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Convore (YC W11) Wants To Be The Easiest Group Communication App Yet

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Re: Convore (YC W11) Wants To Be The Easiest Group Communication App Yet

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Post by jberryman »

alttab wrote: post #22

I've seen some amazing, incredible collaboration tools come out of the web. The main issue isn't the technology or the software or the CSS they use - but the fact that a majority of people don't know how to communicate. I say fix that first. Also, the problem isn't being able to create groups or include or invite people as much as it is getting people to consistently use it to make it meaningful . My company has a wi…

I would say the problem with your company wiki is a problem of technology. A wiki requires that people become curators That takes a lot of energy, thought, and intention.

I think there is huge room for technology to solve these kinds of problems, and we've only scratched the surface.

Re: Convore (YC W11) Wants To Be The Easiest Group Communication App Yet

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Post by zwadia »

Good stuff Team Convore!

That being said, I think Convore will face serious competition from Twitter in the very near future.

@ev will be launching Twitter Events very shortly which is the most charming and best implemented part of Convore.

Full disclosure: I am biased because my gig, @SecretSocial, will be better than Convore... http://secretsocial.com

Re: Convore (YC W11) Wants To Be The Easiest Group Communication App Yet

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Post by ericflo »

rkudeshi wrote: post #19

Does it support file uploads, like Campfire?

Not yet. Right now we're still in "minimum viable product" mode, and additionally file uploads start to be cost prohibitive on a free product like ours. That said, we're not opposed to adding this in the future, it's just a matter of when the time is right and how we can best integrate it.

Re: Convore (YC W11) Wants To Be The Easiest Group Communication App Yet

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Post by u_fail »

I'll leave my feedback here, but unfortunatley I think they took forums and actually made the problem worse.

I joined the convore.com/feedback group, intending to leave feedback , but theres just no good way to see if what i want to say in an existing topic, and too many topics to view. Shouldn't be that much work for me to tell you about the product. Another problem is overload, it might just be me.. but topics and conversations are moving so fast, its overwhelming, and its like chore by itself.

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Post by acgourley »

_grrr wrote: post #20

I wonder how they will monetize this? A white-label chat platform for websites that want a chat facility would be one option (StackOverflow rolled out chat recently, but this would have been a good candidate for them). Branded in-house chat for corporates would be another, especially those with distributed project teams that want to communicate around a project. I like the fact that the chat sessions are persistent a…

At first glance I would think they need to do the same thing Meebo does: heavy branding. But there is a chance they can monetize sufficient by hosting group chat for existing communities that don't want to build the feature, or even for enterprise.

Re: Convore (YC W11) Wants To Be The Easiest Group Communication App Yet

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Post by justinlilly »

jonpaul wrote: post #21

It looks beautiful. But I must be missing something... what problem does it solve that forums or Twitter don't solve? Or how does it do it better? I just signed up and I'm not seeing the utility. I'm asking this sincerely.

Twitter with topics, groups and faster back and forth.

Re: Convore (YC W11) Wants To Be The Easiest Group Communication App Yet

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Post by saurik »

zx76 wrote: post #17
simonw wrote: post #8

I've been hanging out on Convore for a few weeks and they're definitely on to something - it's entirely replaced Twitter as my online water cooler. In a way it's similar to IRC, but the ability to create new topics which have their own chatroom-style thread (while still being alerted to conversations elsewhere) means you can duck out and come back again a few days later and pick up the same conversation.

I agree the new features are really useful but would also argue that there is an Evaporative Cooling Effect ( http://blog.bumblebeelabs.com/social-software-sundays-2-the-... ) taking place - there is hardly any noise on Convore at present. Even with a carefully maintained follow list on twitter I still get so much noise in my stream that I no longer check it regularly.

I am having a difficult time determining from your comment whether you feel this to be a good or a bad thing (and am personally curious: I'm not complaining).
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