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Show HN: Twitter2Email – Find an email with only a Twitter handle

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20 pointsjamasenr16 comments

I'm actually happy it failed to find my email. :) Though if you manage to follow my suggestion at the end of this post, you'll succeed in finding it.

>The reason why it asks for an email to start is so we can know uses the tool. It's nice to know people rather than decipher the black hole that is google analytics.

That's fine. Instead you get to dig through @mailinator addresses. ;)

>The tool works by first checking if the user had tweeted their email in some form, thats the easiest way to find their email. If they didn't then it will check to see if they posted it on their personal website

You can expand on this. Check if their Twitter has sent a Keybase.io verification. Then check their Keybase profile to see if they've verified other accounts (eg; Reddit, HN) and then check their Reddit/HN profiles to see if they've posted their email address on Reddit/HN. This lets you expand the reach of your search.

I'm 100% sure I've posted my email on HN (it is in my bio). I'm 50% sure I've posted it on Reddit. I'm 100% sure I haven't Tweeted about it. I'm verified on Reddit/HN/Twitter.

Wow thanks for the tips Nadya! We will add these in before the next update. You may want to add your real address though, as we'll email you when we make Twitter2Email better and/or faster. OR you can just bookmark it and check back everyday ;)

>You may want to add your real address though, as we'll email you when we make Twitter2Email better and/or faster.

I'll be flat honest with you and say I don't care. If I care about an update for anything, you bet I'll be subscribed to their blog's RSS feed (if it even exists) or I'll check in from time to time. I absolutely do not want or need an email cluttering my inbox.

I can also guarantee I can find an email faster if given a username and clever use of Google searches.

For example, searching Google for: "jamasenr + email"

Gives me your first name, last name, and email address as my second result. Time taken? Far less time than the octopus waiting. ;)

There is use in the site for a niche group of people who aren't particularly good with digging up information on people. I was only offering some advice on one way to improve it.

Keybase.io isn't exactly large outside of HN so doesn't particularly add much value. It adds some value but probably not for most people.

Take care.

UX observation: since this tool matches emails to twitter handles, and you ask for an email and a Twitter handle, it wasn't super clear that you were asking for our email and someone else's twitter handle.

Noted! I will make this more obvious before our next update. ^_^

I'm posting this tool that my friend (@sinanuozdemir) and I hacked together yesterday! It's a tool to find someone's email based on their twitter handle. We made this tool to help you find someone to contact when all you really know is their twitter handle. I've had times on twitter when I'm in a DM with someone and I'd really like to email them, so I would spend 15 minutes trying to find their email online. Hence why Sinan and I built this tool to save time scouring the internet for an email. It's not perfect so any feedback is much appreciated.

The reason why it asks for an email to start is so we can know uses the tool. It's nice to know people rather than decipher the black hole that is google analytics.

The tool works by first checking if the user had tweeted their email in some form, thats the easiest way to find their email. If they didn't then it will check to see if they posted it on their personal website. Still couldn't find it? It will then check where they work and check their work address. The confidence in the email is based on where the email was found.

Cheers, Jamasen

really nice tool, having to enter an email address really kind of confuses things. I think maybe that should be indicated on the form.

Any data on the hit rate and falso positives?

nice way to collect our emails ;)

BTW I tried to find my own email and it couldn't...

That means you're hidden away from the internet! Just kidding, feel free to try my handle if you want to see something pop up :-) @jamasenr

Why do you even need our emails? Marketing later?

Bookmarked, excellent tool. Thank you!

Glad you like it!

looks like the site is down now? Running a lookup gives a 500 error.

awesome tool!

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