GetOutCall.com
Consumer and social
social excuse app
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
6 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 4 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Design: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 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
Clean, beautiful design
From 2 comments
Beautiful design, noticed a bug though, on iPhone: http://imgur.com/2nOJc (background image doubled).
rada on HNExcellent site! Very clean looking and I'm sure it will prove useful, even though there are other methods of doing this. I love that you let us text just "1h20m" and the like. I…
phusion on HN
Easy to use; texting '1h20m' is handy
From 1 comment
Excellent site! Very clean looking and I'm sure it will prove useful, even though there are other methods of doing this. I love that you let us text just "1h20m" and the like. I…
phusion on HN
Good execution
From 1 comment
Good execution, I like it.
trusko on HN
Objections
People should not use it to deceive coworkers
From 1 comment
I love the idea in concept, but I hope people wouldn't actually use it. I'm not sure which I find worse: not being honest with your coworkers or having them judge you for not…
dsrguru on HN
Call ends abruptly; should run a few seconds longer for realism
From 1 comment
Ok - Awesome idea and project. I just tested it out and it worked great but I did have one bit of feedback. To make it more realistic, you should let the call run a bit longer.…
notyourwork on HN
Requests
Support for other countries or Australian numbers
From 2 comments
Excellent work. Congratulations on shipping. If I could find a good Twilio alternative for other countries I might do something similar for another another country.
borplk on HNWas looking for Australia in particular. I was just searching for it and from the search results I thought they are not providing for Australia just yet but clicked on the link…
borplk on HN
Fix iPhone background image bug and footer background repeat
From 2 comments
Beautiful design, noticed a bug though, on iPhone: http://imgur.com/2nOJc (background image doubled).
rada on HNnitpick: Background repeats in y, so footer background is the top (hair) when window is long, which doesn't flow and makes the footer unreadable.
fuzzythinker on HN
Questions
How is the maker affording the costs?
From 1 comment
How're you affording this?
Diamons on HN
Alternatives named
Fakecall.net API
From 1 comment
You can do it with an API call too: http://www.fakecall.net/
scottw on HN
IFTTT recipe
From 1 comment
This is also very easy to setup via a ifttt.com recipe. That is how I have done it in the past.
bluetidepro on HN
Datebreaker text-message version
From 1 comment
I did the same thing with a text message instead of a call a few years back: http://datebreaker.heroku.com/ It's almost ridiculous how easy twilio (and heroku) make setting up a…
adambard on HN
Setting alarm to sound like a call
From 1 comment
Simpler: you set your alarm tone to sound like your incoming call tone, then just set an alarm. Even simpler: take your phone out your pocket and pretend you have a call and it…
dave1010uk on HN