Hallway
Productivity
team communication
SHOW HN2020
75points
13comments
#834of 3,028 in 2020
Top 28%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Idea: 2 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for bringing humanity to remote work
From 2 comments
I like the idea! It's definitely a good way for trying to bring a little bit of humanity through slacking back into our virtual rooms (pun intended)
orliesaurus on HNThis is great - excited to see more of these tools that make WFH feel less lonely.
ckaic on HN
Using it now
From 1 comment
Using this now :)
ksj2114 on HN
Objections
Unclear what the paid plan adds over Slack's built-in video chat
From 1 comment
I don't quite understand what the paid version provides over the free version. You need Slack to use Hallway, so why would one want to use Hallway's video chat over Slack's…
jtvjan on HN
Requests
Verification for a random-pairing feature for people without co-workers
From 3 comments
What if you don't have any co-workers? "Hallway Rouhllete" perhaps a spin-off feature for v2? *powered by a few selective criteria?
artur_makly on HNThat would require some sort of verification otherwise you can't have a serious business environment [0]. [0] by that I mean the nievau shouldn't sink to the likes of reddit or…
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artur_makly on HN
Questions
What video chat library is used
From 1 comment
This is pretty awesome! Do you mind if I ask what you use for the video chat piece? Any specific lib?
Iwork4Google on HN