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Thanks! And yeah, the image upload lack of feedback definitely needs fixing.

Thanks for the heads up - I don't know how I missed that flaw. It's on the list to fix. [Edit: Just fixed it]

Thanks! Really appreciate the feedback too - annoyingly I don't think it's possible to override the ::selection colour for inputs. I'll keep looking for a solution (that, ideally, doesn't involve changing the blue input field). I've added your notes to my to-do list :)

Thanks for the heads up - absolutely no idea why that would be flagged, but I'll track down what's happening.

Sounds good - I'll get that fixed in the next day or so.

Thanks for the heads up guys, sounds like a bug that I need to track down.

Do it!

Ah - just noticed Firefox doesn't display it in black and white. If you check it out in Chrome/Safari you should see it in black and white (out of interest, which version do you prefer?)

Awesome, thanks for the feedback - it's all really useful (and it's all hitting the to-do list)

Just so you know, it adds a black and white filter to any image you pick (if that helps - which it may...not).

Aha, not right now - but if there's enough demand I could potentially look to add that option in. Awesome cover photo, by the way.

Aha, thanks for the kind words. I haven't got plans to allow custom domains just yet - but if there's enough demand (which it sounds like there might be), then I won't rule it out.

Ahaha, no - the example is Brighton for everyone. I used to live there (although I'm temporarily living in Liverpool at the moment while my girlfriend works on a masters).

The short answer is it doesn't make money right now, but there are possible alternatives for the future like adding a job board. Hosting is so insanely cheap that the cost of running Hoverboard is incredibly small. And thanks for the UI comment!

Hi guys - I'd genuinely love to hear your feedback about Hoverboard. If you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them either here or (if you prefer) you can email me at dave@hoverboard.io.

You should know, it looks like that error page actually serves a 200 status code (which means you run the risk of Google crawling and indexing your error pages).

Try it out - it analyses each tweet to work out what it's about, so instead of being alerted to everything you can (for example) only get alerts for support issues, or user questions, or if an investor tweets about you - amongst other things.

You're right, we're improving the sentiment filter constantly but it's not quite perfect yet. I have some updates to push live that should improve that detection a bit further.

Awesome, glad you're finding it useful and thanks for the kind words. I'm also planning on storing and showing more tweet history in an upcoming update, so hopefully that'll be useful too.

Hi Dave, yep - absolutely fine to use the free account. Let me know if you guys run into any issues or have any feedback.

Nice one! Give me a shout if you run into any issues or need a hand with getting set up: dave@recon.io

Hi guys, thanks for the feedback and for sharing your experiences - really appreciate it. I've got a few plans for how to make Recon more useful for larger brands and it'll be interesting to see what the uptake is like (and the size of brands that start using the app). I like the market intelligence idea, definitely something I'll be thinking about. Thanks again.

Hi, thanks for the feedback (and don't worry about being that guy - it's important to have critical feedback too).

I agree that there's a specific size of brand that would find Recon useful - huge brands will have a big social media team working (almost) around the clock, and small companies might not get many mentions, but I do strongly think there's a huge number of companies that fit right in the middle that Recon is perfect for. Have a look at how 37signals have been thinking about this problem, for example: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3317-behind-the-scenes-twitte...

That 37signals post also highlights a problem with companies of that size that Recon solves - there's so much noise. You could manually search for your brand name throughout the day, or set up an alert that sends you everything that mentions you - but you'd waste so much of your time just sifting through information.

Thanks again for the feedback though - I do appreciate hearing it.

Hi, thanks very much - if you shoot me an email at dave@recon.io, we can have a chat about an agency option.

Thank you!

Hi - thanks very much! A campaign is one keyword being tracked and analysed (although it also does other things, like check for journalists tweeting about their industry, and not necessarily their main keyword).

Working out how to charge was actually a pretty interesting issue - I did originally think about splitting it down by number of mentions, but I couldn't find an elegant way to do it. The problem is, most people won't know how many times their brand is mentioned in a month, which could make it awkward as a customer. I quite like the simplicity of the campaigns method - it'll be interesting to see what the customer feedback is like.

Thanks for the headsup - fixed :)

Hi Charlie, thanks for the kind words - and funny you should mention patio11, I met him last month - great guy! And yep, learnt a ton from his blog posts, newsletter and podcast - still loads of things I want to add in.

Good luck with LivelyStocks, if you need a beta tester - give me a shout: dave@recon.io.

Hi Dan, the campaigns will stop running for older campaigns, but if you give me a shout at dave@recon.io I'll set you up with a free month of Pro.

Thanks for the headsup - first I've heard about it. I'll have to look into getting it unblocked (I guess it's because of the domain name?)