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I'm the author of this blog post. And I don't think the invitation was the main issue here. I did have a ticket, and I wasn't visiting any friends there who could invite me. Also I haven't been asked about the invitation letter during the main interview, I haven't even been asked why I don't have it or anything like that...

I think the main issue was my not permanent employment, here, in the UK. I just don't like the way the officer was interviewing me.


https://github.com/wting/hackernews


Is that the official repo?


http://taggit.ains.co/


More info here http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/24/mondo/


simple and clear! what's next?


what field of CS interests you?


I'm mostly interested in Databases and Machine Learning. Thanks


In my opinion what Meerkat did wrong was not making relationship with Twitter. The reason why they got blocked are simple:

- v1 of Meerkat was posting on user's behalf without permission, auto-follow @Meerkat on sign-up, sending Twitter notifications without permission.

- user's social graph cannot be ported to the 3rd party apps

- recreating commenting network using Twitter's API

This is why I am not surprised Twitter blocked them. They say: "you don't shit, where you eat".


If Twitter already bought a competitor, why would they make a relationship with Meerkat?


Twitter bought Periscope after Meerkat got press, although it may not have been a cause-and-effect relationship. (M&As take time.)

EDIT: See joeblau's comment below.


I think Twitter bought Periscope (In January Sometime) before Meerkat launched (Early March), but Twitter didn't disclose the acquisition until after Meerkat launched (Mid March).

http://venturebeat.com/2015/03/09/twitter-reportedly-buys-st...


Sounds a lot like this blog post: www.twizoo.com/meerkat Also picked up by Business Insider: http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-meerkat-saga-shows-the-dan...

But yes, agreed. Don't shit where you eat.


Meerkat is doing just alright the $21M in their bank (despite being blocked).


I'm happy for them. Don't get me wrong, I love meerkat, it's a great app. Periscope looks like a one night hack for me. My point is that their entire app relies entirely on Twitter.


To me, Meerkat is the one that looks like a one night hack...


I thought this will be the main use of meerkat TBH


https://twitter.com/mikeisaac/status/580125816438140928


Are people still using windows?


http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share....

As do I. It serves as a fine basic computational substrate for the kind of stuff I do, mostly hassle free.


I hope they are going to cover London ASAP


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