[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":391},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-16974877":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":45,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":68,"maker_in_thread":202,"shape":213,"grid":217,"attempts":345,"same_week":353,"maker_shows":306,"maker_hidden":383,"reader_version":384,"card":385},"16974877","Ping.gy","An app to connect with people within 1km from you","title","Show HN: Ping.gy – An app to connect with people within 1km from you","https:\u002F\u002Fping.gy","ping.gy","vasanthv",1525246315,2018,62,51,681,2155,32,"notable","consumer_social","location-based messaging","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"location chat","nearby people","proximity messaging","ambient social","mixed",-0.326,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},5,15,0,18,38,{"design":37,"idea":38,"execution":41,"privacy":44},{"positive":33,"critical":31},{"positive":39,"critical":40},2,6,{"positive":42,"critical":43},1,7,{"positive":33,"critical":33},[46,33,33,46,42,42,42,46,33,42,42,33,46,46,46,42,33,46,42,33,42,42,42,31,42,31,42,33,42,42,31,42,42,46,33,31,42,46,33,46],3,null,{"problem":49,"audience":47,"pricing":47,"motivation":47,"time_to_build":47,"stack":59,"openness":66,"stage":67,"team_size":66},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Connecting with people in a small neighbourhood, campus or building","maker",[53,56],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},"16975968","Yes that can be a solution. The plan was to create a way to connect with people within a small neighbourhood or campus or building. 1KM is a max. distance to cover this area. So…",{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},"16976104","Yes but unless they both are in same room. Imagine a soccer match or any tech event. These are some use cases I thought of while building this.",[60],{"value":61,"source":51,"evidence":62},"MongoDB geonear for distance queries",[63],{"id":64,"by":11,"text":65},"16976990","Using MongoDb geonear","unknown","launched",{"praise":69,"objections":85,"requests":138,"questions":170,"alternatives":184},[70,78],{"value":71,"source":72,"evidence":73},"Simple, quick and effective design","commenter",[74],{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},"16975645","developius","This is so cool. Simple, quick, effective. Good job, will be interested to see how it progresses.",{"value":79,"source":72,"evidence":80},"Feature improvements like timestamps were welcomed",[81],{"id":82,"by":83,"text":84},"16986320","raihansaputra","Thanks for the change!",[86,105,112,127],{"value":87,"source":72,"evidence":88},"Too few users, so the app feels empty outside dense areas",[89,93,97,101],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"16975686","cpplinuxdude","no users around me and I'm fairly central in London. Why not connect with the n closest users instead?",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"16975900","Cu3PO42","I second this. I am currently in a middle sized city in Germany that is not exactly focused on technology. I didn't expect to see any users (and I didn't). Even at significantly…",{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"16976287","augustocallejas","I'm currently at Disney World where there are thousands of folks within 1 km of me, but when I visit this page on iOS, I don't see any place to message on the main page. It just…",{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"16975911","herbst","It's just a pulsing smiley and a short description for me.",{"value":106,"source":72,"evidence":107},"Fixed 1km radius floods crowded areas and shows nothing elsewhere",[108],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"16975954","jokoon","Already got the idea and published it. Frankly the 1km radius is not a good idea, it will flood messages in crowded area, and display none in others.",{"value":113,"source":72,"evidence":114},"Similar to Yik Yak, which failed; community critical mass is hard",[115,119,123],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"16977066","mwest","Reminds me of Jodel and the now-defunct Yik Yak. Yik Yak took the \"cells\" or \"herds\" approach. Some history here: https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FYik_Yak I'm not sure how you're…",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"16975619","icebraining","Another Yik Yak? Get ready for the fallout.",{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"16987585","theveloped","Looks amazing great work on finishing a great looking project! I made a similar application for iOS (www.zonemessenger.com) a while back with the same intent of getting people in…",{"value":128,"source":72,"evidence":129},"Location accuracy is unverifiable and location display is missing",[130,134],{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},"16976240","Freak_NL","I don't see any feedback on what my current location is. I know my home ISP assigns me an IP address that location services place a 100km away from me — users have no way of…",{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"16975632","staticelf","It should show where it thinks I am.",[139,144,154,165],{"value":140,"source":72,"evidence":141},"Connect the n closest users instead of a fixed radius",[142,143],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},{"value":145,"source":72,"evidence":146},"Show timestamps on messages",[147,151],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"16976571","Uplink","Timestamps. How do I know when the other messages I'm seeing were posted? Maybe those people have long gone and I have no idea I'm talking into thin air.",{"id":152,"by":83,"text":153},"16976360","Can I suggest to have timestamps on the chatlog? A bit disorienting to not know when the last conversation happened.",{"value":155,"source":72,"evidence":156},"Fix invalid location error and duplicate sends on Enter",[157,161],{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"16976138","seszett","For some reason, I only get a red message saying \"Invalid location co-ordinates.\" when I try to post something (not that I expect anyone else to be within 1 km of me anyway). On…",{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},"16976158","fergonco","Bug report: hitting ENTER n times sends the message n times. Until the message box is cleared.",{"value":166,"source":72,"evidence":167},"Show the user's detected location",[168,169],{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},[171,177],{"value":172,"source":72,"evidence":173},"How does it handle users just over 1km apart and confused by messages?",[174],{"id":175,"by":95,"text":176},"16975939","Unfortunately I wasn't really able to test this out as there are no users in my area, but I was wondering how you are tackling \u002F plan to tackle the following problem: Suppose two…",{"value":178,"source":72,"evidence":179},"Why would someone need this?",[180],{"id":181,"by":182,"text":183},"16981905","vubui","But why? why would you need this?",[185,190,198],{"value":186,"source":72,"evidence":187},"Yik Yak",[188,189],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},{"value":191,"source":72,"evidence":192},"Jodel",[193,194],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},{"id":195,"by":196,"text":197},"16975944","Double_a_92","So like Jodel, Whisper, ...?",{"value":199,"source":72,"evidence":200},"Whisper",[201],{"id":195,"by":196,"text":197},{"comments":203,"answered":204,"key":205},10,4,[206,207,210],{"id":54,"text":55},{"id":208,"text":209},"16976253","Thanks for this suggestion, will consider adding this. BTW, We don't use location from ISP, we get location form GPS. So it will be more accurate than getting from ISP.",{"id":211,"text":212},"16975972","Yes agreed. 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