How is this any different from existing solutions?
More animations and drawings to make it look cool and exciting and hip. lol.
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#12None of this stuff speaks to me, just looking at your website. Yeah its cute and it's on-par with trends but just give it to me straight in the first sentence- im busy, and already in my workplace so lets start there.
If it's chat with a bupbupbup attached, then tell me its a chat with a bupbupbup attached, if you're trying to do 'its a discord, but for programmers and startuppy types' then say that directly.
Shoot me straight next time, today you lost me.
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#13Visual learner here… Demo video please!
Or screenshots at least.
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#14Too mockup heavy with no actual screenshots. No pricing.
I have no interest in my coworkers knowing I am listening to inappropriate music. I definitely don't want them freely glancing at my screen without permission.
Animated avatars don't seem to be taking off in the workplace. Hell even outside the workplace my friend group usually wants to see real faces.
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#15Looking at the GIF demo, am I correct to understand that you can view Katherine's screen by clicking a button, even if she's not voluntarily sharing? That seems to be a violation of privacy…
Hey Vincent - the GIF is supposed to show Katherine joining a room and sharing her own screen. You cannot force Katherine to share her screen.
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#16This looks interesting, but show me the pricing and stop with the signup, it’s free bs. If it’s now, it won’t be later. Google showed us that.
We plan on introducing a paid tier soon. Think Slack / Zoom pricing, free tier + paid tier model. We haven't totally figured it out yet.
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#17Looking at the GIF demo, am I correct to understand that you can view Katherine's screen by clicking a button, even if she's not voluntarily sharing? That seems to be a violation of privacy…
Hey Vincent - the GIF is supposed to show Katherine joining a room and sharing her own screen. You cannot force Katherine to share her screen.
That GIF is not clear to me either. I don't even get what the concept of a room is supposed to be? Or to to phrase it differently: how is this different than slack?
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#18We had used something similar teemyco [1]. But as most of you mentioned here, I think privacy is a big thing. Also as an introvert, I do not like such solutions which might mandate to have constant online presence.
1. https://www.teemyco.com/
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#19None of this stuff speaks to me, just looking at your website. Yeah its cute and it's on-par with trends but just give it to me straight in the first sentence- im busy, and already in my workplace so lets start there. If it's chat with a bupbupbup attached, then tell me its a chat with a bupbupbup attached, if you're trying to do 'its a discord, but for programmers and startuppy types ' then say that directly. Shoot…
There are parallels to Discord; the HN audience knows Discord well and so if we were only trying to appeal to this audience we would probably market it that way. A large chunk (possibly the majority) of our existing users don't know about Discord though and it doesn't make sense to purely market it in relation to that.
There are also some noticeable differences, particularly: - integrations are focused on work products, eg calendar, rather than what games you are playing etc - rooms (similar to Discord voice channel) can be shared on a calendar for guests - we prioritize different things in screenshare (quality over FPS, since it's for work not gaming)
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#20Too mockup heavy with no actual screenshots. No pricing. I have no interest in my coworkers knowing I am listening to inappropriate music. I definitely don't want them freely glancing at my screen without permission. Animated avatars don't seem to be taking off in the workplace. Hell even outside the workplace my friend group usually wants to see real faces.
You can't look at screen share without permission - this is clearly something we screwed up in the landing animation. It's supposed to show Katherine sharing her own screen.
Pricing is coming soon and will free tier + paid tier (think like Slack / Zoom pricing).