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Re:The sound ID of telemarketers on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @11:55PM (#12356899)
Might be related to AMD (Answering machine detection)?

https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223132567-Can-T...

Re:Telephony, SMS, and MMS APIs on Thursday June 23, 2016 @10:36PM (#11965863)
If anyone is looking for an SMS REST API using a shared short code, check out: https://api.mobiniti.com/v1/docs
Re:Show HN: News site solely based on what people share on Friday June 06, 2014 @05:45PM (#7860437)
I found it difficult to scour the web to find the most shared links when building trendn.com. You will find that the top news sites get the most shares, and the little guys never get to the top (unless your scoring takes that into account).
Re:Ask HN: Can anyone recommend a reliable PSD to HTML service? on Thursday January 10, 2013 @01:01AM (#5035723)
I've used psd2html.com in the past w/o issue.
I would be interested. Contact me.
Nice work! Thanks for posting.. I will add this to my Trendn App.
I like the concept. Are you using social engagement (bitly shares, retweets, etc.) to rank the links?
Re:Ask HN: Favorite hacker movie on Sunday April 17, 2011 @03:15AM (#2455738)
Antitrust & Startup.com
Re:Ask HN: What are your side projects? on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @04:13PM (#2443967)
Thanks! Still a work in progress but the scoring is based on social sharing data as well as how long ago it was determined to be trending. Social sharing data includes facebook (likes, comments, shares), tweets including the URL, diggs, votes on reddit, delicious bookmarks, HN (points, comments), and a few other metrics.
Re:Ask HN: What are your side projects? on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @12:27PM (#2442970)
Very cool - I'm working on a similar project showing current trending content: http://trendn.com

Show HN: Ranking content by social engagement

Discovering content that others have found to be engaging (real-time) is difficult. I typically bounce from site to site browsing the "front page" hoping to see the most recent, top stories. I recently set out to create a single destination that sources content from websites, social networks, etc. and ranks it based on social engagement data. If you connect via Facebook, you can see what links...

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A great story (thanks for sharing) and product. I look forward using it to tout my startup.

Show HN: Ranking content by social engagement

Discovering content that others have found to be engaging (real-time) is difficult. I typically bounce from site to site browsing the "front page" hoping to see the most recent, top stories. I recently set out to create a single destination that sources content from hundreds of websites and ranks it based on social engagement data. I am hoping to add many more content and engagement...

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Re:Codified startup advice on Monday March 21, 2011 @01:28AM (#2348607)
This is great, thank you! I am currently on the "Talk to users" step. Should I be excited to be halfway there?
I need some help with database design and a few queries. Any part-time freelancer welcome. E-mail is in my profile.