[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":676},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-12803860":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":49,"post_text":51,"what":52,"said":83,"maker_in_thread":194,"shape":205,"grid":208,"attempts":638,"same_week":639,"maker_shows":40,"maker_hidden":668,"reader_version":669,"card":670},"12803860","Zone Messenger","Anonymous messaging with a 1km radius","title","Show HN: Anonymous messaging with a 1km radius","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.zonemessenger.com\u002F","zonemessenger.com","theveloped",1477561366,2016,194,148,141,2264,7,"notable","consumer_social","local anonymous messaging","mobile_app",[24,25,26,27],"anonymous messaging","location chat","local chat","nearby messaging","mixed",-0.258,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},9,38,1,29,77,{"privacy":37,"idea":39,"execution":42,"performance":44,"design":45,"pricing":47,"docs":48},{"positive":38,"critical":31},0,{"positive":40,"critical":41},4,13,{"positive":43,"critical":33},2,{"positive":33,"critical":38},{"positive":38,"critical":46},3,{"positive":38,"critical":33},{"positive":38,"critical":33},[33,43,33,46,33,46,33,33,38,38,46,50,46,46,33,33,33,33,46,46,33,38,43,33,43,46,33,46,50,46,33,33,33,50,46,46,46,40,33,38],5,null,{"problem":53,"audience":51,"pricing":51,"motivation":60,"time_to_build":51,"stack":67,"openness":80,"stage":81,"team_size":82},{"value":54,"source":55,"evidence":56},"Lets people talk to strangers nearby, anonymously","maker",[57],{"id":58,"by":11,"text":59},"12803884","Let me know what you guys think. The app was made to get people talking again to the people around them. I threw in automatically generated anonymous nicknames to lower the…",{"value":61,"source":55,"evidence":62},"Get people talking again to those around them; side project",[63,64],{"id":58,"by":11,"text":59},{"id":65,"by":11,"text":66},"12806457","It's indeed a side project that I've been working on for a while. It was mainly the development that interested me. Running\u002Fmarketing a social messaging app is something others…",[68,74],{"value":69,"source":55,"evidence":70},"Ionic framework",[71],{"id":72,"by":11,"text":73},"12808728","Jup. It's build using the Ionic framework. What gave it away?",{"value":75,"source":55,"evidence":76},"Haversine formula for distance",[77],{"id":78,"by":11,"text":79},"12804774","This is indeed very similar to how initial sorting of the database is done. To improve accuracy (over performance) further sorting is done. Like mentioned the non-linearity with…","unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":84,"objections":93,"requests":131,"questions":154,"alternatives":170},[85],{"value":86,"source":87,"evidence":88},"Smooth UX","commenter",[89],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"12808114","williamle8300","Did you make this with Ionic? Pretty smooth UX",[94,105,120],{"value":95,"source":87,"evidence":96},"Location triangulation could reveal user positions",[97,101],{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"12804329","A1kmm","If it is exactly 1 km you could triangulate to find someone's location. A program to do that would do a bisection search along a line (faking coordinates for the location of the…",{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"12805451","fucking_tragedy","This is trilateration, not triangulation. Triangulation works if you know the angles, trilateration works if you know the distances and uses circles. Source: I've done this…",{"value":106,"source":87,"evidence":107},"Anonymous platforms tend to enable bullying and harassment",[108,112,116],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"12805163","mgallowa","I founded an anonymous social media platform in the past. It can be a real pain because once identity\u002Faccountability is removed, people tend to act very poorly. On paper, I like…",{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"12805267","SamBam","Indeed. Yik Yak is a huge platform for bullies: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.google.com\u002Fsearch?q=yik+yak+bullying Basically, if you use this near a school, then the school will be the main topic…",{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"12804438","JulianMorrison","Anonymous messaging has proven in practise to be full of cruel gossip, hate speech, and bullying. I can't see a positive use for it, really.",{"value":121,"source":87,"evidence":122},"Too similar to YikYak and Jodel",[123,127],{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"12804032","matheo","Not much different than YikYak and Jodel. Let companies advertise flash deals and you've got a winner!",{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"12804308","lima","So... Jodel?",[132,143],{"value":133,"source":87,"evidence":134},"Use a variable or density-based radius",[135,139],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"12804222","anotheryou","Can you make the zone adaptive so there are always at least a few people there?",{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"12821396","fapjacks","I think it would be more interesting if the radius was variable and dependent upon the population density of your area. This way, your neighborhood in the city (SF) is roughly a…",{"value":144,"source":87,"evidence":145},"Offer a browser or web app version",[146,150],{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"12813671","pareidolia","It seems pointless to me to limit the functionality to an application that requires installation. A webapp would be a better choice. Count me out as an (interested) user because…",{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"12804436","s17tnet","Is there anything similar but browser based ?",[155,163],{"value":156,"source":87,"evidence":157},"How does moderation or banning work?",[158,159],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},{"id":160,"by":161,"text":162},"12804220","Desustorm","I would be careful about this. Could definitely be used for bullying by kids - would suggest you come up with a strong mechanism\u002Fpolicy for banning users!",{"value":164,"source":87,"evidence":165},"What is the business model?",[166],{"id":167,"by":168,"text":169},"12803912","Freak_NL","The about, privacy, and terms links are all dead. Is this an open protocol\u002Fapi or a closed environment? It looks like a commercially backed app. What is the business model here?…",[171,182,187],{"value":172,"source":87,"evidence":173},"YikYak",[174,178],{"id":175,"by":176,"text":177},"12804030","Jamieee","So like YikYak, but not based on campus and before they ruined it?",{"id":179,"by":180,"text":181},"12804280","discordianfish","How does this compare to YikYak (or the German equivalent 'Jodel')? Seem technically very similar.",{"value":183,"source":87,"evidence":184},"Jodel",[185,186],{"id":179,"by":180,"text":181},{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},{"value":188,"source":87,"evidence":189},"Herenow",[190],{"id":191,"by":192,"text":193},"12804007","shaunpud","Similar to Herenow https:\u002F\u002Fitunes.apple.com\u002Fus\u002Fapp\u002Fherenow\u002Fid882349760",{"comments":195,"answered":196,"key":197},15,8,[198,201,204],{"id":199,"text":200},"12805013","Due to the fact that distance matching is done server side the application doesn't have any knowledge with regard to distance. The only knowledge one has is whether or not one…",{"id":202,"text":203},"12806231","Thanks for the heads up. I was hoping this would be an ideal system to have the community moderate\u002Fflag messages\u002Fusers. 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