create a twitter list of all the people who upvoted their product.
If anyone is interested in the full story, here is my post on Medium - https://medium.com/@russellbarna...
@russellbarnard@creeshla Great product, and one that's sorely needed for anyone looking to send a personalized thank you their supporters on PH. We built something similar (but markedly more bare bones!), that stopped at exporting to csv -- taking the next step and creating a Twitter List with this is super useful. It's also awesome that you're using this (through the Medium post) as a way to teach future makers how to approach thanking their supporters in a non-spammy way 😊
@playswithfood Thanks for the comment :) Good to know that you think the Twitter lists were the right way to go about this. We felt it was necessary to write the Medium post as well to again emphasise that it's important to be aware of your upvoters whilst not going overboard with insincere tweets (which I suppose can be a thin line). But hopefully it can be used in the right way.
@russelbarnard@creeshla this is simply brilliant. I'd be happy to pay for this once you start thinking about a pricing model. I've led the way by sending authentic personal audio messages to get to know upvoters. This style of communication has helped me develop real and meaningful relationships / friendships with some of the awesome members from this community. MakerTools now saves the pain point of cutting and pasting. Also, I love how it integrates with Twitter lists which I already use extensively.
@paul_s_kemp really like the idea of authentic audio messages. We don't have any plans to add any pricing at the moment (It had not even been on our radar) but I suppose it would not hurt to have a little look into it. Glad it could save you some time!
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