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Here is some observations after I created an account & tried it (in a very limited way) ~ http://www.chatterous.com/landing/newsyc/ http://www.chatterous.com/la

Here is some observations after I created an account & tried it (in a very limited way) ~ http://www.chatterous.com/landing/newsyc/ http://www.chatterous.com/landing/newsyc/ - easily create account - has unique url's (important if you want to cut+paste, send to others) - email authorisation in reasonable time - basic customisation (as expected) though no memorable default icon (think twitter, flickr) - each post has unique url (good so I can refer to them in the future). - not sure of post size limit (twit is 140 characters) what is chatterous? - entry box needs a few visual feedback indicators (not important just yet) what will be clipped when sent to sms? - links in comments are not rendered as links but text (how are long urls handled? tinyurl like twitter is bad - I don't know the solution?) Only the creation side which always leads to the next bit convincing your friends that they need to get on board. From flickr to twitter, twitter to friendfeed this has been the bane of my life on any "social-service". I don't have any real suggestions [0] other than an observation on icons. Most of my twitter friends who I know from flickr use recognisable icons. So when I saw the icons on friendfeed I could sign them on immediately. [0] All companies are suffering because of this. No company wants to give away their users friends list. Though the first company that allows easy access to friends will be my customer for life. When is this problem going to be solved?

sharpshoot 19y ago
You are wrong to suggest that you have to convice your friend to get on this. Your friends don't even need to be on chatterous to stay connected to you. Chatterous is just social glue - they don't even bind you to the site.
- bootload 19y ago
  "... You are wrong to suggest that you have to convice your friend to get on this ... Your friends don't even need to be on chatterous to stay connected to you. ..." I missed that bit. How? "... Your friends don't need to sign up Your friends don't need to sign up to chat with you! They can reply right on their im, email or phone. ..." ~ http://www.chatterous.com/faq/ http://www.chatterous.com/faq/ Ah so users to contact a group "foo" would google mail, email "foo@chatterous.com", or "text CHTR foo <msg> to 41411" then? How do they get the message? Do they still have to sign up to see it?
  - wwhchung 19y ago
    Nope. They will get an e-mail or SMS or gtalk message, and they would reply simply by replying to that e-mail/SMS/gtalk bot. Your friends don't have to sign up. But as the group creator, you need to add your friends' contact information to add them to the group.
    - bootload 19y ago
      "... Nope. They will get an e-mail or SMS or gtalk message, and they would reply simply by replying to that e-mail/SMS/gtalk bot. Your friends don't have to sign up. ..." Ok, that solves the signup problem. So you still need to get the contact details. Not as hard as getting friends to sign up. What is the advantage of non group creators (non-admins) signing up then?
      - wwhchung 19y ago
        You get the ability to direct your messages to what you prefer. Say a friend added your e-mail to the group. By signing up, you can route the messages to your gtalk or sms or web instead.

sharpshoot 19y ago

You are wrong to suggest that you have to convice your friend to get on this. Your friends don't even need to be on chatterous to stay connected to you. Chatterous is just social glue - they don't even bind you to the site.

bootload 19y ago
"... You are wrong to suggest that you have to convice your friend to get on this ... Your friends don't even need to be on chatterous to stay connected to you. ..." I missed that bit. How? "... Your friends don't need to sign up Your friends don't need to sign up to chat with you! They can reply right on their im, email or phone. ..." ~ http://www.chatterous.com/faq/ http://www.chatterous.com/faq/ Ah so users to contact a group "foo" would google mail, email "foo@chatterous.com", or "text CHTR foo <msg> to 41411" then? How do they get the message? Do they still have to sign up to see it?
- wwhchung 19y ago
  Nope. They will get an e-mail or SMS or gtalk message, and they would reply simply by replying to that e-mail/SMS/gtalk bot. Your friends don't have to sign up. But as the group creator, you need to add your friends' contact information to add them to the group.
  - bootload 19y ago
    "... Nope. They will get an e-mail or SMS or gtalk message, and they would reply simply by replying to that e-mail/SMS/gtalk bot. Your friends don't have to sign up. ..." Ok, that solves the signup problem. So you still need to get the contact details. Not as hard as getting friends to sign up. What is the advantage of non group creators (non-admins) signing up then?
    - wwhchung 19y ago
      You get the ability to direct your messages to what you prefer. Say a friend added your e-mail to the group. By signing up, you can route the messages to your gtalk or sms or web instead.