fro.app
Consumer and social
private messaging
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
0 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.41.
Idea: 0 for, 6 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun idea and good luck with it
From 1 comment
That's pretty cool! Just signed up for the fun of it :) Two things I noticed: - There are two different "my account" links: One in the hamburger menu on the top left, one in the…
xg15 on HN
Objections
Doesn't solve a real problem; users can already list contact info in their profile
From 3 comments
People who want to be contacted from HN already put contact info in their profile. Everyone else doesn't. Seems to work just fine. I'm glad you had fun building it... it just…
codingdave on HNEasier to just put an email in your about, if you want to be contacted?
throwaway81523 on HNDon't think this solves a real problem but could be interesting if you open sourced it
realty_geek on HN
Messages may go unread, like writing into a black hole
From 1 comment
In all honestly, it feels as likely to be read as writing straight into a black hole doesn't it?
wingerlang on HN
Needs enough users to be useful
From 1 comment
The problem you have is you need enough users signed up for it to work.
jasfi on HN
Requests
Add a privacy policy and information on message security or encryption
From 1 comment
You should have some privacy policy about the messages sent, or at least some information about message/app security/encryption. Furthermore a web app as such might benefit from…
ibdf on HN
Build a browser extension to show messages on the HN page
From 1 comment
You should have some privacy policy about the messages sent, or at least some information about message/app security/encryption. Furthermore a web app as such might benefit from…
ibdf on HN
Add a way to delete accounts
From 1 comment
That's pretty cool! Just signed up for the fun of it :) Two things I noticed: - There are two different "my account" links: One in the hamburger menu on the top left, one in the…
xg15 on HN
Send email notifications when a message arrives
From 1 comment
Will you email when a message is sent to my account?
karmanyaahm on HN
Open source the project
From 1 comment
Don't think this solves a real problem but could be interesting if you open sourced it
realty_geek on HN
Questions
Is the 5-message limit per user or overall?
From 1 comment
Is it 5 messages every 24 hours per user or on the whole?
PhantomBKB on HN
Can someone sign up as dang?
From 1 comment
From the wording of your registration, I could sign up as @dang? (I presume some enterprising soul has already done this)
cmroanirgo on HN
Alternatives named
Putting an email address in the HN about section
From 2 comments
Easier to just put an email in your about, if you want to be contacted?
throwaway81523 on HNPeople who want to be contacted from HN already put contact info in their profile. Everyone else doesn't. Seems to work just fine. I'm glad you had fun building it... it just…
codingdave on HN
Keybase public key linked from bio
From 1 comment
If someone has a keybase link in their bio you can also send a message directly to their public key
udbhavs on HN