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from the App store: > WUT SENDS A MESSAGE TO ALL FRIEND WHO HAVE WUT. > Requires Facebook right now, sorry.

from the App store: > WUT SENDS A MESSAGE TO ALL FRIEND WHO HAVE WUT. > ** Requires Facebook right now, sorry. **

socmoth 13y ago
Paul here. Happy to answer any questions you may have. facebook login is annoying but did get us out the door. poor grammar is intentional. We used to have the words "WUT" repeated 200x in the app store copy, but Apple politely told us that wasn't good enough. We had more than a couple people tell us it was great though.
- ethanhunt_ 13y ago
  Are you both the creator of WUT and the author of the original piece? EDIT: posting too fast, so I'll just edit this post. I think you should edit your blog post with a disclaimer that you're a creator of WUT. It's not that I don't like reading about the products created by HN members (I like it a lot), but I (and I assume others) do want to know when the author has a vested interest in what he's writing about. The piece is interesting, thank you for writing and posting.
  - socmoth 13y ago
    Naveen is the cofounder of 4sq. I'm Paul. One of the creators of WUT.
- lobotryas 13y ago
  >facebook login is annoying but did get us out the door Do you plan to allow for a truly anonymous registration option that doesn't require anything beyond an email address (no facebook, no scanning my contacts, no phone number)? If so, when should I look for it because that's the feature that would make me try out WUT.
ryandrake 13y ago
Not sure how you can call these apps anonymous or "semi-anonymous". I tried Secret a month or so ago, and the first thing it asked me for was my phone number. So, this one requires Facebook? Maybe I'm misunderstanding the meaning of "anonymous".
- ethanhunt_ 13y ago
  Agree on Facebook, but how would you get around the phone number for Secret? I don't have the app, but as I understand it, it uses your contacts list to find out who to send messages to (i.e., the phone number is the username that it uses to know to send your friends' posts to you).
- socmoth 13y ago
  You probably don't (but you knew that). But that is why we explicitly call it semi anonymous not anonymous. (with no quotes) It isn't a contract just a word choice that guides people to the expectation of how the app works.

from the App store: > WUT SENDS A MESSAGE TO ALL FRIEND WHO HAVE WUT. > ** Requires Facebook right now, sorry. **

Paul here. Happy to answer any questions you may have. facebook login is annoying but did get us out the door. poor grammar is intentional. We used to have the words "WUT" repeated 200x in the app store copy, but Apple politely told us that wasn't good enough. We had more than a couple people tell us it was great though.

ethanhunt_ 13y ago
Are you both the creator of WUT and the author of the original piece? EDIT: posting too fast, so I'll just edit this post. I think you should edit your blog post with a disclaimer that you're a creator of WUT. It's not that I don't like reading about the products created by HN members (I like it a lot), but I (and I assume others) do want to know when the author has a vested interest in what he's writing about. The piece is interesting, thank you for writing and posting.
- socmoth 13y ago
  Naveen is the cofounder of 4sq. I'm Paul. One of the creators of WUT.
lobotryas 13y ago
>facebook login is annoying but did get us out the door Do you plan to allow for a truly anonymous registration option that doesn't require anything beyond an email address (no facebook, no scanning my contacts, no phone number)? If so, when should I look for it because that's the feature that would make me try out WUT.

ryandrake 13y ago

Not sure how you can call these apps anonymous or "semi-anonymous". I tried Secret a month or so ago, and the first thing it asked me for was my phone number. So, this one requires Facebook? Maybe I'm misunderstanding the meaning of "anonymous".

ethanhunt_ 13y ago
Agree on Facebook, but how would you get around the phone number for Secret? I don't have the app, but as I understand it, it uses your contacts list to find out who to send messages to (i.e., the phone number is the username that it uses to know to send your friends' posts to you).
socmoth 13y ago
You probably don't (but you knew that). But that is why we explicitly call it semi anonymous not anonymous. (with no quotes) It isn't a contract just a word choice that guides people to the expectation of how the app works.