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

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Post by justinlardinois »

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.

For #1 all I know of is that Facebook and Messenger are separate mobile apps now. There's still just one kind of Facebook account.

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

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Post by zaytoun »

ruler88 wrote: post #9

It'd be interesting if you could connect humans who share an interest together. I feel like platform need to direct and steer the human conversations.

Yeah, I agree. We've already implemented that functionality, but right now we're brainstorming ways to roll it out without clunky UI. We want to keep it extremely simple to use for now.

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

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Post by iamdave »

zaytoun wrote: post #12
ruler88 wrote: post #9

It'd be interesting if you could connect humans who share an interest together. I feel like platform need to direct and steer the human conversations.

Yeah, I agree. We've already implemented that functionality, but right now we're brainstorming ways to roll it out without clunky UI. We want to keep it extremely simple to use for now.

Share this dev approach with Facebook proper and MAYBE I'll come back to the site.

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

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Post by iamdave »

justinlardinois wrote: post #11
zaytoun wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

For #1 all I know of is that Facebook and Messenger are separate mobile apps now. There's still just one kind of Facebook account.

I recently deleted my FB account. It asked me if I still wanted stop use messenger, which I did. Kept all of my contacts and previous message chains, if this helps inform anyone from anecdotal experience.

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

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Post by gtremper »

justinlardinois wrote: post #11
zaytoun wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

For #1 all I know of is that Facebook and Messenger are separate mobile apps now. There's still just one kind of Facebook account.

You can use Messenger without a Facebook account (just your phone number I think).

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

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Post by vortico »

zaytoun wrote: post #6
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.

It's somewhat difficult to create tons of new Facebook accounts, so you can ride off this perk of Facebook to handle spam yourself. Flagging conversations is a good idea, so after three or so flags, you can automatically ban the account, and I think that would auffice.
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