Review my twitter app - twitpare.com

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=674005

by mrtron • 17 years ago

5 6 17 years ago

news.ycombinator.com

A fun app we created, it allows you to upload a bunch of photos (video and other content later) and start a discussion. I think it will be more interesting than posting a single photo for certain content.

Let me know your thoughts, all feedback appreciated.

midnightmonster• 17 years ago

clickable link: http://twitpare.com/

justin_credible• 17 years ago

http://www.twitpare.com

thorax• 17 years ago

It looks interesting, but (I didn't provide my twitter password yet) I still don't "get" what twitpare does. Does it send out a tweet or is it just using Twitter accounts for login or what?

I'm embarrassed to admit I can't tell how it works from the front page nor from the FAQ.

Edit: So after spending a minute or two thinking about it, maybe it takes my Twitter account, allows me to upload a couple of images, and then will auto tweet with a link back to twitpare.com for people to come view the pictures?

Ok, I thought "I'll see what happens if I click on one of these twitter-looking text boxes at the bottom of the front page. Wow, it takes me to another page-- I didn't expect that text div to be clickable."

When I get to the page why do I have to click on the individual tiny pictures to see them larger? Why are they not just shown side-by-side or over-and-under? I didn't think to click the thumbnail until I was like "umm, where's the other picture I'm comparing?"

Overall for such a small app, I expected the entire usability aspect to be nailed down completely, but I started out lost and it never felt intuitive.

Do the comments on a post come from tweets about it? Or are they local comments on your site and aren't broadcast?

For this sort of think, I absolutely think you should give Feedback Army a try to work out the usability stuff. Get them to blindly try it and see if they can figure out how your site is used.

mrtron2• 17 years ago

Great feedback - the usability definitely isn't nailed down, but we launched as early as possible.

The comments do come from tweets - I think there needs a bit more text and fine tuning.

chaosprophet• 17 years ago

The first and only thing I noticed was the huge twitter login box sitting there. You're not going to get too many early adopters if you have that. I suggest you switch to using OAuth as an immediate do-it-now thing. After all its the early adopters who really drive your usage for quite a long time to come, since they also happen to be quite active.

Edit: After looking at your front page alone for a few minutes, I guess you have a pretty nice idea. This could develop into a crowd sourced decision maker kind of thing (e.g. the tattoo pic). Also, is it absolutely necessary to upload two pics??? At times one pic is good enough to stimulate a lot of discussion, and at times people may want to compare more than two pics, especially if they are trying to make a decision or something like that. So you might want to look at changing the number of pics that can be uploaded.

mrtron2• 17 years ago

It will move to OAuth shortly, I agree with that.

Any number of pics can be uploaded...from 1..*.

Thanks for the feedback.

Review my twitter app - twitpare.com

Related Stories