bbissoon

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A programmer from Houston, TX. If you have any cool projects in the area or want to join up for a programming and brainstorm session, send an invite! - bbissoon(at)gmail(dot)com
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Comment · 11 years ago
Did you pay this fee online or at an establishment?

Could you pay down this fee or was it all due at one time?

Comment · 11 years ago
This is a question for experiences paying the fine, not so much for advice.

I've added to the question to make it clear.

Comment · 11 years ago
Comment · 11 years ago
All-in-all, great job and kudos for getting it done! It looks good, functions as it should with the flexibility to fit in any given product.

I like these projects because it helps break the often-overlooked centralization of civil conversation. However, it requires knowledge most of your target audience wouldn't have i.e. Database, Handling Spam, moderating etc.

As much as centralizing conversations get under my skin, the strength in these products is the ease-of-implementation.

You plan on rolling this out into a full product or is this more a project for the OS community to snowball?

Comment · 11 years ago
Bingo. There has to be some correlation among the products else you run into competition on all fronts. On top of this - the competition you will run into are often solely focused on that product.
Comment · 11 years ago
In the age of equal access, how does one discern meaningful connections on a free platform?

Imagine if every time someone wrote a comment on Facebook, Instagram they had to answer a simple math question before it's posted. A lot less online bullying will happen and the poster's mind will be sharpened.

With the lack of linked content in HN profiles, you're 100% sure the person who visits any given link you have via the Right Click or Copy/Paste is a meaningful connection that has gone out of their way.

My suggestion - Build a Chrome plugin to scrape the page to discover content that passes a link litmus and programatically link it on the fly.

Comment · 11 years ago
Thanks Bahamut - Did you bring ideas to the decision makers based on a need you saw at the nonprofit or did they approach you with something to look into?
Comment · 11 years ago
This has been our general findings as well and we've been doing some research on the best way to market. Clearly banking on the technological advantages will be ineffective.

I'll hit you via email because your response brought to mind other things we're curious about. Thanks for taking the time to answer dsacco

Comment · 11 years ago
Hi LarryMade2, I'm talking about charities, nonprofits organizations that survive on grants and donations.

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