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Although I'm not sure that a rigid 1 mile boundary really makes a whole lot of sense. I'll explain: I feel like the…",[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":60,"objections":74,"requests":116,"questions":135,"alternatives":143},[61],{"value":62,"source":63,"evidence":64},"Clean, fast, polished sign-in and UI","commenter",[65,66,70],{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},"7715087","fmstephe","I like this idea, the UI is fast and nice to use. I built something similar. The idea was to be able to play multiplayer games with people nearby. My motivation was simply to…",{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},"7715078","erokar","Very nice. I did something similar to test out Meteor.js, but it's much less polished than yours. http:\u002F\u002Fmapchat.meteor.com\u002F",[75,94,105],{"value":76,"source":63,"evidence":77},"One-mile radius too small; rooms are usually empty",[78,82,86,90],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"7714984","__xtrimsky","There is no way someone is using this app a mile around me! I think 1 mile is too small of a distance, I would make it 5 or 10 miles. Or do something based on location, if you…",{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"7715443","cpwright","I agree that the 1 mile is too rigid. There are only going to be about 3,000 people within a mile radius of me (~1K\u002Fsq mile) whereas in Manhattan you would expect around 210,000…",{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"7715867","normloman","Love the idea. Wish the radius was wider. There aren't any chats near me, and I'm in a densely populated area. Since you're taking people's location, be sure to include a…",{"id":91,"by":92,"text":93},"7716805","eastbayjake","I was hanging out in Oakland for 45 minutes and didn't see another person come by -- I was expecting the Bay Area would have the densest group of people trying this out.",{"value":95,"source":63,"evidence":96},"Chat needs critical mass and near-instant feedback",[97,101],{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"7715587","ebbflowgo","In it's current form this doesn't work because chat requires almost immediate feedback.",{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"7715765","Skywing","I wrote the exact same thing about 3 years ago, according to HN timestamps: https:\u002F\u002Fnews.ycombinator.com\u002Fitem?id=2102790 I also had an arbitrary chat radius, initially. After…",{"value":106,"source":63,"evidence":107},"Very similar to existing apps like Popcorn",[108,112],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"7716164","maxdarapper","Already been done, Messaging within a 1 mile radius https:\u002F\u002Fitunes.apple.com\u002Fus\u002Fapp\u002Fpopcorn-messaging\u002Fid718416705?mt=8",{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"7715074","bernatfp","Reminds me of Popcorn app. This looks like a very similar idea but for the web.",[117,129],{"value":118,"source":63,"evidence":119},"Use a wider or adaptive radius, or nearest N users",[120,124,128],{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"7715190","rmc","Tried it for me. No-one online now. Another idea: Chat-room with the nearest 100 people. Scales up and down.",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"7715551","morganherlocker","I see one of these pop up every so often and always get disappointed when there is no one in my area. I wonder if this sort of thing might work better if it connected you with…",{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},{"value":130,"source":63,"evidence":131},"Private messaging between users",[132],{"id":133,"by":122,"text":134},"7715774","Private message between users as an option? So if I wanna talk to Brian later, I can PM them. Combine chat with interesting people, with random chances of meeting new people.",[136],{"value":137,"source":63,"evidence":138},"How is the chat engine built?",[139],{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"7714966","pfalke","Very well done. Any background on how this is built? E.g. chat engine etc?",[144,148,155,162],{"value":145,"source":63,"evidence":146},"Popcorn messaging app",[147],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},{"value":149,"source":63,"evidence":150},"Yik Yak",[151],{"id":152,"by":153,"text":154},"7715767","ja27","I've been trying the somewhat similar Yik Yak (mobile app) for about two weeks. It had flood of college students home for the summer so I assume it's taken off at colleges.",{"value":156,"source":63,"evidence":157},"Caramail",[158],{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"7716472","pouzy","15 years too late, Caramail was doing the same in france since 1997 (http:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCaraMail) This is the type of thing where people will show up, see that their…",{"value":163,"source":63,"evidence":164},"Meetro",[165],{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},"7716529","cft","I too feel that the market has spoken on this: see http:\u002F\u002Fwww.crunchbase.com\u002Forganization\u002Fmeetro and many others that failed.",{"comments":41,"answered":41,"key":170},[],{"commenters":172,"max_depth":31,"maker_replies":41,"first_comment_mins":173,"lifespan_hours":174},38,21,23,[176,178,180,181,185,187,188,192,195,199,202,205,207,211,212,215,216,219,221,222,226,228,231,233,234,237,238,242,246,251,255,259,264,267,271,274,275,278,281,283,287],[53,41,44,177,54,41],"project\u002Fmixed\u002Fidea",[102,38,44,179,103,41],"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea",[121,33,44,179,122,41],[182,33,45,183,184,41],"7715208","project\u002Fpositive\u002Fidea","timje1",[186,33,44,179,54,41],"7715592",[133,33,44,179,122,41],[189,33,38,190,191,41],"7716149","project\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea","Goosey",[193,33,38,190,194,41],"7716446","freehunter",[196,33,41,197,198,41],"7715422","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","ThomPete",[200,33,38,190,201,41],"7715467","blueblob",[203,33,41,197,204,41],"7715925","lttlrck",[206,33,41,197,201,41],"7716314",[208,44,38,209,210,41],"7715272","maker\u002Fcritical\u002Fnone","rkuykendall-com",[79,31,38,190,80,41],[213,31,38,190,214,41],"7715156","dyeje",[109,45,38,190,110,41],[67,217,45,218,68,41],6,"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fdesign",[159,220,38,190,160,41],7,[166,220,38,190,167,41],[223,224,38,190,225,41],"7715013",8,"danford",[113,227,44,179,114,41],9,[71,229,45,230,72,41],10,"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fexecution",[125,232,44,179,126,41],11,[83,32,38,190,84,41],[235,32,38,190,236,41],"7715973","witty_username",[87,39,44,177,88,41],[239,240,44,179,241,41],"7715732",14,"thedangler",[243,244,44,179,245,41],"7716852",15,"orky56",[247,248,44,249,250,41],"7715361",16,"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","M2Ys4U",[252,248,41,253,254,41],"7720294","other\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","bwooce",[256,34,38,257,258,41],"7715795","project\u002Fcritical\u002Fexecution","deathhand",[260,261,44,262,263,41],"7714998",18,"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fdesign","jcfrei",[140,265,44,266,141,41],19,"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[268,269,38,190,270,41],"7716337",20,"tunesmith",[272,269,45,218,273,41],"7716364","nathan_f77",[152,173,44,179,153,41],[91,276,38,277,92,41],22,"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fnone",[279,174,41,253,280,41],"7715911","RKearney",[98,282,38,190,99,41],24,[284,285,38,257,286,41],"7716375",25,"piratebroadcast",[288,289,41,253,290,41],"7715953",26,"callesgg",[292,296],{"id":293,"t":294,"points":15,"comments":295},"7525066",1396550569,42,{"id":4,"t":12,"points":14,"comments":15},[298,303,307,312,317,322],{"id":299,"name":300,"points":301,"category":302},"7741564","Wesnoth",146,"games",{"id":304,"name":305,"points":306,"category":302},"7730555","OpenRA",131,{"id":308,"name":309,"points":310,"category":311},"7742719","Quaderno.io",69,"web_saas",{"id":313,"name":314,"points":315,"category":316},"7738026","Crowsnest",61,"infrastructure",{"id":318,"name":319,"points":320,"category":321},"7740867","Hive",55,"finance_crypto",{"id":323,"name":324,"points":325,"category":321},"7719980","bitcoin-akka",49,false,"v2",{"id":329,"name":5,"line":6,"ai":326,"cat":20,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rec":28,"s":330,"top":18,"kw":331,"maker":11,"domain":10,"tier":19,"attempts":33,"strip":332,"url":9,"mix":333,"praise":62,"objection":76,"sub":21},7714909,-0.34,[24,25,26,27],"3335331101001111511135311333301331531011",[31,32,33,34],1793990905352]