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Comment by lancefisher | Hacker News Reader

This is kind of like Microsoft's BizSpark, but instead of MS software you get services from other cool startups. This is a great idea. I just signed up so we'll see.

Asking for write privileges to my twitter account gave me pause though. Just let me tweet on my own.

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Actually this is needed so that the applicant can be made a @startuppack follower programatically, to be able to send a DM when (if) you're selected

That seems fairly disturbing; couldn't you just say "you must follow @startuppack to be eligible"? Then you wouldn't need ongoing write permission to the user's Twitter account.

Disturbing is an exaggeration, but it would certainly be just as easy to get read only rights (just to confirm it's you) and also check to see if they're following.

Dude, don't lower the standards.

I have rejected a large number of apps because they want write access to my twitter account for no discernible reason.

The reason posted above makes sense but it would never have occurred to me so I would have rejected this out of hand.

Companies should say why they need write access with clear reasoning if they want me to use them.

This doesn't seem much different than the Rewardlii Hackers & Founders group.

http://hackersandfounders.rewardli.com/offers

If you're a startup with a SaaS product offering, you can submit a perk proposal as well:

http://www.rewardli.com/merchant_proposals/new?group_id=194

I think they ask this for the "Show the love" tweet. But I agree that if I opt out of it they shouldn't ask for this permission.

yes, it's like BizSpark and Startup America. Regardless good for early stage startups

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