Oyie
Consumer and social
micro social app
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How HN took it
4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score -0.18.
Idea: 1 for, 6 againstExecution: 1 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Minimalist, simple design and UI
From 2 comments
Great minimalist design choices here. I felt myself longing for profile photos, but also I am willing for them to be left out.
evbogue on HNNice and simple UI, thank you. How can we get people to switch from services like X/Twitter or other chat apps to something like this though?
MerelyMortal on HN
Looks fun
From 1 comment
Looks fun! And always nice to be able to grab the handle you want when you are one of the first to join
stefanvdw1 on HN
Objections
Same as a group chat in existing messengers
From 3 comments
How is this different to a group chat in any messenger?
rhim on HNThat was my immediate question too.
garyrob on HNTrue, this seems like one of those ideas that sounds so good, until you realize that it already exists, it's used by everyone, just under a different name.
XCSme on HN
Hard to get friends and family to adopt a new app
From 1 comment
Man this seems like exactly the sort of thing I’d be into… if my family and friends would use it too. The biggest problem with social apps is getting buy-in from everybody else.…
mock-possum on HN
Bugs with sign-up verification and notifications on iPhone Safari
From 3 comments
I get an error trying to enable notifications (on iPhone safari): undefined is not an object (evaluating 'swReg.pushManager.subscribe')
coffeedan on HNLooks cool, tried to register. Received email verification link, but when I click it - I get: > Invalid email verification code
vpol on HNWhat is Oyie? → Page not found
aendruk on HN
Requests
Phone app for friends to use
From 1 comment
I feel like it needs to be a phone app for my friends to use it.
MerelyMortal on HN
Self-hosting option
From 1 comment
Nice. Can this be self hosted?
aerzen on HN
Questions
What is the tech behind this
From 1 comment
me gusta. what’s the tech behind this?
eu on HN
How to get people to switch from X/Twitter or chat apps
From 1 comment
Nice and simple UI, thank you. How can we get people to switch from services like X/Twitter or other chat apps to something like this though?
MerelyMortal on HN
Alternatives named
Group chats in messengers
From 3 comments
How is this different to a group chat in any messenger?
rhim on HNThis market is currently dominated by IM group chats. In fact, most of the old social media has now moved over to chat groups.
habibur on HNWhatsapp message groups seem to be the new family facebook.
andrewstuart on HN
twtxt
From 1 comment
Isn't this conceptually similar to twtxt?
ReverieFish on HN
Fediverse, Bluesky, t2.social
From 2 comments
One way to that is by becoming part of the Fediverse where many people are already making that switch and network effects are coming into play more and more. Oyie on its own has…
rapnie on HNInteresting, thanks. Just heard of t2.social and looked at bluesky yesterday. Glad competition continuing.
luxpir on HN