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Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by dl_terp »

anthonybullard wrote: post #75
dl_terp wrote: post #51

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I'm sorry, not following. If not for what feature?

I think he means if not for the ephemerality of the waves. If they were persistent, you could go back and "catch up" on conversations you missed before and gain context. It's like an archive for a podcast. This would be a huge win Also is there an auto advance feature if you have a queue built up?

Essentially everything is run from a queue. It's either the public queue (called the Ocean) which runs from most popular on down, or it is the private queue (called the Stream) which runs from oldest to newest. And yes, it should auto-advance when you reach the end of one wave, going straight into the other. Am I understanding your question correctly?

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by Nexxxeh »

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

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> 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?

Yeah. It's an important story and message, but it's not something you want on the homepage. That should be at least one more click deep. That should be its own page, maybe linked in the FAQ or something. I wouldn't have said "dark aura" but I'm struggling to come up with a better description.

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by dl_terp »

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…

Thanks for the feedback! We're bootstrapping over here so we did the best with what we had available. If you know of anyone who can help clean this up (or who makes amazing videos at an affordable price) please let me know :)

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by nickpsecurity »

dragonwriter wrote: post #65
dl_terp wrote: post #45

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One of the original things for me is the combination of "low barrier to entry" (time between having the idea/story and getting it out there) vs. "value of entry" These days, text based content is very low on "value" (thus why we scroll past many text heavy things on current social media) but video is very high on "barrier to entry" as most people have to record quite a few times, make sure they look good, etc. My goa…

AFAIK, current social media (direct messaging may be a little different) perceived value is roughly video > still image > text >> audio. AFAICT, the fact that it's not visually skimmable seems to be the reason audio is far behind.

Skimmable. That could be really important given attention spans. Funny thing is reading your comment made me think back to radio. It was possibly second thing to be skimmable. You just keep changing channels listening a few seconds until you hit something interesting. Many people do the same thing with current stations in their car for discovery of interesting & popular content. It would seem an audio, social network could similarly be skimmable if people could tune across channels like that with ease. Would have to be fast with no wait time just like a knob.

I don't know if this does it or the author has looked into the concept. Just jumped out at me when I read your comment as I almost never listen to radio but was skimming it past, two days just to see what caught my attention.

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by duckarmada »

dl_terp wrote: post #30
duckarmada wrote: post #10

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Well, there's one comic that is his motivations for building the app, which while admirable, but I'm not sure if appealing to my pathos makes me want to use the app any more than I would have otherwise. The other comic is better directed at why I/you might want to use it.

So in your opinion, I should make the "What is Currently" the front one, and the "Why I Built It" one as the background/secondary? Does anyone else have thoughts on this?

Correctomundo.

Re: Show HN: An audio only social network

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Post by 3131s »

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 might be creating a suggestion that will limit how people use the social network. Like, before reading the story someone might have thought it would be a good place to stream audio updates on concerts and parties happening around their city, but after reading they might feel that posting something lighthearted would be out of place or inappropriate. Definitely share the story, but consider how putting it on the home page will influence the type of content that people will create.
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