[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":631},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-6642100":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":50,"post_text":53,"what":54,"said":83,"maker_in_thread":235,"shape":245,"grid":249,"attempts":592,"same_week":593,"maker_shows":52,"maker_hidden":623,"reader_version":624,"card":625},"6642100","Popcorn Messaging","Anonymously chat with people within 1 mile","title","Show HN: Popcorn Messaging – Anonymously chat with people within 1 mile","https:\u002F\u002Fappsto.re\u002Fus\u002FbTI0Q.i","appsto.re","drum",1383157079,2013,126,130,170,1739,10,"notable","consumer_social","location-based chat","mobile_app",[24,25,26,27],"anonymous chat","local chat","location messaging","nearby people","curious",-0.006,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},14,45,7,15,81,{"idea":37,"execution":40,"pricing":43,"design":45,"docs":47,"performance":48,"privacy":49},{"positive":38,"critical":39},13,4,{"positive":41,"critical":42},1,8,{"positive":44,"critical":44},0,{"positive":44,"critical":46},2,{"positive":44,"critical":41},{"positive":44,"critical":44},{"positive":44,"critical":44},[44,41,51,52,52,41,44,41,46,39,52,52,51,52,44,51,46,39,52,44,51,51,41,52,51,51,51,52,51,46,51,51,51,41,46,51,41,41,51,46],3,5,null,{"problem":55,"audience":64,"pricing":53,"motivation":70,"time_to_build":53,"stack":80,"openness":81,"stage":82,"team_size":81},{"value":56,"source":57,"evidence":58},"Lets people chat anonymously with strangers nearby","maker",[59,61],{"id":60},"post",{"id":62,"by":11,"text":63},"6644166","thanks! one of our biggest goals was to maintain privacy by only requiring a username to sign up.",{"value":65,"source":57,"evidence":66},"College freshmen and people in cities",[67],{"id":68,"by":11,"text":69},"6644179","true! right now im targeting college freshman. if it catches on in the dorms i think itll work.",{"value":71,"source":57,"evidence":72},"Maker wants a fixed one-mile radius so people know chat partners are within walking distance; the app was inspired by needing to scalp concert tickets",[73,76],{"id":74,"by":11,"text":75},"6643638","hmm, the 1 mile radius is important to me. psychologically, knowing that the people you're talking to are within walking distance is exciting",{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},"6642620","hallman76","I really hope this takes off - it would be great to use at events! Yobongo was trying to get this going a while back. For some reason they focused on specific cities (Austin,…",[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":84,"objections":108,"requests":149,"questions":186,"alternatives":198},[85,97],{"value":86,"source":87,"evidence":88},"Fixed radius keeps the feeling of nearby connection","commenter",[89,93],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"6645005","interpol_p","I think that's a good point. If the fixed radius is an important feature you keep it. It sounds like it's the reason the app exists, and to change it would simply turn the app…",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"6644521","MichaelGG","In rural areas in North America, you might expect people to be much further away, but since everyone has to drive for everything anyways, it's not that big of a deal. I think it…",{"value":98,"source":87,"evidence":99},"Good idea that fills a gap in local anonymous messaging",[100,104],{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"6642271","tsheng","My location isn't unlocked yet, but this has the ingredients for brilliance. Marries the desire for privacy with the desire to feel connected to a local community... without…",{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"6642645","jcutrell","I almost created one of these, except for news. Hyper-local news is largely missing - I was going to mash up Twitter, Instagram, and in-app updates to help people get a sense of…",[109,120,131,138],{"value":110,"source":87,"evidence":111},"Chat becomes unreadable when many areas overlap or clusters form at radius edges",[112,116],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"6642919","nilkn","I'm curious about how this actually works, geometrically. Example: A \u003C----> B \u003C----> C Those are three people. Imagine each segment is 1 mile long. So A can see B; B can see C;…",{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"6644653","anderskev","I'm already seeing this happen on a consistent basis, it's making the chat basically unreadable. Seems like a major oversight.",{"value":121,"source":87,"evidence":122},"Chicken-and-egg problem: needs critical mass of users in each area",[123,127],{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"6642873","austinl","The chicken and egg problem can be pretty frustrating with an app like this. There needs to be a critical mass of users in a certain area for it to be reliable, which is easier…",{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"6644407","willchilcutt","How will I know my area is unlocked unless I'm constantly checking the app? Also, does it take -just two- people to unlock? I'm guessing so because there is no way anyone within…",{"value":132,"source":87,"evidence":133},"Fixed radius leaves areas empty with no one to talk to",[134],{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"6644039","tempestn","Less exciting if there's no one using the app within that radius though, no?",{"value":139,"source":87,"evidence":140},"Not available on iOS 6 or on Android",[141,145],{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"6646013","chris_engel","Well, I would have tried it, but upon installation, it says: requires iOS7. Sorry, not going to happen :)",{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},"6644496","Abundnce10","Is this available on Android?",[150,155,164,175],{"value":151,"source":87,"evidence":152},"Support for older iOS versions and Android",[153,154],{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},{"value":156,"source":57,"evidence":157},"Push notifications",[158,161],{"id":159,"by":11,"text":160},"6644439","yep, just two! i just pushed an update that includes push notifications. you might need to log out and back in, but it should show the prompt. from there im coding in a…",{"id":162,"by":11,"text":163},"6645178","turns out you're right. anybody have suggestions on how to fix this?",{"value":165,"source":87,"evidence":166},"Adaptive or grouped radius so clusters stay usable",[167,171],{"id":168,"by":169,"text":170},"6645479","btgeekboy","Why not group people into free-form clusters based on user density? So, if you have 5 people that are effectively in the same building, and 3 people that are outside of it in…",{"id":172,"by":173,"text":174},"6644352","oneeyedpigeon","Wow - sounds kinda hostile and doesn't really address the original point (sorry if I'm misreading your response). What's so special about the exact mile radius that couldn't be,…",{"value":176,"source":87,"evidence":177},"Show whether anyone is nearby",[178,182],{"id":179,"by":180,"text":181},"6645478","languagehacker","This looks really nice! I was very impressed at the download speed, so good job on that one. All I'm really missing is something telling me if anyone is nearby. That's probably…",{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},"6645889","smtbsrn","it would be great to see closest online person to chat if there is no one in 1-mile. (Of course chat will be inactivated with that person)",[187,191],{"value":188,"source":87,"evidence":189},"How does the geometry work when people are two miles apart but both within range of a middle person?",[190],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},{"value":192,"source":87,"evidence":193},"Does it create a group room or pair users randomly?",[194],{"id":195,"by":196,"text":197},"6642260","AbhishekBiswal","Creates a chat room with all the people around in it or it just randomly connects you to a single person?",[199,206,214,221,228],{"value":200,"source":87,"evidence":201},"Twinkle",[202],{"id":203,"by":204,"text":205},"6643074","danudey","A lot of the people whom I met in Vancouver via Twitter I actually met via an app called Twinkle, which was essentially a wrapper around Twitter that added this sort of…",{"value":207,"source":87,"evidence":208},"Whisper",[209,213],{"id":210,"by":211,"text":212},"6645019","renownedmedia","This reminds me a lot of a webapp I built called Whisper: http:\u002F\u002Fzyu.me:5000\u002F https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ftlhunter\u002Fwhisper You aren't limited to just one mile though, you can change the…",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},{"value":215,"source":87,"evidence":216},"Cybiko",[217],{"id":218,"by":219,"text":220},"6643069","zoba","In the early 2000s there was a device\u002Ftoy called the Cybiko (http:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCybiko) which offered similar functionality. It was amazing in theory, however, adoption…",{"value":222,"source":87,"evidence":223},"JuicyCampus",[224],{"id":225,"by":226,"text":227},"6642677","bcherry","JuicyCampus for the mobile age. And this time administrators banning it from campus wi-fi won't do any good, with everyone on 3G and LTE. http:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FJuicyCampus",{"value":229,"source":87,"evidence":230},"WeChat",[231],{"id":232,"by":233,"text":234},"6645573","wingerlang","There is an app like this (I think - as I can't download this one) called WeChat which has a similar functionality. Not sure about the popularity in the US but in Asia it is huge…",{"comments":236,"answered":42,"key":237},17,[238,239,242],{"id":74,"text":75},{"id":240,"text":241},"6644145","there are a million and one apps that offer the ability to chat with people. if it's a concern people can use one of those",{"id":243,"text":244},"6644475","sorry if it sounded hostile, i appreciated the comment! my point was that the integrity of the app relies on a fixed radius. im not opposed to increasing the fixed radius…",{"commenters":246,"max_depth":42,"maker_replies":236,"first_comment_mins":247,"lifespan_hours":248},82,20,23,[250,252,255,258,262,264,266,268,269,270,272,275,277,278,281,284,287,291,292,295,298,300,303,307,310,314,315,316,317,320,323,326,327,330,332,334,337,341,344,346,350,353,356,358,361,364,367,369,371,374,377,379,383,385,387,389,393,394,397,400,403,408,410,412,415,416,419,420,422,423,424,425,427,429,431,435,438,440,444,447,451,454,456,459,461,464,466,468,469,471,474,476,479,481,484,487,490,493,496,498,500,501,505,508,510,512,515,520,523,527,530,533,537,541,544,547,550,554,556,561,565,568,571,574,576,578,582,584,588],[203,44,44,251,204,44],"other\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[253,44,44,251,254,44],"6643333","SeoxyS",[256,44,44,251,257,44],"6645061","hrrsn",[259,41,51,260,261,44],"6642333","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea","oofabz",[74,41,44,263,11,41],"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea",[135,41,41,265,136,44],"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea",[240,41,44,267,11,41],"commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea",[172,41,51,260,173,44],[243,41,44,263,11,41],[94,41,52,271,95,44],"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fidea",[273,41,52,271,274,44],"6644878","crindy",[276,41,51,260,136,44],"6645234",[90,41,52,271,91,44],[279,41,52,271,280,44],"6645376","prawn",[282,41,51,260,283,44],"6644849","andrewfong",[285,41,51,260,286,44],"6645010","lsiebert",[288,41,51,289,290,44],"6644813","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","ebbflowgo",[113,46,41,265,114,44],[293,46,44,267,294,44],"6643048","Dirlewanger",[296,46,44,267,297,44],"6643066","jaredsohn",[299,46,44,267,114,44],"6643531",[301,46,44,267,302,44],"6644396","cylinder",[304,46,51,305,306,44],"6644017","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution","grigio",[308,46,44,309,11,41],"6644156","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution",[311,46,41,312,313,44],"6644887","project\u002Fcritical\u002Fexecution","tempest12",[117,46,41,312,118,44],[162,46,44,309,11,41],[168,46,51,305,169,44],[318,46,51,305,319,44],"6645942","alexlawford",[321,46,51,305,322,44],"6648021","epsylon",[324,46,51,260,325,44],"6646301","alandarev",[105,51,52,271,106,44],[328,51,52,271,329,44],"6642769","jroll",[331,51,44,251,297,44],"6642799",[62,51,44,333,11,41],"maker\u002Fpositive\u002Fprivacy",[335,51,44,251,336,44],"6644544","muratmutlu",[338,39,51,339,340,44],"6642565","project\u002Fmixed\u002Fidea","angersock",[342,39,52,271,343,44],"6642705","christiangenco",[345,39,51,339,340,44],"6642886",[347,39,44,348,349,44],"6643202","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","zackbrown",[351,39,44,352,340,44],"6643536","commenter\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea",[354,39,44,348,355,44],"6644164","danneu",[357,39,44,348,136,44],"6644557",[359,39,52,360,340,44],"6645476","project\u002Fpositive\u002Fexecution",[362,39,44,348,363,44],"6644850","lfuller",[365,39,44,267,366,44],"6642992","latj",[368,39,44,348,343,44],"6643385",[370,39,44,260,11,41],"6644133",[372,52,51,263,373,44],"6643006","jeanbebe",[375,52,51,376,297,44],"6643101","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fpricing",[378,52,44,267,373,44],"6643137",[380,52,51,381,382,44],"6643176","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","daveambrose",[384,52,51,381,373,44],"6643188",[386,52,41,312,382,44],"6643229",[388,52,51,305,373,44],"6643368",[390,391,44,251,392,44],"6644335",6,"constantize",[225,33,51,260,226,44],[395,42,52,271,396,44],"6645346","wellboy",[398,399,51,260,297,44],"6642516",9,[401,18,52,271,402,44],"6642375","jmarbach",[404,405,44,406,407,44],"6643004",11,"other\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea","quackware",[218,409,44,406,219,44],12,[411,409,44,251,340,44],"6643546",[413,409,44,414,11,41],"6645182","other\u002Fcritical\u002Fdesign",[101,38,52,271,102,44],[417,38,44,418,11,41],"6644242","maker\u002Fpositive\u002Fnone",[124,31,41,265,125,44],[421,31,51,260,349,44],"6643017",[68,31,44,260,11,41],[128,34,51,305,129,44],[159,34,44,309,11,41],[426,34,41,312,129,44],"6644466",[428,34,44,309,11,41],"6644518",[430,34,41,312,129,44],"6644468",[432,433,51,260,434,44],"6645931",16,"thibaultCha",[436,236,52,271,437,44],"6642454","ddoolin",[439,236,44,418,11,41],"6644190",[441,442,51,339,443,44],"6642747",18,"soci",[445,442,44,251,446,44],"6646485","draugadrotten",[448,449,51,305,450,44],"6642557",19,"Zakuzaa",[452,449,51,305,453,44],"6642567","MProgrammer",[455,449,51,305,450,44],"6643082",[457,449,51,305,458,44],"6643353","alex_c",[460,449,51,305,453,44],"6644861",[462,449,51,305,463,44],"6643221","mangotree",[465,449,51,305,297,44],"6643319",[467,449,51,305,91,44],"6645025",[210,247,44,406,211,44],[77,470,52,271,78,44],21,[472,470,52,271,473,44],"6642843","michaelx",[475,470,44,263,11,41],"6644198",[195,477,51,478,196,44],22,"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fdesign",[480,477,51,478,102,44],"6642275",[482,477,41,265,483,44],"6642478","adamb_",[485,477,51,260,486,44],"6642594","melvinmt",[488,477,51,260,489,44],"6642840","mattberg",[491,477,51,260,492,44],"6642866","mforbes",[494,477,51,260,495,44],"6642897","wf",[497,477,51,478,106,44],"6642682",[499,477,44,406,297,44],"6642912",[232,248,44,406,233,44],[502,503,51,339,504,44],"6645795",24,"jbrooksuk",[506,503,44,267,507,44],"6646008","retube",[509,503,44,267,504,44],"6646023",[146,511,51,289,147,44],25,[513,511,51,289,514,44],"6645958","jaseemabid",[516,517,41,518,519,44],"6642414",26,"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fdocs","notdonspaulding",[521,517,44,522,11,41],"6644203","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs",[524,525,51,376,526,44],"6645696",27,"jv22222",[528,529,41,312,504,44],"6646981",28,[179,531,51,532,180,44],29,"project\u002Fmixed\u002Fperformance",[534,535,51,381,536,44],"6642532",30,"ecesena",[538,539,51,540,453,44],"6642456",31,"project\u002Fmixed\u002Fdesign",[542,539,44,348,543,44],"6642492","ds_",[545,539,44,348,546,44],"6642929","wtbob",[548,549,44,406,306,44],"6643936",32,[551,552,44,406,553,44],"6642759",33,"mikeflores23",[142,555,41,312,143,44],34,[557,558,51,559,560,44],"6645645",35,"project\u002Fmixed\u002Fprivacy","dzink",[562,563,41,312,564,44],"6644997",36,"shellehs",[566,567,51,289,382,44],"6642423",37,[569,567,41,570,382,44],"6642650","project\u002Fcritical\u002Fdesign",[572,567,51,260,573,44],"6643409","nickdoesdesign",[575,567,44,260,11,41],"6644320",[577,567,44,309,11,41],"6644258",[579,580,51,305,581,44],"6643349",38,"mrdazm",[183,583,51,260,184,44],39,[585,586,41,570,587,44],"6645878",40,"fyolnish",[589,590,51,260,591,44],"6646413",41,"jmacd",[],[594,599,603,608,613,618],{"id":595,"name":596,"points":597,"category":598},"6617063","A Github for writers?",181,"productivity",{"id":600,"name":601,"points":602,"category":598},"6633273","Gmelius",160,{"id":604,"name":605,"points":606,"category":607},"6610218","Offline",151,"languages",{"id":609,"name":610,"points":611,"category":612},"6630535","matthewisabel.com",92,"data",{"id":614,"name":615,"points":616,"category":617},"6624354","Bitbillpay",80,"finance_crypto",{"id":619,"name":620,"points":621,"category":622},"6605500","Code Climate",63,"dev_tools",false,"v2",{"id":626,"name":5,"line":6,"ai":623,"cat":20,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rec":28,"s":627,"top":18,"kw":628,"maker":11,"domain":10,"tier":19,"attempts":44,"strip":629,"url":9,"mix":630,"praise":86,"objection":110,"sub":21},6642100,-0.01,[24,25,26,27],"0135510124553503245033153335323331231132",[31,32,33,34],1794036511140]