Distributed
Productivity
remote team chat and video
SHOW HN2021
47points
19comments
#890of 2,533 in 2021
Top 36%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
1 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.33.
Idea: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Casual feel suited to background hanging out during work
From 1 comment
I love the casual feel of this app. I would just keep this humming along in the background during code sprints and general digital (a)syncing with friends.
josephjacks on HN
Shrunken video bubbles give presence without staring
From 2 comments
Distributed combines text, audio and video in one place. Text plays a central role just as it does in slack. It's how we share links or interesting content. In things like zoom…
asim on HNThanks! It was two things. We found that we were sharing links and content in slack while using video so it played a central role to communication rather than being an after…
asim on HN
Objections
Unclear what it offers beyond Google Meet or Slack video
From 2 comments
The pitch doesn’t tell me what’s unique about this app vs. google meet which is what we use - and that has built-in chat. If we want to involve people not in the call we can…
loloquwowndueo on HNI'd love to hear about what Distributed's strength is, and why it's better than the alternatives like Zoom, Teams video, Slack video, etc.
bovermyer on HN
Breaks Safari's back button
From 2 comments
https://distributed.app breaks Safari's Back function.
jooize on HNCame to say the same thing. That’s extremely annoying and I wonder how you can break that unless you purposefully try to capture the event for going back which is a big No-No IMHO.
dustinmoris on HN
Always-on video has failed socially before
From 1 comment
I've been seeing a lot of 90's style clothing coming back into style. I guess everything old is eventually new again. Around 2005 we purchased Marratech [1], which was comparable…
redm on HN
Requests
Explain what makes it better than existing video chat apps
From 2 comments
Congrats on the launch! It seems like you're pushing for video-chat-as-a-hangout, which I like a lot! My company has been doing a modified version of this for about a year and we…
glacials on HNI'd love to hear about what Distributed's strength is, and why it's better than the alternatives like Zoom, Teams video, Slack video, etc.
bovermyer on HN
Show pricing
From 1 comment
Pricing?
ghego1 on HN
Questions
What differentiates it from Zoom, Meet and Slack
From 3 comments
I'd love to hear about what Distributed's strength is, and why it's better than the alternatives like Zoom, Teams video, Slack video, etc.
bovermyer on HNCongrats on the launch! It seems like you're pushing for video-chat-as-a-hangout, which I like a lot! My company has been doing a modified version of this for about a year and we…
glacials on HNThe pitch doesn’t tell me what’s unique about this app vs. google meet which is what we use - and that has built-in chat. If we want to involve people not in the call we can…
loloquwowndueo on HN
Can it replace a self-hosted Matrix setup
From 1 comment
For something that is text central I don't see what this would accomplish for me that I'm not currently doing with the Matrix protocol (Element GUI client + self hosted synapse…
walrus01 on HN
Alternatives named
Slack
From 2 comments
The pitch doesn’t tell me what’s unique about this app vs. google meet which is what we use - and that has built-in chat. If we want to involve people not in the call we can…
loloquwowndueo on HNFor something that is text central I don't see what this would accomplish for me that I'm not currently doing with the Matrix protocol (Element GUI client + self hosted synapse…
walrus01 on HN
Google Meet
From 1 comment
The pitch doesn’t tell me what’s unique about this app vs. google meet which is what we use - and that has built-in chat. If we want to involve people not in the call we can…
loloquwowndueo on HN
Zoom
From 1 comment
I'd love to hear about what Distributed's strength is, and why it's better than the alternatives like Zoom, Teams video, Slack video, etc.
bovermyer on HN
Matrix with Element and Synapse
From 1 comment
For something that is text central I don't see what this would accomplish for me that I'm not currently doing with the Matrix protocol (Element GUI client + self hosted synapse…
walrus01 on HN
Marratech
From 1 comment
I've been seeing a lot of 90's style clothing coming back into style. I guess everything old is eventually new again. Around 2005 we purchased Marratech [1], which was comparable…
redm on HN