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I'm confused. Not a Kik user, but how are public groups a unique feature (compared to say Subreddits)?
OP meant searchable public group. In discord you need an invite link, and there's no way to search by its name.
Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed
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Re: Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed
#72One and a half year ago, I built an (unofficial) bot, Ragebot [0], that would function as spam protection for the many bot accounts joining public Kik groups. The project took off and was added to hundreds of thousands of groups by Kik users. Two days ago, Ted Livingston announced the closure and Kik has been chaos throughout ever since, with people adopting Discord and Telegram to retain their online friend circles.…
Re: Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed
#73Basic MVP with messing is already done, made with react native. Just need help with adding images, some login stuff, make it look a tad slicker, and most of all, the on going backend tweaking.
yes the world need yet another messaging app.
email is in the profile.
Re: Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed
#74side note with the downfall of Kik, If anyone has experience with building group chat apps that scale, or is solid with react native, I am building a group chat app that eliminates the need to have invite codes or an admin to regulate who comes in to the group chat. People with association are in, randos cant even see the group exists. Basic MVP with messing is already done, made with react native. Just need help wit…
Re: Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed
#75side note with the downfall of Kik, If anyone has experience with building group chat apps that scale, or is solid with react native, I am building a group chat app that eliminates the need to have invite codes or an admin to regulate who comes in to the group chat. People with association are in, randos cant even see the group exists. Basic MVP with messing is already done, made with react native. Just need help wit…
And you don't seem to value your product much or have a specific technical idea how to proceed.
10/10 Hackernews today
Re: Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed
#76side note with the downfall of Kik, If anyone has experience with building group chat apps that scale, or is solid with react native, I am building a group chat app that eliminates the need to have invite codes or an admin to regulate who comes in to the group chat. People with association are in, randos cant even see the group exists. Basic MVP with messing is already done, made with react native. Just need help wit…
Curious as to how you'll make the last point work. Seems a little sketchy to me
Re: Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed
#77Re: Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed
#78Yes, they are a new kind of scam, a good name suggested is Nakamoto Scheme.
https://prestonbyrne.com/2017/12/08/bitcoin_ponzi/
Also notable: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/04/05/debunking-bu... which doesn't outright call it a scam but certainly points out
> Git gives you pretty much everything offered by the business case for blockchains. The one thing it doesn’t do is add a ridiculously wasteful proof-of-work mechanism for who’s allowed to add transactions to the blockchain repository. Multiple examples of actually useful software branded “blockchain” turn out to be simplified versions of Git.
> Git was released in 2005, four years before Bitcoin — none of the good ideas in blockchains are new, and none of the new ideas have turned out to be much good.
Re: Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed
#79Cryptocurrencies are scam. End. This is very simple. Yes, they are a new kind of scam, a good name suggested is Nakamoto Scheme. https://prestonbyrne.com/2017/12/08/bitcoin_ponzi/ Also notable: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/04/05/debunking-bu... which doesn't outright call it a scam but certainly points out > Git gives you pretty much everything offered by the business case for blockchains. The one thing…
Re: Kik, once valued at $1B, is to be closed
#80Cryptocurrencies are scam. End. This is very simple. Yes, they are a new kind of scam, a good name suggested is Nakamoto Scheme. https://prestonbyrne.com/2017/12/08/bitcoin_ponzi/ Also notable: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/04/05/debunking-bu... which doesn't outright call it a scam but certainly points out > Git gives you pretty much everything offered by the business case for blockchains. The one thing…
- prevent or reverse any of my transactions
- confiscate my bitcoin, or even find out how much I have
You can't, and never will.
Some cryptocurrencies are scams. But if you're saying all cryptocurrencies are scams, you're simply saying math and economics are a scam.