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Show HN: Your private Reddit, best topic messenger

44 points by jimiwen 12y ago

WandH 12y ago
So how does it work exactly ?
- jimiwen 12y ago
  Hi WandH, I am jimi one of the co-founders of the Trigger team. Trigger is a messenger that allows you to base your conversations on topic. It's a more powerful for organisation and elegant way of doing IM. Better conversations start from the trigger topics to friends to keeping up every single conversation.
  - Fastidious 12y ago
    Yes, but how does it works? I think what we are asking is for technical details (technology, servers, security, privacy)
    - davidlee1226 12y ago
      Basically we're using Node.js&Mongodb as server and use socket.io for the realtime data transmission. Also we got a really complete RestfulAPI behind, we're looking forward to release it and make more possibilities of the future communication.
vitalus 12y ago
Typo in your title!
- jimiwen 12y ago
  upadted, cheers for pointing it out!
  - devty 12y ago
    typo here too! :p
    - jimiwen 12y ago
      :)
zild3d 12y ago
small grammar suggestion for your tagline - "a topic-based messenger that organizes all of your conversations." Also it wasn't clear to me what "my private reddit" meant at first. Aside from that I think the suggested conversations from trending topics is a great feature.
- jimiwen 12y ago
  Yes we are testing out your suggestion of descriptive line "a topic-based messenger that organizes all of your conversations." vs more catchy Reddit derivative. please find more detail: thetrigger.io
  - jimiwen 12y ago
    www.thetrigger.io
notatoad 12y ago
does this actually have any relation to reddit, or is that just a comparison? Your description doesn't really make it clear, it seems like it might not be but you really mention reddit a lot. if it isn't linked to reddit, then i don't really understand your tagline. what is a "private reddit"?
- jimiwen 12y ago
  Trigger uses Reddit-like structure but in for your private discussions. So it provide more organisation to your conversations, or currently messaging apps. Things are easier to find, you can have much better flow with all the conversations.
  - steven2012 12y ago
    The comparison to reddit is terrible and confusing. I would remove this ASAP, because all this really is is a What'sapp group conversation, with the twist that you can group things by topic.
scrumper 12y ago
I really like the suggested conversations feature. I think it would be interesting if each of a wide group of friends could select specific interests, then suggested conversations appear just to those people who are interested in that class of topic. Looks slick as well. Some questions: - How do you make money? - What's your privacy policy? How do you ensure message privacy (the app description calls it 'private')? - Is it iOS only, or can I connect via the web, desktop client, Android etc.?
- jimiwen 12y ago
  Hi Scrumper, Thanks! Web is very coming soon! Our privacy is like direct messages, only who you want can see the message.
- jamesshen 12y ago
  Hi I am James, the co-founder and CEO of Trigger. Thanks for asking. Please add my Trigger to discuss more. ID - james Email - james@mobiusbobs.com
  - cjslep 12y ago
    When I go to add a contact, occasionally I see your id and email show up under the search box besides "My ID / Email". Edit: Got it to happen again. Was able to see it on my 4s.
    - jimiwen 12y ago
      Ok, we are working on it, bear with us. Should be back now!
  - baudehlo 12y ago
    It's generally not considered to be polite on a forum to tell someone you will answer them elsewhere. It takes away the benefit of the answer from everyone else.
  - philtar 12y ago
    We want to hear the answer too.
brotoss 12y ago
If you want a private reddit...you can just make a private subreddit I agree, the reddit comparison does not work here.
- jimiwen 12y ago
  There is a difference, with the structure of private subreddits, we felt there is rigidity and for Reddit it is for ONE group of users and topic. Trigger is mobile-first platform, where we try to make the individual or multiple groups as fluid as you would do in a normal conversation, and everything organised by topics.
- klapinat0r 12y ago
  Agreed. IRC fits better
  - jimiwen 12y ago
    And more conversational IRC, still have a lot of potential for mobile.
jamesshen 12y ago
I am sorry that the server went down for two minutes.... We got several thousands new users at the same time and somehow our server processing went wrong. Now should be ok !
fiatjaf 12y ago
This is awesome. I've been searching for things like this for a long time (recently I've found Point and Branch), but hey, links! Links are web things, not phone things.
- jimiwen 12y ago
  Thanks, we are trying give better conversation experiences both contextually and inter-personally.
jimjim5566 12y ago
Good!!!

44 points by jimiwen 12y ago

WandH 12y ago

So how does it work exactly ?

jimiwen 12y ago
Hi WandH, I am jimi one of the co-founders of the Trigger team. Trigger is a messenger that allows you to base your conversations on topic. It's a more powerful for organisation and elegant way of doing IM. Better conversations start from the trigger topics to friends to keeping up every single conversation.
- Fastidious 12y ago
  Yes, but how does it works? I think what we are asking is for technical details (technology, servers, security, privacy)
  - davidlee1226 12y ago
    Basically we're using Node.js&Mongodb as server and use socket.io for the realtime data transmission. Also we got a really complete RestfulAPI behind, we're looking forward to release it and make more possibilities of the future communication.

vitalus 12y ago

Typo in your title!

jimiwen 12y ago
upadted, cheers for pointing it out!
- devty 12y ago
  typo here too! :p
  - jimiwen 12y ago
    :)

zild3d 12y ago

small grammar suggestion for your tagline - "a topic-based messenger that organizes all of your conversations." Also it wasn't clear to me what "my private reddit" meant at first. Aside from that I think the suggested conversations from trending topics is a great feature.

jimiwen 12y ago
Yes we are testing out your suggestion of descriptive line "a topic-based messenger that organizes all of your conversations." vs more catchy Reddit derivative. please find more detail: thetrigger.io
- jimiwen 12y ago
  www.thetrigger.io

notatoad 12y ago

does this actually have any relation to reddit, or is that just a comparison? Your description doesn't really make it clear, it seems like it might not be but you really mention reddit a lot. if it isn't linked to reddit, then i don't really understand your tagline. what is a "private reddit"?

jimiwen 12y ago
Trigger uses Reddit-like structure but in for your private discussions. So it provide more organisation to your conversations, or currently messaging apps. Things are easier to find, you can have much better flow with all the conversations.
- steven2012 12y ago
  The comparison to reddit is terrible and confusing. I would remove this ASAP, because all this really is is a What'sapp group conversation, with the twist that you can group things by topic.

scrumper 12y ago

I really like the suggested conversations feature. I think it would be interesting if each of a wide group of friends could select specific interests, then suggested conversations appear just to those people who are interested in that class of topic. Looks slick as well. Some questions: - How do you make money? - What's your privacy policy? How do you ensure message privacy (the app description calls it 'private')? - Is it iOS only, or can I connect via the web, desktop client, Android etc.?

jimiwen 12y ago
Hi Scrumper, Thanks! Web is very coming soon! Our privacy is like direct messages, only who you want can see the message.
jamesshen 12y ago
Hi I am James, the co-founder and CEO of Trigger. Thanks for asking. Please add my Trigger to discuss more. ID - james Email - james@mobiusbobs.com
- cjslep 12y ago
  When I go to add a contact, occasionally I see your id and email show up under the search box besides "My ID / Email". Edit: Got it to happen again. Was able to see it on my 4s.
  - jimiwen 12y ago
    Ok, we are working on it, bear with us. Should be back now!
- baudehlo 12y ago
  It's generally not considered to be polite on a forum to tell someone you will answer them elsewhere. It takes away the benefit of the answer from everyone else.
- philtar 12y ago
  We want to hear the answer too.

brotoss 12y ago

If you want a private reddit...you can just make a private subreddit I agree, the reddit comparison does not work here.

jimiwen 12y ago
There is a difference, with the structure of private subreddits, we felt there is rigidity and for Reddit it is for ONE group of users and topic. Trigger is mobile-first platform, where we try to make the individual or multiple groups as fluid as you would do in a normal conversation, and everything organised by topics.
klapinat0r 12y ago
Agreed. IRC fits better
- jimiwen 12y ago
  And more conversational IRC, still have a lot of potential for mobile.

jamesshen 12y ago

I am sorry that the server went down for two minutes.... We got several thousands new users at the same time and somehow our server processing went wrong. Now should be ok !

fiatjaf 12y ago

This is awesome. I've been searching for things like this for a long time (recently I've found Point and Branch), but hey, links! Links are web things, not phone things.

jimiwen 12y ago
Thanks, we are trying give better conversation experiences both contextually and inter-personally.

jimjim5566 12y ago

Good!!!