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So. You created an application to blog and to be able to post that on twitter.

I don't get why this is #3 on HN right now.

You're judging to quickly. Take a step back and reconsider. The point is in the use-case, not the mechanics. He is allowing people to blog ad-hoc, using twitter as the glue to otherwise loose content containers. By doing this, he is extending the light(er) state-of-mind of twitting into blogging (which is otherwise a 'heavier' commitment). It's clever.

HN likes people who ship.

Any weekend project is "shipping" (in that sense) now? Good grief.

Not hating on OP or his site, just sayin'.

Of course it's "shipping." Why wouldn't it be?

The application automatically tweets your blog post to the world, thus giving you more exposure. I don't see why you should put down his work when it actually does what it's supposed to.

what does it bring more to : post a blog on the platform you like (tumblr, blogger, your own code...) and then twit the link?

The "feature" I was shooting for is zero-signup. It authenticates you via Twitter and that's it.

Interesting. That's worth mentioning on your landing page. I overlooked that.

It's a bad idea.

I use to have this on my website with facebook instead of asking someone to create an account and link it with facebook.

If facebook bans your website => you can't access your account anymore

If facebook crash => you can't access you account anymore

If your facebook account is compromised => you can't access your account anymore

If facebook is blocked on the intranet => you can't ...

there are tons of reason people don't do zero-signup with twitter or facebook.

So true. I don't get it either.

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