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I've recently thought of creating a page full of my recommendations, so I can send it to my friends and to unsuspecting strangers. So, this came at a good time. However, I imagined something a little different for myself.

Firstly, I'd make the sections easier to navigate. Your current implementation requires scrolling until I find "software" or "movies", whereas I'd like my visitors to be able to find them quickly.

Another thing, is that I usually would like to add a short note next to each recommendation, explaining why I like it, or saying what I think of it. Just putting the names or links by themselves seems a little barren to me.

Lastly, you ask too many permissions imho.

These are just my thoughts, so take them as you will.

What you're describing sounds a lot like https://trove.to/

(disclaimer: I'm the author of this project)

For example, here's a "trove" on my favorite recommended everyday software: https://trove.to/wes/trove/software-that-actually-improves-m...

Curious to hear if this is what you had in mind!

I like this, especially the “let me see it first.” , this is often missing from a lot of new services. I could see me signing up to this. Is trove doing well?

Glad to hear it! The project is still very early (first released less than 3 weeks ago), so feedback and ideas are more than welcome.

Thanks for your comment! I really appreciate!

About the sections navigation, I'm thinking how to implement. About the short note, you have the option to add it (after choosing the category)

too many permissions? what do u mean? thanks!

I mean you ask to see my private twitter posts and such (there's like 5 permissions iirc), when all you really need is to verify my identity.

Hi, this is my list https://pegao.co/@zakokor

Hello everybody, I just launched my project reclist.me and I want some feedback It's called Reclist (recommendation list), and you can share your favorites Books, Podcasts, Newsletters, products, and more just by adding the links (Totally free )

Frequently Asked Questions - Do I need to download an app? No. It's totally web-based. You can use your favorite browser.

- How will people have access to my recommendation list? You will receive a unique username based on your Twitter account. For example: Twitter: twitter.com/BillGates Reclist: reclist.me/BillGates

- Can I include affiliate program links for free? Yes, totally free. Your recommendations could be profitable

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I would love to receive your comments and suggestions!

Have a great day! thanks! Armando

I like the idea. It's completely fine if your chosen target audience is Twitter users however if that wasn't your intention you may want to look into some way of using the application that doesn't involve a twitter account as not every-one has one or wants one :)

Thanks for your comment! I really appreciate!

My target right now is the Twitter audience.

Thanks!

Accessibility concerns on Reclist pages like https://reclist.me/armando_ok:

- links aren't links, but spans with onclick events

- Content isn't served statically, but filled via JS. Harder to show up on search results.

Thanks for your comment! I really appreciate!

Hi, great idea and work!

If I may ask, since there is no such thing as a free meal, who is paying for all this, and how?

Thanks for your comment! I really appreciate! For now, I pay :) If the project works, I will see how to monetize.

Thanks!!!

Let me reword this: "once all your data are belong to us, you will sell us off so far our heads will spin".

Unless you point blank state it, this is what a privacy oriented person reads.

Some of us long abandoned social media for our "peace of mind" so if you could avoid making them as "login gateaway" then that would be great. Maybe email is fine. Any way all the best :)

Thanks for your comment! I really appreciate!

A lot of twitter permissions, perhaps worth explaining why you need all this and/or reduce them?

This application will be able to:

See Tweets from your timeline (including protected Tweets) as well as your Lists and collections. See your Twitter profile information and account settings. See accounts you follow, mute, and block. See your email address.

Thanks for your comment! I really appreciate!

To be honest, I didn't check the permissions. I will work on that.

Thanks!!!

Same here, I don't use it because I find twitter to be a very hostile place. On top of that my old account I registered in 2012 keeps being locked up because I refused to share my phone number - and when I did eventually share it twitter immediately put profiles of my friends as recommended ones, which means that at one point it stole my phone number from my friends' contact list and is now using it without my consent.

Thanks for your comment! I really appreciate! What platform (except email) would you use?

thanks!

Thanks for your comment! I really appreciate!

What platform (except email) would you use?

thanks!

I don't use any third party sign in services. Email is the only option. Any third pary (Twitter, Google, Facebook, Github) etc can stop your account, making you lose access to anything you signed in via their account.

i'd consider using this if the app didn't require the multitude of permissions that it currently requires. Will this be changed soon? If not, why?

Thanks for your comment! I really appreciate!

To be honest, I didn't check the permissions. I will work on that.

Thanks!!!

The top search results all point to this post and a reddit post from about the same time with no replies.

So, protected tweets why?

Sounds interesting and I like the idea of publishing my recommendations. What's the added value vs a page on my blog though?

Thanks for your comment! I really appreciate!

- The organisation of links into categories - Short and friendly URL (with your username) - Discover recommendations from other users (working on it) and share yours - The people who come to see your recommendations know what they will see (not always in a blog)

Thanks!!!

Is there a way to use this without linking it to your twitter account? Does it really need those permissions anyway?

Thanks for your comment! I really appreciate!

I'm using the Read Only permissions (the most basic). There is no lower permissions level than that.

thanks!

I am all in for anything that makes people read, but I am not sure how useful it is for people who want nothing to do with Twitter, which from the link is not clear if you can use this tool without a twitter account.

Best of luck

Thanks for your comment! I really appreciate! For the moment, only Twitter. Probably next version I will add more options.

Thanks!!!

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