Could this be further segmented into types of audio?
For instance, have a social network specifically for user-generated/recorded farts?
Rank them in multiple dimensions (geolocation, time, genre)?
Thoughts?
Show HN: An audio only social network
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#142Could this be further segmented into types of audio?
For instance, have a social network specifically for user-generated/recorded farts?
Rank them in multiple dimensions (geolocation, time, genre)?
Thoughts?
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#143Wow. That's a genuinely neat idea. Not sure about the delivery because I don't have an IOS device anymore.
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#144Maybe I'm wrong, these are just my observations: 1. Millennials prefer text to voice. My millennial friends don't answer phone calls, but promptly reply to texts 2. Voice is an older generation mainstay. But their affinity to social networks is low. In my estimate, the target audience is rather small in ℅. However, since the planet has 2B smartphone users, there might be a play.
I think #1 can easily be fixed with automated transcription on all audio messages.
If you're just going to transcribe it, why not just use Siri/etc in the first place?
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#145Couple things: 1. The sexual abuse story is unrelated to your app and feels like you're trying to guilt the customer into using it. The best way to support victims would be to donate directly to the NGO not use your app, and therefore this story seems like a disingenuous marketing strategy. 2. The problem with audio only social network is there's no way to "skim" things. There's no guarantee that the audio story a us…
I think you could have skimming if people could mark the "moment" (20% into the content) that qualifies the content? And you could scroll through kind of like when you're flipping through radio stations.
Yeh like marking the "stinger" to play first as a hook. Doesn't Hello Internet do something like that immediately before the intro jingle and content starts.
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#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
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?
Honestly, it was a bit jarring to read a comic portraying you as some kind of 'anti-rape hero' at the bottom of a page about a weird app. You didn't even tell us what happened to your friend! It seemed like you were just using her story to aggrandize yourself. What happened to her? How would she feel if she read this comic? Is she getting a slice of this pie too? It just seemed kind of exploitative and in comic form.…
It's also a very weird narrative.
If he is really so passionate about fighting sex trafficking, he should be building something that solves that problem, not just another social networking app and using that story to get attention.
I finished reading the cartoon and was like "wtf did i just read?" It felt like one of those viagra ad spam schemes you find in various comment sections on the internet where the commenter starts out writing something that sounds very relevant to the story, and in the end somehow segues the narrative into "buy viagra and cialis here https://blahblah"
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#147Earlier 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?
I first saw this after you switched the default. My initial reaction was very positive, then the other page took something away from it.
For me I think it's a case of intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation. The first page sounded like you were doing the app because it was a cool idea that will make people's lives better so you wanted to see it turn real. That's easy to get on board with.
Then the second page says "and I'm doing it all because I want to make a lot of money." Which you plan to use for a great purpose, but it still makes the app itself less appealing, because it emphasizes that you're not doing the app for its own sake.
The story is a good one, I just think you should link it less prominently and frame it as "x% of profits go to X and here's why," rather than "here's why I built the app."
If there's no legal framework enforcing the donations, I'd keep it very unobtrusive for now, so it doesn't seem like you're using an unenforceable promise as a selling point. Later you'll have a donation history you can talk about.
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#148Dude, remove the rape shit from the web site for a mobile app. Why you would think putting that stuff up there was a good idea is beyond me.
I am guessing you put a lot of effort into that comic and feel bad discarding it, but just do it. Sunk cost.
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#149I would use this, if it was available on Windows Phones.
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#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
So for #2, I think that this is where you need to be selective on who you follow. It won't be a Facebook where you have hundreds of people. Rather more like 15 or 20 people you really care about and like their stories. I think that's the niche that an audio only social network could fill.
So... podcasting but with shittier content?
micropodcasting