Camp Fire
Consumer and social
location-based chat
SHOW HN2020
151points
75comments
#398of 3,028 in 2020
Top 14%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 19 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score -0.23.
Execution: 1 for, 14 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Neat, fun idea that reminds people of similar apps
From 3 comments
Neat idea. Little bit of feedback: would be good if you could get the interface working nicely on mobile. It’s very cumbersome at the moment.
orobinson on HNLooks neat! I like that you show how many are in range. Here's some suggestions, take them for what they are worth. - Fix the layout on iOS Safari. - Show the location of all…
state_less on HNThis is fun. In europe we have jodel which has a big userbase. The quality of discussion varies from location and it's fun to listen in what the locals are talking about.
patrickvmm on HN
Would like a polished native mobile version
From 1 comment
I understand that it's a work in progress, but I could see a polished, native mobile version of this really taking off. I'd be excited to try it, at least.
_bxg1 on HN
Objections
Layout is cumbersome on mobile and iOS Safari
From 3 comments
Neat idea. Little bit of feedback: would be good if you could get the interface working nicely on mobile. It’s very cumbersome at the moment.
orobinson on HNLooks neat! I like that you show how many are in range. Here's some suggestions, take them for what they are worth. - Fix the layout on iOS Safari. - Show the location of all…
state_less on HNOn iPhone Safari (cellular data) I get Error when getting location - 1 user denied) Even when I set the website permnissions for location to 'Allow'
Angostura on HN
Geolocation errors for many users
From 3 comments
I get: ``` Error when getting location: 1 User denied geolocation prompt ``` even though I allowed location access. Firefox 72.0.2 on macOS Mojave 10.14.6
PawelDecowski on HNI also got a geolocation error even though I allowed location access. Could benefit from allowing the user to set a location as a fallback (or override). FF 72 (Ubuntu)
andreareina on HNOn iPhone Safari (cellular data) I get Error when getting location - 1 user denied) Even when I set the website permnissions for location to 'Allow'
Angostura on HN
Spam messages and no throttling
From 2 comments
Try to do something with spam messages
ensozos on HNI logged in.. Started getting only spam. Logged out.
achow on HN
Privacy risk of stalkers locating users
From 1 comment
Location based chatting is a privacy nightmare. How do you protect against stalkers using this tool for triangulating the actual physical location of someone? If the GPS…
draugadrotten on HN
Username input allows script injection and layout breaks
From 2 comments
There are 4 people chatting with the word "ignition" over their messages but my range selector (presently "campfire") says "1 in range". Also, my preferred username, <span…
CGamesPlay on HNusername: <script type="text/javascript">alert('oh oh')</script> Oh boy... How long till someone loads a cryptominer on everyone's machine? Also, for kicks:…
mcjiggerlog on HN
Requests
Fix mobile interface
From 2 comments
Neat idea. Little bit of feedback: would be good if you could get the interface working nicely on mobile. It’s very cumbersome at the moment.
orobinson on HNLooks neat! I like that you show how many are in range. Here's some suggestions, take them for what they are worth. - Fix the layout on iOS Safari. - Show the location of all…
state_less on HN
Manual location or country/city fallback
From 2 comments
I also got a geolocation error even though I allowed location access. Could benefit from allowing the user to set a location as a fallback (or override). FF 72 (Ubuntu)
andreareina on HNBut first make the location by IP so you don't have to turn on browser geo-location.
bullen on HN
Throttling for spam
From 1 comment
Try to do something with spam messages
ensozos on HN
Unique user ID to prevent impersonation
From 1 comment
It's very easy to impersonate another user right now by just using the same name. It would be great if the first 5 chars of a hashed IP fingerprint (or something similar) could…
splittydev on HN
Questions
How the range and distances work
From 2 comments
This is a really cool idea, and I like it so far!! -- would you mind sharing what the different ranges are for each type? I see people chatting, but not sure how close they are…
californical on HNHow does it work when you would be alone in a given range? Because I almost certainly am at "Bonfire" range (there are maybe a few hundred people within 10km of me), yet I am…
mod on HN
How to handle users seeing only partial conversations
From 1 comment
This is cool! I had been thinking about creating something similar but I couldn't solve this problem: Given a radius of 5 miles and three users in a geographic straight line,…
every_other on HN
Alternatives named
Yik Yak
From 1 comment
Reminds me of yikyak :)
thejosh on HN
Firechat
From 1 comment
For a second I got this confused with Firechat (but I guess that's a different setup since proximity is required for direct p2p relay, not just to find people to chat with).…
soylentcola on HN
Jodel
From 1 comment
This is fun. In europe we have jodel which has a big userbase. The quality of discussion varies from location and it's fun to listen in what the locals are talking about.
patrickvmm on HN
Basecamp Campfire
From 1 comment
Wasn't Camp Fire the name of a 37 Signals chat product they later merged into bootcamp? Rings a bell
easytiger on HN