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Re: Show HN: Kwak, a real-time discussion platform

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Post by bastijn »

dedif wrote: post #2

Hi, we wanted to show you a little something, so here it is. We suggest you also read the manifesto[0] we wrote, telling more about our mission on this project. [0] https://kwak.io/blog

In my opinion you could have chosen a far better moment to launch, and a far better launch than the current. Don't expect your potential users to start digging for info for themselves (launch content) on a product they don't know and which on first sight is only irc (launch timing: better launched a bit later when you had a killer feature).

To me it is like you are introducing the iphone1 with the same famous talk by jobs, but stopping just before the it is one device killer punch line. Instead you are promisingbthat the 3 devices will become one in the future, with a lot less credit than Apple had at the time.

Lets end with saying good luck. I hope to see a subsequent announcement one day which reaches the FP, telling us you made it :).

Re: Show HN: Kwak, a real-time discussion platform

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Post by dedif »

bastijn wrote: post #21
dedif wrote: post #2

Hi, we wanted to show you a little something, so here it is. We suggest you also read the manifesto[0] we wrote, telling more about our mission on this project. [0] https://kwak.io/blog

In my opinion you could have chosen a far better moment to launch, and a far better launch than the current. Don't expect your potential users to start digging for info for themselves (launch content) on a product they don't know and which on first sight is only irc (launch timing: better launched a bit later when you had a killer feature). To me it is like you are introducing the iphone1 with the same famous talk by…

I totally get your point. Nearly everyone we talked to said "Great idea". We are simply applying the MVP principle, hopefully we'll grow from there :)

Re: Show HN: Kwak, a real-time discussion platform

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Post by tomsmeding »

nemoniac wrote: post #12
Phemist wrote: post #9

I like the name. A platform to leave our 'kwakjes'. And in real-time.

For those who might be wondering, it's a Dutch word for 'ejaculate'.

Uh no not really. It means quack or "to slam down", or something. But that's not the common meaning. Are you flemish? Don't know whether it might have extra meanings there.

Re: Show HN: Kwak, a real-time discussion platform

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Post by nemoniac »

tomsmeding wrote: post #23
nemoniac wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For those who might be wondering, it's a Dutch word for 'ejaculate'.

Uh no not really. It means quack or "to slam down", or something. But that's not the common meaning. Are you flemish? Don't know whether it might have extra meanings there.

You might not be aware of it but it is indeed a common usage in both Dutch and Flemish, especially in the diminutive.

Phemist's tongue-in-cheek remark drew attention to it to suggest that the name might not be well chosen for those parts of the world.

See sense 2.2 here: http://www.vandale.nl/opzoeken?pattern=kwak&lang=nn

Or just google it (nsfw).

Re: Show HN: Kwak, a real-time discussion platform

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Post by benoror »

As I chat with one of the founders, If I had to describe the service I would write something like:

"kwak.io: a discussion-based (channels), real-time (chat) platform (server)"

which forme it sounds like: server + chat + channels === 'IRC'

Nowdays we have plenty of modern alternatives to good-old IRC: Slack, Gitter, Hipchat. So I asked where does kwak.io fits in?

For me it's a fun but unclear experiment. According to their manifesto (https://medium.com/@kwak.io/kwak-s-manifesto-14c69104e70) I get the "IRC communication style" part, but I'm not totally clear how will they achieve the "mixed with modern social features" part.

Re: Show HN: Kwak, a real-time discussion platform

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Post by fiatjaf »

toggle wrote: post #10

This looks exactly like Shout[1]. This seems to be an IRC channel, and you have a web interface (using Shout) hosted on your domain, with some of Shout's features removed so that people can't use it to connect to other IRC servers. And you aren't giving any credit to Shout. *EDIT: My apologies, I totally jumped the gun there. I didn't see the "?" at the bottom, which states that that's exactly what this is. I still t…

Shout is MIT, so they don't need to give any credit.
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