crowdwave
Consumer and social
audio social network
SHOW HN2024
217points
120comments
#356of 3,515 in 2024
Top 11%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
17 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 23 critical, out of 60 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Idea: 8 for, 14 againstExecution: 2 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 2 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
Retro Windows-style UI is appealing
From 3 comments
The aesthetic is spot on. What is the intro sound to each clip? Feel like I heard it before somewhere.
justsayinginnt on HNSuper cool. Love the interface, was not expecting to be thrown back a few decades! On mobile, I tried recording to /c/PepTalk, but after recording my voice, none of the buttons…
WeaselNo7 on HNNice work Andrew. Nice experiencing something new on the web with simple old school cool.
jasn-armstrng on HN
Interesting, fun concept
From 3 comments
Sorry about the dismissive comments you're getting. You hacked something up and I think it's pretty cool and surprisingly fun. You nailed it with the beep at the start of each…
Unai on HNDon't mind the weird negativity you're getting from some of the comments, this project is awesome and very inspiring! It's amazing to see someone so creative and enthusiastic…
lumenwrites on HNthis is one of the coolest projects I've seen in a while, and I like the variety of channels, it almost looks like those were AI generated as well, good job on what you got here…
ComboSoftware on HN
Objections
Audio is slow to scan compared with text
From 3 comments
Cool concept! I think the main issue is that it's difficult to glean information from audio bits quickly. I can look at Reddit or HN's front page for example and quickly scan…
johnnyApplePRNG on HNListening vs transcribing. No one has time to listen to a subreddit our eyes scan much quicker. Transcribing might be quicker for most (some of us type quicker than speaking).…
ipaddr on HN> It’s also 3-4x faster than typing out comments. It's also 3-4x slower than reading, on the other side, and impossible to search (without some voice recognition tool slapped…
g-b-r on HN
Voice messages are invasive and reveal identity
From 2 comments
I literally never want to hear other people's words as voices, or have my voice casually dumped on the Internet along with probably, over time, far too much reconstructable info…
weego on HNI just wanna say I like the idea and I think you're (OP) right on the mark on there being people who prefer communicating by voice in an informal setting instead of using text.…
challenger-derp on HN
Recording and upload bugs
From 3 comments
There is something strangely compelling, to crib from another commenter, about this site, its throwback UI, and general “this seems like a good idea even if no one really uses…
nebyoolae on HNLove it! Getting an error on playback now, though -- just says "4". Odd! Console reads that "A resource is blocked by OpaqueResponseBlocking". I'm on Firefox.
mydriasis on HNDang man, I just recorded a hilarious joke on there, and it blew up when I clicked save saying "ERROR: Recording over 1 minute long." Plz bro. You cannot possibly even be serious…
quantadev on HN
Requests
Auto-play or skip silence in clips
From 2 comments
The ability to listen to all the messages in a channel without tapping, as if I’m listening to the messages on my answering machine, would do be nice.
atentaten on HNInteresting project. It'd be nice if you could trip off the few seconds of silence that is in many of these
jayemar on HN
Allow usernames without a trailing number
From 2 comments
why does the username validation require it to end in a number? we all must 1337?
higgins on HNDon't mind the weird negativity you're getting from some of the comments, this project is awesome and very inspiring! It's amazing to see someone so creative and enthusiastic…
lumenwrites on HN
Fix audio file upload
From 2 comments
Don't mind the weird negativity you're getting from some of the comments, this project is awesome and very inspiring! It's amazing to see someone so creative and enthusiastic…
lumenwrites on HN>> Also, uploading an audio file didn't work for me. Oh yeah oops! I need to fix that sorry. Recording via your microphone should work fine but I seem to have broken the file…
andrewstuart on HN
Questions
Are there threaded replies?
From 1 comment
Are there replies? I was expecting comment threads like on HN/Reddit, expect with voice messages. Now it's just individual messages on channels?
bubble12345 on HN
Is it the same as the earlier afterthebeep project?
From 1 comment
This is amazing. I vaguely recall seeing this long time ago (may be here on HN) and people were having fun and submitting new audios. It's not a new project right? Update: you…
smusamashah on HN
Alternatives named
afterthebeep
From 1 comment
This is amazing. I vaguely recall seeing this long time ago (may be here on HN) and people were having fun and submitting new audios. It's not a new project right? Update: you…
smusamashah on HN
Airchat
From 1 comment
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Airchat yet. It's already a social site where every post is a voice recording.
modeless on HN
Odeo
From 1 comment
This was tried: Odeo was more or less this, and it became Twitter because people preferred text.
raylad on HN