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If we allow to change the distance the purpose of the app itself will be change. The purpose is to be always in location context, if the user enter a…",{"id":53,"by":11,"text":54},"17909134","Hi all, I am the maker of the this product. Covered some use cases here https:\u002F\u002Fmedium.com\u002F@vasanthv\u002Fintroducing-oy-2664a5c95d75",[56],{"value":57,"source":58,"evidence":59},"Firebase SDK","commenter",[60],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},"17908928","wtmt","Got this error with Firefox 61 (latest release) when I tried it, but it seems as if it can continue. No one else around though. > Messaging: This browser doesn't support the…","unknown","launched",{"praise":67,"objections":79,"requests":117,"questions":150,"alternatives":155},[68],{"value":69,"source":58,"evidence":70},"Nice design and a good idea",[71,75],{"id":72,"by":73,"text":74},"17908530","d--b","Nice design. I'm the only one there though ;_;.",{"id":76,"by":77,"text":78},"17908812","slx26","oh, I like it! specially that poetic moment when you find out that you are all alone. waiting for someone is nice. no, seriously, I think the idea is great. in general, I like…",[80,92,99,106],{"value":81,"source":58,"evidence":82},"Too few users nearby, so little engagement",[83,87,88],{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"17909447","augustocallejas","Last time a \"Show HN\" was posted with a similar nearby chat app, I was in Disney World and there was not much engagement ( https:\u002F\u002Fnews.ycombinator.com\u002Fitem?id=16976287). I'm in…",{"id":72,"by":73,"text":74},{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"17908533","neom","All the nerds in Brooklyn are still asleep I guess. :'(",{"value":93,"source":58,"evidence":94},"Observers may see one-sided conversations due to distance-based range",[95],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},"17908825","vmednis","If I understand correctly the \"people around you\" is decided purely by distance. In that case is there anything done to avoid seemingly nonsensical conversations for a random…",{"value":100,"source":58,"evidence":101},"Embedded images link to external sites, some NSFW",[102],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"17908594","shubb","NSFW - embedded images are references to other websites. My local chat was mostly shock images. Not great if your internet is not your own.",{"value":107,"source":58,"evidence":108},"Does not work in Firefox, Safari",[109,110,114],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"17910309","tommymachine","same on Safari Version 12.0 (14606.1.36.1.9)",{"id":115,"by":112,"text":116},"17910285","not working on safari?",[118,126,132,143],{"value":119,"source":58,"evidence":120},"Adjustable radius for 'here'",[121,125],{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"17908414","scotty79","There should be an option to change how far 'here' is.",{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},{"value":127,"source":58,"evidence":128},"View-only mode for chats in other places",[129],{"id":130,"by":90,"text":131},"17910023","It would be interesting to be able to have a view-only mode for chats going on in places you're not located. I'd be curious to see what London or Sao Paulo are chatting about,…",{"value":133,"source":58,"evidence":134},"Directional audio or walkie-talkie version",[135,139],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"17908714","7373737373","The same thing with directional voice would be cool.",{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"17909624","hackeraccount","An audio version of this app - maybe with push to talk. It's essentially be a walkie-talkie. Though without the bluetooth range limitation that typically comes with that flavor…",{"value":144,"source":58,"evidence":145},"Keep text box focused after sending",[146],{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"17908540","msl09","it would have been nice if the text box would have remained focused after the message is sent",[151],{"value":152,"source":58,"evidence":153},"Is distance the only basis for who is nearby",[154],{"id":96,"by":97,"text":98},[156,163,169],{"value":157,"source":58,"evidence":158},"WeChat nearby feature",[159],{"id":160,"by":161,"text":162},"17908398","FabHK","Wechat has that feature (but none of the other standard chat apps I’m aware of).",{"value":164,"source":47,"evidence":165},"YikYak",[166],{"id":167,"by":11,"text":168},"17915113","Ok. Something like Peek feature in YikYak.",{"value":170,"source":47,"evidence":171},"Ping.gy, the earlier version of this app",[172],{"id":173,"by":11,"text":174},"17909508","This is the rebranded and improved version of Ping.gy. https:\u002F\u002Fmedium.com\u002F@vasanthv\u002Fintroducing-oy-2664a5c95d75 reply \"either increase the 1 km radius\" - I understand the problem…",{"comments":176,"answered":41,"key":177},8,[178,181,182],{"id":179,"text":180},"17909141","I thought of this issue. No plans to address this now. 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