[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":274},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-28506534":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":5,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":33,"aspects":34,"strip":38,"post_text":40,"what":41,"said":67,"maker_in_thread":155,"shape":157,"grid":161,"attempts":206,"same_week":235,"maker_shows":265,"maker_hidden":266,"reader_version":267,"card":268},"28506534","fiotron.com","Chat with your contacts on different platforms without an app","title","Show HN: Chat with your contacts on different platforms without an app","https:\u002F\u002Ffiotron.com\u002F?b","soheil",1631492812,2021,63,20,744,2533,30,"notable","consumer_social","cross-platform messaging","web_app",[23,24,25,26],"cross-platform chat","matrix bridge","unified messaging","whatsapp bridge","mixed",-0.2,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":31},0,2,4,8,{"privacy":35,"execution":37},{"positive":30,"critical":36},1,{"positive":30,"critical":36},[30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30,39,39,39,36,39,39,39,30,36],3,null,{"problem":42,"audience":40,"pricing":40,"motivation":40,"time_to_build":40,"stack":56,"openness":65,"stage":66,"team_size":65},{"value":43,"source":44,"evidence":45},"Chatting with contacts spread across different messaging platforms in one place","inferred",[46,48,52],{"id":47},"post",{"id":49,"by":50,"text":51},"28506924","jakecopp","For cross platform chat based on Matrix also see https:\u002F\u002Fwww.beeper.com\u002F, built by the pebble founder. (paid service, works with iMessage even on Android). If you want to self…",{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},"28507290","normaler","You can live that life again with your own Matrix Server + bridges to other Servers. Right now I get: - Matrix - Whatsapp - Telegramm - Signal - Instagram In one chat app in my…",[57],{"value":58,"source":44,"evidence":59},"Matrix",[60,64],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},"28506829","cloudking","This is an interesting idea & hack, but it requires you to route your private messages through a third-party Matrix server. So not going to be able to use it unfortunately. Maybe…",{"id":49,"by":50,"text":51},"unknown","launched",{"praise":68,"objections":77,"requests":105,"questions":111,"alternatives":119},[69],{"value":70,"source":71,"evidence":72},"Clever hack with smooth onboarding and good execution","commenter",[73],{"id":74,"by":75,"text":76},"28506978","anonymouse008","Message unification needs to happen, yesterday, and this is a clever hack! Great excution and smooth on boarding \u002F use. Sadly, as others have said, the unknown matrix server is…",[78,90,101],{"value":79,"source":71,"evidence":80},"Routes private messages through a third-party Matrix server, raising privacy concerns",[81,82,86],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"28506848","maddyboo","This looks cool! I would be concerned about the privacy of my communications, though, since your service is essentially a MITM. What have you done to address privacy concerns?…",{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"28506872","smoldesu","Plus one to this. It would be huge to have this on my Pinephone someday, but there's not a chance I'd trust someone with all of my digital information ad-perpetuum. If a self…",{"value":91,"source":71,"evidence":92},"Sign-up errors reported",[93,97],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"28507187","wehnsdaefflae","I tried to register. It threw an error. On retry it showed me a couple of user names and addresses of people I've never heard of before. Big red flag for me.",{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"28507676","spicyramen","I tried to sign up and got an error",{"value":102,"source":71,"evidence":103},"Unexpected user names and addresses shown after registering",[104],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},[106],{"value":107,"source":71,"evidence":108},"Offer a self-hosted version",[109,110],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},[112],{"value":113,"source":71,"evidence":114},"How does the WhatsApp bridge work given Facebook's closed system",[115],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"28507314","haolez","How's this allowed by Facebook concerning WhatsApp? It's usually a very closed system. How does the bridge work in this case?",[120,124,133,137,144],{"value":121,"source":71,"evidence":122},"Beeper",[123],{"id":49,"by":50,"text":51},{"value":125,"source":71,"evidence":126},"Matrix self-hosted with bridges",[127,128,129],{"id":49,"by":50,"text":51},{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"28507471","tekromancr","+1 to this! I did something similar and you can deploy the whole deal on a cheep VM somewhere using https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fspantaleev\u002Fmatrix-docker-ansible-deploy\u002Ftree\u002Fmaster\u002Fdocs It…",{"value":134,"source":71,"evidence":135},"Element",[136],{"id":49,"by":50,"text":51},{"value":138,"source":71,"evidence":139},"Franz",[140],{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"28507650","RotaryTelephone","No one mentioned Franz that integrates a boat load of chat services into one desktop window??? Been using it for years.",{"value":145,"source":71,"evidence":146},"Pidgin",[147,151],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"28506965","Gualdrapo","Despite of the (rightfully) privacy concerns showed on comments, I cannot help but see this kind of projects with some kind of sadness\u002Fnostalgia. Long gone are the days of Pidgin…",{"id":152,"by":153,"text":154},"28507429","zhte415","I also remember Pidgin fondly. I have now given up on IM and just email or call people.",{"comments":30,"answered":30,"key":156},[],{"commenters":158,"max_depth":39,"maker_replies":30,"first_comment_mins":159,"lifespan_hours":160},18,52,15,[162,164,165,167,170,173,174,175,179,180,183,185,187,188,189,191,194,196,199,204],[148,30,30,163,149,30],"other\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[53,30,30,163,54,30],[130,30,30,166,131,30],"other\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs",[168,30,30,163,169,30],"28507361","tasogare",[171,30,30,163,172,30],"28507416","dddw",[152,30,30,163,153,30],[141,30,30,163,142,30],[176,30,30,177,178,30],"28507826","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","voltaireodactyl",[49,36,30,163,50,30],[181,36,30,163,182,30],"28507762","normaldist",[184,36,30,163,50,30],"28507944",[83,31,39,186,84,30],"project\u002Fmixed\u002Fprivacy",[61,39,39,186,62,30],[87,39,39,186,88,30],[94,32,36,190,95,30],"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fprivacy",[116,192,39,193,117,30],5,"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution",[195,192,39,193,50,30],"28507949",[74,197,39,198,75,30],6,"project\u002Fmixed\u002Fexecution",[200,201,30,202,203,30],"28512390",7,"other\u002Fcritical\u002Fnone","vort3",[98,33,36,205,99,30],"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fexecution",[207,210,214,217,220,223,226,231,234],{"id":208,"t":209,"points":33,"comments":31},"27386485",1622750246,{"id":211,"t":212,"points":32,"comments":213},"27398952",1622840055,10,{"id":215,"t":216,"points":192,"comments":32},"27413552",1622990880,{"id":218,"t":219,"points":192,"comments":31},"27442566",1623196199,{"id":221,"t":222,"points":201,"comments":31},"27518885",1623779315,{"id":224,"t":225,"points":31,"comments":30},"27528308",1623850216,{"id":227,"t":228,"points":229,"comments":230},"28408800",1630699838,33,17,{"id":232,"t":233,"points":31,"comments":30},"28505759",1631486908,{"id":4,"t":11,"points":13,"comments":14},[236,241,246,251,256,260],{"id":237,"name":238,"points":239,"category":240},"28539247","Replay",681,"dev_tools",{"id":242,"name":243,"points":244,"category":245},"28499910","Open-Meteo",443,"infrastructure",{"id":247,"name":248,"points":249,"category":250},"28481913","Medusa",373,"web_saas",{"id":252,"name":253,"points":254,"category":255},"28469399","Checkboxland",202,"creative",{"id":257,"name":258,"points":259,"category":240},"28468660","Appliku",183,{"id":261,"name":262,"points":263,"category":264},"28542977","Paper to HTML",153,"learning_science",16,false,"v2",{"id":269,"name":5,"line":6,"ai":266,"cat":19,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rec":27,"s":28,"top":17,"kw":270,"maker":10,"domain":5,"tier":18,"attempts":271,"strip":272,"url":9,"mix":273,"praise":70,"objection":79,"sub":20},28506534,[23,24,25,26],9,"00000000000333133301",[30,31,32,31],1794036611157]