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Re:Show HN: I made an alternative to Google Alerts that list... by fstopmick on Friday November 20, 2020 @01:39PM (#25163435)
Yeah - the onboarding flow (insta-results) only supports Twitter. Other platforms are polled run on a recurring basis and take ~10 minutes to show results, so when you create an alert you'll see stuff from other places. I need to make that clear on the onboarding flow - it's a UX bug. Thanks very much for the feedback and love.
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Re:Show HN: I made an alternative to Google Alerts that list... by onli on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:22PM (#25163887)
Also on the site itself, because I did not realize that at all! Good to know!

I know that one of my sites is mentioned on one of the services that is not twitter, and not seeing it in the preview results gave me pause.

Nice site otherwise, best of luck!

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Re:Show HN: I made an alternative to Google Alerts that list... by fstopmick on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:27PM (#25163919)
Ok yeah that's a clear need - set expectations that results from other platforms take a few to show up. Thanks for the push to correct
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