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Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by inimino »

kriro wrote: post #117
codingmonkey23 wrote: post #13

Here in germany I have never seen anyone using the audio feature of their instant messenger until I moved to Berlin. I now see people in the subway using WhatsApp to just send voice messages back and fourth, all the time. So as a vim-user-kind-of-guy, I don't get it - but there seems to be a demand for this kind of communication. Oh, right - and there is snapchat. Also don't get it. Maybe I'm just getting old...

As a counterpoint of sorts: I have no idea how hard it is to type stuff in Asian languages but voice chat messages seem to be very popular in many parts of Asia (specifically China with WeChat).

Typing Chinese is about as easy as typing English. Voice messages are extremely popular in China, are they not as popular in the US in your experience?

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by inimino »

dl_terp wrote: post #62
throwanem wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'll switch which of the 2 stories shows up at the front Good call. Maybe back off a little more than that, even. So I'm reading your page and liking what I see. I would like to know more. Here's a thing that might have more information, so I click it. Now I'm reading a surprisingly affecting comic about a kid who's been sexually abused and the fight against sex slavery. My mental and emotional associations with yo…

may I ask if others feel this way? My sharing this is because I think it's an important part of the story and why we created Currently, but I don't want it to have a "dark aura" around the app by any means. Does anyone else agree with the above sentiment?

It's an app, not a charity. That back story certainly doesn't make me want to try the app.

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by messutied »

dl_terp wrote: post #62
throwanem wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'll switch which of the 2 stories shows up at the front Good call. Maybe back off a little more than that, even. So I'm reading your page and liking what I see. I would like to know more. Here's a thing that might have more information, so I click it. Now I'm reading a surprisingly affecting comic about a kid who's been sexually abused and the fight against sex slavery. My mental and emotional associations with yo…

may I ask if others feel this way? My sharing this is because I think it's an important part of the story and why we created Currently, but I don't want it to have a "dark aura" around the app by any means. Does anyone else agree with the above sentiment?

I feel this way too, I would just remove this story or replace it with how you got the idea of making this app

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by messutied »

switchstance wrote: post #79

Not to be a jerk, but as a video guy, this promo video needs some work. 1. The Premiere Pro "Morph Cut" doesn't really work that well and can easily be spotted. See :38 for an example. Morph Cut Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOvDwiE0qSo 2. The tracking/compositing of the app on the phone screen is very crude. :59 3. The audio needs a lot of work. I'm on a laptop with no headphones, and I hear the bad ADR…

On a related note I was expecting to see you guys using the app in the video, it would be nice to see examples of real life use of it, Im not totally sure how/if I would use it

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by kire456 »

dl_terp wrote: post #62
throwanem wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'll switch which of the 2 stories shows up at the front Good call. Maybe back off a little more than that, even. So I'm reading your page and liking what I see. I would like to know more. Here's a thing that might have more information, so I click it. Now I'm reading a surprisingly affecting comic about a kid who's been sexually abused and the fight against sex slavery. My mental and emotional associations with yo…

may I ask if others feel this way? My sharing this is because I think it's an important part of the story and why we created Currently, but I don't want it to have a "dark aura" around the app by any means. Does anyone else agree with the above sentiment?

I don't connect the "darkness" of the story to the app, no. I do agree that it is not a typical place to put a story like this, and I wonder how the friend feels about having what happened to her used in "your" story of starting a business. Can't really shake the feeling, because of its location, that the story is there to get me to try the app, which seems shifty. Worked, though, and I'm glad I read it since I wasn't aware of the charity.

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by mankash666 »

Maybe I'm wrong, these are just my observations:

1. Millennials prefer text to voice. My millennial friends don't answer phone calls, but promptly reply to texts 2. Voice is an older generation mainstay. But their affinity to social networks is low.

In my estimate, the target audience is rather small in ℅. However, since the planet has 2B smartphone users, there might be a play.

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by aymeric »

mankash666 wrote: post #127

Maybe I'm wrong, these are just my observations: 1. Millennials prefer text to voice. My millennial friends don't answer phone calls, but promptly reply to texts 2. Voice is an older generation mainstay. But their affinity to social networks is low. In my estimate, the target audience is rather small in ℅. However, since the planet has 2B smartphone users, there might be a play.

I think #1 can easily be fixed with automated transcription on all audio messages.

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by mpeg »

dl_terp wrote: post #62
throwanem wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'll switch which of the 2 stories shows up at the front Good call. Maybe back off a little more than that, even. So I'm reading your page and liking what I see. I would like to know more. Here's a thing that might have more information, so I click it. Now I'm reading a surprisingly affecting comic about a kid who's been sexually abused and the fight against sex slavery. My mental and emotional associations with yo…

may I ask if others feel this way? My sharing this is because I think it's an important part of the story and why we created Currently, but I don't want it to have a "dark aura" around the app by any means. Does anyone else agree with the above sentiment?

It's tricky, after I googled you and your other projects like 7DollarYear I understand a bit more about why you have this up front.

But I agree with other commenters that bringing up this whole story on a page that is normally reserved to try and sell your product feels a bit exploitative, takes us through a dark emotional journey and we don't even learn about the end of your friend's story (so she feels like a prop)

Why not keep this in an "about us" page that explains more about the philanthropic model behind the company? For example, Salesforce.com follows the 1/1/1 model and Marc is super committed to giving being ingrained in the company culture. But you would never know by looking at their frontpage, you have to dig deeper into it to find out [0]

[0]: http://www.salesforce.org/pledge-1/

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