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Re: Show HN: Chatible – Anonymously Chat with Strangers in Facebook Messenger

#3

Post by andrewclunn »

zaytoun wrote: post #2

Hey HN, Chatible is a project I've been working on this past week. I wanted to explore the idea of using bots to connect humans together. I'd love any feedback.

A couple quick questions:

Does it require a Facebook account to use?

If so are my chats stored for later reference?

Is it text only?

Is it regional for connections, so I won't be paired with somebody from a different country?

Re: Show HN: Chatible – Anonymously Chat with Strangers in Facebook Messenger

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Post by zaytoun »

andrewclunn wrote: post #3
zaytoun wrote: post #2

Hey HN, Chatible is a project I've been working on this past week. I wanted to explore the idea of using bots to connect humans together. I'd love any feedback.

A couple quick questions: Does it require a Facebook account to use? If so are my chats stored for later reference? Is it text only? Is it regional for connections, so I won't be paired with somebody from a different country?

1) It requires a Messenger account. (I believe FB decoupled FB and Messenger recently)

2) We don't store any messages on our backend.

3) We support text and stickers.

4) It's not regional. We pair you with random people throughout the world. However, if there's a demand for regional pairing, we will explore that as well.

Re: Show HN: Chatible – Anonymously Chat with Strangers in Facebook Messenger

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Post by zaytoun »

overcast wrote: post #4

Neat, though I fear you've created an easy way for spammers to "connect" with people anonymously. How do you plan on dealing with bots using your bot?

Yeah, that's a reasonable concern. We haven't yet implemented anything to avoid spam, but that has been on our todo list. We have been thinking about giving users the ability to flag an account after their conversation ends. Maybe implement some sort of penalty system.

Re: Show HN: Chatible – Anonymously Chat with Strangers in Facebook Messenger

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Post by progval »

zaytoun wrote: post #2

Hey HN, Chatible is a project I've been working on this past week. I wanted to explore the idea of using bots to connect humans together. I'd love any feedback.

There is an issue wth the images' size: they are very big, which makes the home page hard to read.

https://i.imgur.com/wYLfxXI.png

Re: Show HN: Chatible – Anonymously Chat with Strangers in Facebook Messenger

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Post by zaytoun »

progval wrote: post #7
zaytoun wrote: post #2

Hey HN, Chatible is a project I've been working on this past week. I wanted to explore the idea of using bots to connect humans together. I'd love any feedback.

There is an issue wth the images' size: they are very big, which makes the home page hard to read. https://i.imgur.com/wYLfxXI.png

Oops, let me check that out. Thanks for letting me know.

Re: Show HN: Chatible – Anonymously Chat with Strangers in Facebook Messenger

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Post by andrewclunn »

zaytoun wrote: post #5
andrewclunn wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A couple quick questions: Does it require a Facebook account to use? If so are my chats stored for later reference? Is it text only? Is it regional for connections, so I won't be paired with somebody from a different country?

1) It requires a Messenger account. (I believe FB decoupled FB and Messenger recently) 2) We don't store any messages on our backend. 3) We support text and stickers. 4) It's not regional. We pair you with random people throughout the world. However, if there's a demand for regional pairing, we will explore that as well.

Thank you. My reasoning behind #4 is that if I were matched with someone who doesn't speak English, it would be a very short chat.
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