Like you don't want to see the Red Sox, maybe the yankees pay to replace all things red socks.
I don't get it. No offense, but if this gets funding, then the Silicon Valley echo chamber has officially spread east and legitimate tech companies are doomed.
There are too many of these fly-by-night half-baked apps out there that people think they can become a millionaire from.
I can't wait until all this hype ends so people working on REAL problems can get back to doing REAL work.
Sorry, but what I do is far more meaningful than a COMPANY that creates an APP that replaces one picture with another. That is a feature, not a company. I'm sorry if honesty hurts your feelings, but this is not a world-changing application and it's hard to believe someone formed a company around it.
I'm hoping they "pivot" into something else with real meaning.
I first parsed "Why rather kicks ass" as "Why rather kick ass" and thought "yeah, why not go kick some ass (?) instead of sitting behind my computer like I've been doing all day".
Then I realized you meant "Why our product (which is named "rather") kicks ass".
http://businessofsoftware.org/2010/05/kathy-sierra-at-busine...
I can't figure out how to add my own keywords. All I can do is choose from the predefined lists like "popular" etc.
The scroll bar is very faint, almost to the point where I didn't realize I could scroll and thought the UI had broken when the "replace content" box was pushed off screen by kill list selections.
On Facebook, when you replace content I see the rather logo and an "undo" button. I'd like to see a "why?" link or text description explaining what kill list was matched for that particular content to be replaced. I had a friends post, seemingly about nothing, replaced and I couldn't figure out why.
2. We're rolling out that feature soon.
That said, the technology behind this looks like it could have a lot of practical uses. I especially like the example with TV show spoilers.
I typically watch the early games on Redzone live and then all the late games on Monday (as 30 Minute cuts) and the SNF+MNF game on Tuesday (+Thursday game on Friday)..basically I avoid FB on Mondays (and sometimes Tuesdays)
Unfortunately, its filters make a really obvious mistake, which is to include very normal queries; I mean, c'mon, I hate baseball and everything, but does it seriously make sense to filter tweets with the words "yankees, tigers, indians(!), pirates, and giants"?
I'd really love a way to save and export filters, so I could use them in, say Tweetbot. Maybe you could set up a platform that allows user-created filters.
One quick thought though: A fun side-project does not a company make.
Good luck, and let us know how we can help. But I'd start thinking real hard about how to make money (companies that want to block porn, but not all of tumblr (or reddit))
"Don't get SPOILED. Use ziplock bags for freshness".
He didn't leave because he could no longer live with himself for working for those bottom-feeders, he did so because he saw a profit opportunity elsewhere.
http://www.motherjones.com/media/2013/05/meet-17-year-old-sa...
Again, it's not a downplay of the OP's achievement, but a remark on how such a seemingly simple service is in high demand, such that a total underdog could win a hackathon with it. With some more work and thought to its features, this could be a real product for highly-social-networked people, and obviously not the kind of thing that the social networks will themselves create.
EDIT: Not much, it seems! http://getrather.com/privacy-policy.php
Are you sure "some chick" on twitter actually said that?
I was also a little confused about why the LinkedIn URLs don't point to the public page but rather the URL used by those already logged into LinkedIn. I'm thinking this was probably just overlooked. I happened to be logged out, clicked on one of the icons, was required to log in, and because I use the 2-step authentication I wanted to just get back to browsing HN because all I had was just a low level of curiosity about the people behind the product.
Example: The icon for Peter Marquis links to http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=32333289 while it could have been linking to http://www.linkedin.com/pub/pete-marquis/a/9b3/489 (or better yet the /in/ URL which would give all users the information, whether they're logged in or not.)
Bookmarked the site. I'll check it out soon enough. Good luck!
"Replace anything you want in your social feeds with things you'd rather see, like cats."
Rarely do you see something like that which is so easy to understand.
One thing I would do (in addition to [1] below) is to have other words quickly replace "cats" perhaps by striking the word "cats" and overwriting with the new word. People get the joke with cats but it's probably not a bad idea to intersperse some serious stuff (right their in the tag line) as well.
[1] The word "rather" as others have mentioned needs to be distinct in typography so people understand it's the branding. Bold, different typeface, different weight, a graphic etc.
https://github.com/cballou/Pinterest-Keyword-Removal-Tool
It searches for cards containing specific keywords and removes/hides the entirety of the card from the DOM so you don't have to look at it. It worked seamlessly with their infinite scrolling from my initial testing.
Other than that, cool concept. I'll install.
- more suggestions! let me just click to make the list longer or look for suggestions related to other things I've picked
- suggest replacement content too (e.g. themed image rss feeds that you know will generate good replacement content)
- allow me to right click on a word or piece of content or something and add it to my 'replace' list
