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Cool idea. I spent a few minutes waiting for a match but no luck, so I’ll try again later. If this link was shared to say, Reddit or 4chan, would it be fair to
by jorgesborges 5y ago
Cool idea. I spent a few minutes waiting for a match but no luck, so I’ll try again later. If this link was shared to say, Reddit or 4chan, would it be fair to say we wouldn’t pair with random HN users?
- amadeuspagel 5y agoOf course I have no way to know who really is an HN user. But why would anyone who isn't use an app that's marketed as voicechat with random HN users? In the long term, I want to make it possible for everyone to have their own coffeehouse ... voicechat with random people from your favorite subreddit, readers of your favorite blog, etc..
- tmp_anon_22 5y agoWhy would a user ever use a product in a way we didn't intend?
- amadeuspagel 5y agoI'm not sure what exactly your concern is. Someone just trolling? The nice thing about this concept is that no one can waste more time then they're willing to spend themselves. But if people just want to talk to HN users, even though they don't use it themselves, I think that's fine?
- tmp_anon_22 5y agoMy answer is tongue-and-cheek. Users will frequently find innovative ways to use open products in unintended ways if there is a value proposition - even if the only value proposition is to troll a random stranger on the internet. Maybe they work out the matching algorithm to consistently connect with exactly who they want to connect with. Maybe they can get IP addresses or PII or social engineering returns from meeting people. All that said, that doesn't mean this project isn't valid, fun, cool, innovative, or has potential. Its an impossible expectation to want every side project to have perfect security, authentication, and user-verification/moderation. I just want to make the point that there's a very high likelihood people will do weird shit with it.
- hardwaresofton 5y agoSure there is! https://loginwithhn.com https://loginwithhn.com
- tomjakubowski 5y agoIt might be fun to use the referer (sic) to match users coming from the same site.
- amadeuspagel 5y agoI thought about that, but many people use HN via RSS, via other sites that scrap it, etc.. And of course people might want to use it from the address bar.