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Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by shuntress »

sdegutis wrote: post #7

Remember when people used to visit the people they care to listen to, and would actually sit down, and physically listen to them? But now our lives are too busy and filled with non-stop schedules so we just don't have time anymore. And even if we did have time, we'd feel like we were wasting time. We're missing something vital in life with all this technology running it for us. I think this app is inspired by the dev…

Many of the people I care to listen to live far enough away from me that to 'actually sit down, and physically listen to them' is a multi-day endeavor.

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by jrowley »

Reminds me of a very cool paper I heard about at ACM Dev 2014.

"A Mobile Application for Interactive Voice Forums:Design and Pilot Deployment in Rural India"

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/thies/dev14-cg...

Researchers built a landline/cellphone based social network. It could be especially useful for rural areas with low literacy rate.

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by codingmonkey23 »

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...

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by dl_terp »

shuntress wrote: post #11
sdegutis wrote: post #7

Remember when people used to visit the people they care to listen to, and would actually sit down, and physically listen to them? But now our lives are too busy and filled with non-stop schedules so we just don't have time anymore. And even if we did have time, we'd feel like we were wasting time. We're missing something vital in life with all this technology running it for us. I think this app is inspired by the dev…

Many of the people I care to listen to live far enough away from me that to 'actually sit down, and physically listen to them' is a multi-day endeavor.

exactly. This isn't to replace real friendships / community, but to help you stay connected with those you can't speak with / visit regularly

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by dl_terp »

evincarofautumn wrote: post #5

I’ve wanted to build something like this for a while, down to the 1-minute length restriction and follow/reply interaction. (And to go with it, a small low-power smartphone without a screen!) The main thing that stopped me was that I was working at Facebook when I came up with it. However, I probably won’t be using this for one reason: waves are ephemeral, deleted from their servers after a week.

May I ask why having the waves deleted after a week is such a disappointment to you? (And if anyone else thinks the same?) I'd love to know your thoughts / reasonings behind this statement.

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by dl_terp »

xd1936 wrote: post #8
nvahalik wrote: post #4

It's called Ham Radio. ;)

When my Ham buddy passed away two years ago, I was unable to hear our local club's last call discussion for him. I wasn't able to get to a radio at the time. I wish someone had been willing to step up with some technology and at the very least, record it. Point being, sometimes more modern technology can be better than the old stuff. If he had instead had social circles interested in a more modern platform, then mayb…

thanks for the positive feedback! Let me know if there is anything you think we should add as we start building 2.0 :)

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by doke01 »

Built something very similar for the web using widgets back in 2006-7, along the time twitter was taking off. iPhones were just coming on the scene and there was no app ecosystem yet so we built one of the most advanced flash widgets ever. It worked amazingly well, but we just couldn't get the traction needed at the time. Overall, i think the timing was off. I've seen many similar ideas over the years ,but yours is the closest to our original. I have years of thinking about this type of service under my belt so if you want to chat about some of the ideas we implemented beyond what you have now, let me know.

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by jonheller »

This is one of the best app landing pages I've seen in a long time. Though I have to admit I haven't even watched the video at the top, the rest of the page gets straight to the point clearly explaining and demonstrating the app, and the comics at the end are wonderful.

Also, I can't believe I haven't seen this social network idea executed before. Seems at least like one worth exploring.

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