I run RecurPost, a fast growing social media scheduler and hence I know a thing or two about this.
We had to go through their approval process to be able to schedule things on your behalf. Any platform that does not ask for your username and password is legit and has been approved by Meta or Twitter etc. Some platforms ask you to install a chrome plugin to connect your account, those are not legit.
You are right. The problem here is that it's hard to calculate a cost. That's why if we will chat / have a call and do some estimates we can see the total cost.
We built this in a day including the icon. My doctor recommended the 20-20-20 rule, which says those who work long hours in front of a bright screen should look at least 20 feet away every 20 minutes for 20 seconds.
Failures are inevitable. I am sure the team has learnt more from it than it would if it had worked. When you have failed once you don't leave any stone unturned and in the process improve on tens of more things.
I would love to know what HN has to say about the tool. It's totally free to try. There is no limit on how many polls you can create or where you can add them. We have tried on custom made sites as well as wordpress blogs and they work.
We had to go through their approval process to be able to schedule things on your behalf. Any platform that does not ask for your username and password is legit and has been approved by Meta or Twitter etc. Some platforms ask you to install a chrome plugin to connect your account, those are not legit.