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Show HN: Chat with people around you
- rgovostes 8y agoPerfect for the dinner table.
- FabHK 8y agoWechat has that feature (but none of the other standard chat apps I’m aware of).
- yorwba 8y agoAnd it seems to be used mostly for hook-ups. Most people probably can't think of any other reason to look for strangers nearby.
- scotty79 8y agoThere should be an option to change how far 'here' is.
- d0ee670a 8y agoAgreed. I'm in Maine - not many of us 'here' to begin with :)
- kumartanmay 8y agoThe network effect needs to come into play and yes, one should get the opportunity to expand the geographical boundaries.
- amelius 8y agoHow about: "here" means smallest radius such that there are 10 users.
- vasanthv 8y ago"Here" is 1 kilometer. If we allow to change the distance the purpose of the app itself will be change. The purpose is to be always in location context, if the user enter a distance of 1000KM then it becomes more like twitter.
- d--b 8y agoNice design. I'm the only one there though ;_;.
- neom 8y agoAll the nerds in Brooklyn are still asleep I guess. :'(
- msl09 8y agoit would have been nice if the text box would have remained focused after the message is sent
- vasanthv 8y agoNice suggestion.
- shubb 8y agoNSFW - embedded images are references to other websites. My local chat was mostly shock images. Not great if your internet is not your own.
- 7373737373 8y agoThe same thing with directional voice would be cool.
- vasanthv 8y agoI didn't get the point. Can you please explain little more detailed?
- hackeraccount 8y agoAn audio version of this app - maybe with push to talk. It's essentially be a walkie-talkie. Though without the bluetooth range limitation that typically comes with that flavor of app.
- 7373737373 8y agoYeah, with the schizophrenic twist that you can listen in and talk to voices from very far away, from the direction they come from.
- slx26 8y agooh, I like it! specially that poetic moment when you find out that you are all alone. waiting for someone is nice. no, seriously, I think the idea is great. in general, I like the idea of using internet to bring closer people who are already geographically close, so they actually have a decent chance to share something outside the screen. a chat might be the most dangerous way to do this, but anyway, still cool. a "simple" idea to dynamically adjust areas, if you aren't doing it already, at least for lonely people, is setting a timer and progressively expand/reduce the "here" area, up to a more generous limit? (basically, automatic population density control, in an evil way)
- vasanthv 8y agoThanks for the suggestion. Will add to the todo.
- vmednis 8y agoIf I understand correctly the "people around you" is decided purely by distance. In that case is there anything done to avoid seemingly nonsensical conversations for a random observer? With this I mean if two people are in distance close enough to chat and the third one (the "observer") is only in range to one of them would the observer only see half of the conversation.
- phalangion 8y agoInteresting. The hidden node problem for people.
- vasanthv 8y agoI thought of this issue. No plans to address this now. Geofence could be a good solution though.
- wtmt 8y agoGot this error with Firefox 61 (latest release) when I tried it, but it seems as if it can continue. No one else around though. > Messaging: This browser doesn't support the API's required to use the firebase SDK. (messaging/unsupported-browser).
- tommymachine 8y agosame on Safari Version 12.0 (14606.1.36.1.9)
- vasanthv 8y agoHi all, I am the maker of the this product. Covered some use cases here https://medium.com/@vasanthv/introducing-oy-2664a5c95d75 https://medium.com/@vasanthv/introducing-oy-2664a5c95d75
- augustocallejas 8y agoLast time a "Show HN" was posted with a similar nearby chat app, I was in Disney World and there was not much engagement ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16976287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16976287). I'm in Disneyland now, and I've tried it out now, but not much engagement. I will check it throughout the day, but I mirror the suggestions made, either increase the 1 km radius (the park here is longer than 1 km) or include the closest 10 users.
- vasanthv 8y agoThis is the rebranded and improved version of Ping.gy. https://medium.com/@vasanthv/introducing-oy-2664a5c95d75 https://medium.com/@vasanthv/introducing-oy-2664a5c95d75 reply "either increase the 1 km radius" - I understand the problem you are facing, will try to address them.
- tommymachine 8y agonot working on safari?