Ask HN: using tweets from happy users on website?

Posted by lemming on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @04:24PM
from the ask-hn dept.

So I'm working on a product and I'm getting lots of enthusiastic tweets. I've seen products embedding tweets as advertising on their websites, what's the etiquette around this? You can't really ask for permission, and tweets are all public anyway - is it kosher to just grab them and use them?

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Re:Ask HN: using tweets from happy users on website? by sueogrady on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @04:44PM (#6850486)

You can hook up your twitter to your website and then have the Tweets rolling if you've retweeted them. That's an organic way of doing it.

I did it here at www.Twiddle.ie.

Just reposting Tweets would probably require permission out of courtesy, but the organic way has a better impression on site visitors.

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Re:Ask HN: using tweets from happy users on website? by privong on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @05:01PM (#6850626)

> the organic way has a better impression on site visitors.

The danger of that is when someone hijacks your hashtag or name and starts complaining.

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Re:Ask HN: using tweets from happy users on website? by tehwebguy on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @06:39PM (#6851404)

They covered that here:

> if you've retweeted them

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Re:Ask HN: using tweets from happy users on website? by privong on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @06:51PM (#6851495)

Oops, missed that. Thanks.

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Re:Ask HN: using tweets from happy users on website? by gsempe on Thursday December 05, 2013 @05:41PM (#6857926)

The same thing can be done by favorite them and display your favorite tweets on your website. This way you do not screw your Twitter stream

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Re:Ask HN: using tweets from happy users on website? by lemming on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @07:17PM (#6851643)

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into that!

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Re:Ask HN: using tweets from happy users on website? by tehwebguy on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @06:40PM (#6851412)

Here is Twitter's policy and practices page for embedding tweets in a way that is allowed and looks good:

https://dev.twitter.com/docs/embedded-tweets

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Re:Ask HN: using tweets from happy users on website? by lemming on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @07:16PM (#6851641)

Thanks - although reading that page it looks more like the technical aspects than the etiquette.

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Re:Ask HN: using tweets from happy users on website? by gesman on Wednesday December 04, 2013 @07:12PM (#6851620)

I'd just make graphic snapshots of tweets and insert them as pictures.

This way you won't depend on outside technology that could enable/disable information flow at their will.

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