Textmob

Productivity

group messaging

SHOW HN2011

27points
11comments
#396of 1,097 in 2011
Top 37%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

4 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.44.

Idea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Simple idea that is actually useful

    From 1 comment
    • Wow - I like this a lot. A very simple idea that's actually useful! How long did this take to create? Aside from Twilio and GroupMe what are you using to power it behind the…
      thecoffman on HN
  • SMS-based approach is appealing

    From 1 comment
    • i like that its sms based, its sorta like Beluga (facebook aquired them today)
      kash on HN

Objections

  • Name collides with historic TxtMob SMS group service

    From 1 comment
    • Just so you're aware, TXTMob is historically the name of a famous-in-very-small-circles group SMS service from 2004. Released as an activist digital art project and used to…
      sbisker on HN
  • Group creation process needs to be easier

    From 1 comment
    • Yep, i worked on TxtMob, and at Odeo when we came up with Twitter. The idea of twitter came from a hackday project of Jack, Noah Glass, and Florain Webber. But they were all…
      rabble on HN

Requests

  • Add a privacy policy for phone numbers

    From 1 comment
    • Wow - I like this a lot. A very simple idea that's actually useful! How long did this take to create? Aside from Twilio and GroupMe what are you using to power it behind the…
      thecoffman on HN

Questions

  • How is this different from using GroupMe as-is?

    From 1 comment
    • Can someone explain to me how this is different from using GroupMe as-is?
      christefano on HN

Alternatives named

  • GroupMe

    From 1 comment
    • Can someone explain to me how this is different from using GroupMe as-is?
      christefano on HN
  • Beluga

    From 1 comment
    • i like that its sms based, its sorta like Beluga (facebook aquired them today)
      kash on HN

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