Show HN: Proxlet: Control Twitter w/ API Proxy

Re:Show HN: Proxlet: Control Twitter w/ API Proxy by jdunck on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @06:53PM (#2006299)

I had this same frustration and same implementation idea -- proxy is awesome because any client can easily gain features by a checkbox pref "Use proxlet".

I never pursued it because I wasn't sure how I could sustain it -- I asked my heavy-twitter friends about it. They all agreed it sounded like a good idea, but none of them thought they'd be willing to pay for it.

Have you done any market research, or are you just doing it for fun for now?

Anyway, I'm happy to see it. Where's the paypal donate button?

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Re:Show HN: Proxlet: Control Twitter w/ API Proxy by aaronwhite on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @08:52AM (#2008057)

We did it to scratch our own itch primarily. It also gave me an excuse to play w/ the Twitter API and lots of really interesting technology (full blog post on how Proxlet is architected soon). Not desperate to monetize it, it can handle many many thousands of users at a cost of $10/mo to us, but we do have some ideas.

Paypal donate?! Probably should add that for satisfied super-fans :)

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