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Drop — Subscribe to channels & get push notification updates
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@rrhoover Did you ever try Broadcast by the makers of App.net? It seems to be a really similar idea to this and other products that are popping up now. It was released late 2013, but didn't seem to gain a lot of traction.
@rrhoover You perfectly figured it out !
As for the subscribers feedback we are working on a stats module where creators will be able to track notifications link opening for example.
@rrhoover Sadly, they now spam Twitter with fake accounts hoping to have some "traction". Not pretty.
Pretty immature to frame what they've built as "Screw Yo," especially given it looks like it was three non-technical folks that outsourced development. Be positive and humble, please.
@joshm We don't outsource our development. It's 100% home made. Come visit us and we will commit & push together fixes on GitHub ;) (We are exactly 4 devs in our team: https://github.com/EthanSbbn/dro...)
@joshm That was my thought too. Fine to use another product as a reference "Yo for text alerts" but not "Screw Yo". Personal preference maybe.
@joshm I thought it was a catchy title, and playfully riffing on a product's ideology rather than the product itself (hence, "text matters" as the proceeding sentence). Also, absolutely nothing wrong with non-technical folks.
Interesting that Drop opens up the * notifications in safari, while Yo opens them up in the in-app browser.
@thomasmeagher Yes we don't want to retain the user in an app jail. Safari is great for browsing web and Drop is great at delivering notifications!
I love your zero state page when I haven't subscribed to any channel. However, I can't seem to find the discover button as soon as you subscribe to one channel and the only way I can add a channel is the + button. But the + button has no auto-complete. Bug or feature?
@nikunj Yes we are looking forward to make the discover button more present in the next app update. You can still access it with a tap on "No inspiration?" button when you try to add a new channel.
Nice implementation, though I prefer pushover.net (by @jcs) for this type of functionality, especially when you add the IFTTT channel.
Cool concept but I think the amount of push notifications I'd get would be annoying - even if I only subscribed to 1 news site, I'd get a ton of notifs.
@tzhongg This is not as noisy as twitter. Subscribe to +THEVERGE and you'd realize that the amount of notifications is really enjoyable.
Nicely done! I run ops for a news site, would love to setup trending alerts and see what it takes to be featured.
The founders have reached out to me a few weeks ago when they launched they are @CharloGanem and @ZeitounRaphael
I love this. So many channels I'd subscribe to. But until we have wireless charging, I'm weary of any app hitting me up so much.
@lovethecool No worry, iOS and Android handle very well notifications and don't hit too much on the battery.
I really dig it!
Two points of minor feedback: There is probably a better solution for how discovery should behave when you choose to follow something, (exiting itself kind of limits the discovery part)! And to prevent a global ocd-mayhem you should consider moving that plus-sign to the center of the button.
I'll try to invoke some traction among my peers. Wish you the best!
Thanks for the rocket fast feature @virtualgoodz !
Feel free to ask any question on Drop, contribute to make it better or simply report a bug !
@itsleesimpson Yeah, it's pretty solid. I remember this product from before, and forgot about it. Shot back up to the top.
Doesn't work for me - initialization error - can send a screenshot if that helps...
@djsenior13 Can you send me an email through the contact section in-app? It will help me to find you in the database. Thanks.
@ethansbbn How does one go about creating a channel to be considered in the Featured section?
Really love the simplicity of this @ethansbbn but i'd be keen to see a filter option to limit the notifications. Drops with the word X in Channel Y
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